With Roger Waters touring without David Gilmour on his recent tours for The Wall, it has long been believed that Pink Floyd broke up for good following the tour in support of 1994′s The Division Bell.However, earlier on July 5th it was declared that they are working on a new album, with a release date scheduled for the fall.
Although we are still waiting on an official announcement, Polly Samson, who is David Gilmour‘s wife and who contributed lyrics to ‘The Division Bell,’ tweeted the following. “Btw Pink Floyd album out in October is called ‘The Endless River.’ Based on 1994 sessions is Rick Wright‘s swansong and very beautiful.” Wright died in 2008 at the age of 65 after a bout with cancer.
In May, Samson put a picture of Gilmour conducting a trio of vocalists — including longtime Floyd backup singer Durga McBroom-Hudson — in the studio on her Instagram account. McBroom-Hudson has now re-posted that picture to her Facebook account, and backed up Samson’s statement that a new Floyd album is on its way.
