X-clusive: Pink Floyd To Reform One Last Time?

Speaking exclusively to Xfm, drummer Nick Mason hasn't ruled out one last reunion for Pink Floyd.

The Pink Floyd drummer swung by the Xfm Towers to discuss the recent release of 'Oh By The Way', the band's new boxed set of all 14 of their studio albums.

In a lengthy interview, Mason discusses the band's days as the psychedelic underground's house band in the Swinging Sixties, the departure of founder member Syd Barrett, the planet-shagging success of 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' and, most importantly, whether they'd ever play together again.

Asked whether he could see the classic Pink Floyd line-up sharing the stage one last time, the drummer replies:

"I think Live 8 showed that the door can be opened...If there was a suitable reason or things change a bit in the next year or two and everybody suddenly thinks, 'Well, actually, I really would like to do that' then I think it'll happen. But until there's that sort of sea-change, the only thing that would generate it would be something the equivalent of Live 8."

Mason also reveals that Pink Floyd almost reunited again for last year's Syd Barrett tribute concert at the Barbican:

"That was slightly unfortunate in so much as that we would have played together if we'd made a proper plan...but by then Roger [Waters] was on at Earls Court the next day and so he'd arranged to go on early [at the tribute gig] and Dave [Gilmour] couldn't get [to the Barbican] till late...so everything conspired against us but it wasn't a case of 'We're not going to play together.'"

Pink Floyd were one of the biggest bands in the world and their 1973 album, 'The Dark Side Of The Moon', remained in the album charts for over 700 weeks and has sold in excess of 35 million copies worldwide.

The band descended into a state of bitter acrimony after bassist Roger Waters left the group in 1983. Despite his expectations to the contrary and much to his chagrin, the remaining members of the band - guitarist David "Don't call me 'Dave'" Gilmour, keyboardist Rick Wright and drummer Nick Mason - decided to carry the band name on.

Pink Floyd reunited for a five-song set at 2005's Live 8 concert and speculation - and indeed, hopes - remain high for another reunion, especially in light of Led Zeppelin's hard-to-believe-it-actually-happened levelling of the O2 Arena last week.