Roger Waters Shuns Pink Floyd Reunion Amid New Album Plans

Roger Waters has dismissed the idea of reuniting with Pink Floyd, citing his focus on a new album and memoir. He expressed no plans to perform with former bandmates Nick Mason and David Gilmour. Waters also hopes Julian Assange might resume work at WikiLeaks and is prepared to help fund the organization.

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Roger Waters busy on new album, says Pink Floyd reunion 'not in me'

Roger Waters has dismissed the idea of Pink Floyd reuniting on stage again, saying he is "busy doing other things" including working on a new album and writing a memoir. In an interview with Reuters, the guitarist and singer-songwriter said he loved his time in the rock group he co-founded in 1965 but had no plans to perform again with his two former surviving bandmates, drummer Nick Mason and guitarist David Gilmour.

Roger Waters says prepared to help fund WikiLeaks, hopeful Assange might return

Musician and singer-songwriter Roger Waters says he hopes a now free Julian Assange might one day be able to resume his work at WikiLeaks if he wants to, and that he is prepared to help fund the whistleblower media organisation. The Pink Floyd co-founder, who had long called for the release of the Australian publisher from a jail in Britain, told Reuters he had exchanged messages of "sighs of relief" with Assange's wife Stella since he arrived in Canberra last week.