Pink Floyd may be coming to an end — for good this time — after the release of their upcoming album The Endless River, but that does not mean its members are done making music. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, guitarist David Gilmour revealed he is currently working on a new solo album, which he expects to be released at some point in 2015, and that he will tour next year.
"It's coming along very well," Gilmour told Rolling Stone. "There are some sketches that aren't finished, and some of them will be started again. There's a few months' work in it yet. I'm hoping to get it out this following year."
This new solo album would be Gilmour's fourth, his first since 2006's On an Island. Gilmour's first two solo albums — David Gilmour and About Face — were released in 1978 and 1984, while Pink Floyd was still active.
Gilmour also revealed that he plans on touring behind the album, though nothing as extensive as Pink Floyd used to do.
"I'm hoping to do an old man's tour," the 68-year-old guitarist said, "not a 200-date sort of thing."
A possible David Gilmour tour comes as good news for die-hard Pink Floyd fans, as the band announced it had no plans to tour behind The Endless River, largely because of the absence of keyboardist Richard Wright, who died in 2008.
"Without him, it's kind of impossible," Gilmour said. "I'm really enjoying my life and my music. There's no room for Pink Floyd. The though of doing anymore causes me to break out in a cold sweat."
Pink Floyd's The Endless River is set for release Nov. 10 and will be the band's first album since 1994's The Division Bell.
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