David Gilmour has broken the news that Pink Floyd are officially over, Gigwise reveals.

The 69-year-old guitarist explained that it would be “fakery” to reform with his two surviving bandmates, Nick Mason and Roger Waters.

He went on to say that the legendary band had “run its course.” Speaking with Classic Rock Magazine, Gilmour said, “I’m done with it. I’ve had 48 years in Pink Floyd - quite a few of those years at the beginning, with Roger."

He added, "And those years in what is now considered to be our heyday were 95 per cent musically fulfilling and joyous and full of fun and laughter. And I certainly don't want to let the other five per cent colour my view of what was a long and fantastic time together. But it has run its course, we are done - and it would be fakery to go back and do it again."

"To do it without Rick would just be wrong," Gilmour stressed. "I absolutely don't want to go back. I'm free to do exactly what I want to do and how I want to do it."

"Obviously I accept there are people who want to go and see and hear this legend that was Pink Floyd, but I'm afraid that's not my responsibility... It's just a pop group. I don't need it. I don't need to go there. I'm not being coy or difficult - I just think that at my age I should do whatever I really want to do in life."