PINK FLOYD - PINK FLOYD WON'T REFORM, SAYS GILMOUR

Pink Floyd star David Gilmour has disappointed fans of the rock band by dismissing rumours of a reunion.

After a well-received show at 2005's Live 8 concert - the first time founder member Roger Waters had played with the band in 24 years - fans had hoped that the Dark Side of the Moon legends would get back together for a full world tour.

However, Gilmour - whose most recent solo album On An Island was critically-acclaimed - told Rolling Stone magazine that the huge sums of money offered for a reunion tour weren't tempting enough to revisit old haunts.

"What I've been doing for the last couple of years - what I was in the middle of when Live 8 came along - was my album and that's what I'm thinking about.

"I can't see why I would want to be going back to that old thing. It's very retrogressive. I want to look forward, and looking back isn't my joy."

Gilmour recently released Remember That Night - Live from the Albert Hall, a DVD of the London leg of his 2006 world tour, featuring guest spots from the likes of David Crosby and David Bowie.

He explained that the long-standing musical differences that fuelled the group's original split in the 1980s were still a factor when thoughts of a reunion surfaced.

"Roger hasn't written a lyric lately that has really been something where I've gone, 'Wow, I wish that was part of my oeuvre'", he explained.

"I don't know how one puts it, but going back into all that just wouldn't bring me joy. It's my time of life to be selfish - please myself."