David Gilmour has spoken about his desire to sell Pink Floyd’s catalogue and distance himself even further from Roger Waters

David Gilmour He has said that it would be a “dream” to sell the catalogue of Pink Floydbut not for the economic benefit that the sale would entail.

The guitarist spoke about the idea of ​​selling the classic rock band’s extensive catalog during a new interview, saying that the idea appeals to him because it would allow him to create more distance between his former bandmate Roger Waters.

According to the Financial Times portal, The sale would entail a high price of around 500 million dollars if it were to materialize.

That, however, is not the main attraction for Gilmour, who said he would be more tempted to sell to “get rid of the decision-making and arguments that go into keeping it going.”

Describing the idea of ​​selling the catalogue as a “dream” to Rolling Stone magazine, he added: “I’m not interested in that from a financial standpoint. I’m just interested in getting out of the mud bath I’ve been in for quite some time.“.

The conflict between David Gilmour and Roger Waters

The “mud bath” he refers to likely refers to the tension between him and Waters that has been going on for several years. While it has been going on for decades, it came to a head again recently when Gilmour attacked Waters with accusations of anti-Semitism.

It all started in February last year, when Gilmour’s wife, Polly Samsonshared a tweet in which he accused Waters of being “anti-Semitic to the core”as well as “a Putin apologist and a liar, thief, hypocrite, tax evader, voice-over artist, misogynist, jealous and megalomaniac.”

Gilmour then re-shared Samson’s tweet, adding that “every word [es] “demonstrably true.”

Waters himself issued a statement in response, in which he described Samson’s comments as “inflammatory and wildly inaccurate” and went on to say that he “completely refutes them.” He added that he was “undergoing counseling on his position” regarding the claims.