Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour confirms he will never perform with ex bandmate Roger Waters again after anti-semitism row as he opens up on feud

Pink Floyd star David Gilmour has confirmed he will never perform on stage again due to his long-running feud with former bandmate Roger Waters.

Gilmour, 79, and Waters, 82, had been feuding for decades after leaving the band in 1985.

And finally Gilmour’s wife Polly attacked Samson Waters In 2023, in an online debate about Israel and Ukraine, he accused her of being ‘antisemitic to its rotten core’, and Gilmour later backed up her claims.

Polly posted about Waters online, apparently in response to an article he shared about Israel.

He posted on

Waters responded by calling the allegations ‘deeply false’ and ‘provocative.’

Pink Floyd, pictured left to right: Nick Mason, David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Rick Wright

Gilmour later backed his wife’s claims on social media, saying ‘every word’ of her tweet condemning Waters was ‘provably true’.

Following the drama, Gilmour made his feelings clear in an interview. TelegramThey say they will never get together to perform together.

He said: ‘There’s no way I can do this.’

In July, Waters risked prosecution after sharing a video supporting the now-banned Palestine Action.

In an online video post on social media, the musician said: ‘Parliament has been corrupted by a genocidal foreign power. Stand up and count – now it’s here.’

He condemned the government’s new move to label Palestine Action as a ‘terrorist organisation’ as a betrayal of justice and democracy.

The singer and bassist also called out Israel in a video online, saying Sir Keir Starmer’s UK government had been ‘corrupted by agents of a genocidal foreign power’.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism later responded to her post, saying they were prepared to take legal action against the singer.

A spokesperson for the organization said in a statement: ‘We have reviewed the video posted by Roger Waters. Palestine Action was banned. Anyone who expresses support for this contrary to section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 is guilty of a criminal offence.

Gilmour’s wife, Polly Samson, accused Waters of being “anti-Semitic to the core” in an online debate about Israel and Ukraine in 2023, and Gilmour supported her claims.

The band reunited for the Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park on 2 July 2005.

‘We are prepared to privately prosecute criminals where crimes have been committed and the authorities fail to act.’

Waters publicly opposes Israel’s military actions in the Middle East and has also publicly clashed with Gilmour, making vitriol online.

Waters uploaded the latest dramatic statement to his personal website in June 2021, detailing the latest drama in his ongoing feud with Gilmour, who joined the group in 1967, two years after its founding.

Waters, who left the band in 1985, performed with the band at the Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park on 2 July 2005 and harshly criticized Israel.

And in July he gave public support to pressure group the Palestine Movement, saying: ‘This is Independence Day, July 5, 2025.

‘I declare my independence from the government of the United Kingdom. I support Palestine Action and always will because it is the right thing to do.

‘This is the ‘I am Spartacus’ moment; Good luck to everyone who stands up everywhere and says ‘I am Spartacus’.

‘We will not bow to this terrible Labor government in the UK. Palestine Action is not a terrorist organization. They are lying. That’s all I have to say.”

Pink Floyd, known for their albums such as The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, last performed together at the Live 8 charity concert in 2005.

Waters had previously condemned allegations that he was anti-Semitic in an interview with German magazine Berliner Zeitung.

Sharing the article on Twitter, the musician wrote: ‘The Truth Will Set Us Free.’

‘Against the background of an ugly and vile smear campaign in which the Israel lobby accuses me of being an anti-Semite who I am not, never was and never will be.’

In July, Waters risked prosecution after sharing a video supporting the now-banned Palestine Action

In the article, Waters said: ‘The most important reason for supplying weapons to Ukraine is definitely the profits of the arms industry.

‘And I wonder: Is Putin a bigger gangster than Joe Biden and those in charge of American politics since World War II? I’m not so sure. Didn’t Putin invade Vietnam or Iraq? Did he do that?’

He also insisted that Israel was involved in ‘genocide’ and compared the events to Great Britain’s behavior ‘in our colonial period’.

He said: ‘We believed ourselves inherently superior to the indigenous people, just as the Israelis did in Palestine. We were not like that, and neither were the Israeli Jews.’