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Legendary British band- Pink Floyd has officially broken up. Guitarist David Gilmore confirmed the news in an interview.

A file photo of Pink Floyd. The legendary band has officially broken up. [Photo: informationtimes.dayoo.com]

69-year-old Gimore says the Floyd has run its course, and it would be "fakery" to team up with the band's two surviving members, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.

Pink Floyd formed in 1965 by Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and Richard Wright. Gilmour joined in 1967.

Barrett, who left the group in 1968, died in 2006, and Wright died two years later.

Pink Floyd toured and made music together for nearly 30 years before they took a 20 year hiatus between 1994's "The Division Bell", and 2014's "The Endless River".

In those 20 years, the band has only performed a handful of times–mostly at charity events–and hasn't written or recorded any new songs.

During this hiatus, fans thought the band had officially broken up.

But Pink Floyd reunited in 2005 for the Live 8 global awareness event.

Last year Floyd released "The Endless River", an album that stemmed from the band's '90s recording sessions.

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