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That wall of bricks between David Gilmour and Roger Waters is reaching herculean heights, and no amount of thought control will get it to change. When asked by The Guardian in a new interview if he would ever consider performing with Waters again, Gilmour rebuked the idea and attributed the conviction to his former Pink Floyd bandmate’s social and political stances. (Although the duo recently agreed on … something!) “Absolutely not. I tend to steer clear of people who actively support genocidal and autocratic dictators like Putin and Maduro. Nothing would make me share a stage with someone who thinks such treatment of women and the LGBT community is OK,” Gilmour responded. “On the other hand, I’d love to be back on stage with Rick Wright, who was one of the gentlest and most musically gifted people I’ve ever known.” The band’s drummer, Nick Mason, made a suggestion over the summer that the duo could use artificial intelligence to “become friends again” and make new music, but this was before Pink Floyd sold their music rights for a staggering $400 million. Besides, are we that desperate to hear OpenAI’s update on “Brain Damage”?
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