We were contracted to make a soundtrack album but there really wasn't enough new material in the movie to make a new record that I thought was interesting.

On 2 July 2005 he reunited with Pink Floyd bandmates Nick Mason Richard Wright and David Gilmour for the Live 8 global awareness event; it was the group's first appearance with Waters in 24 years. The group have sold more than 250 million albums worldwide including 74. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 and played The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tour of 2006–2008.