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<p>It was 20 years ago this year, Pink Floyd began to disappear. But now it seems the classic British band is about to materialize again.</p> <p>Polly Samson, the wife of the band's lead singer-guitarist David Gilmour, has announced via Twitter that a Pink Floyd album called “The Endless River” will be released come October. But Samson says it’s “based on 1994 sessions,” which would seem to indicate these will be old tracks goosed with new overdubs. Pink Floyd released what seemed to be its final album, “The Division Bell,” in April 1994 (an album that just received the deluxe reissue treatment).</p>

Sometimes it's unfortunate that the beat goes on. Sometimes it's necessary to say, "Enough is enough." We have reached that moment. The first time this dawned on me, I was at the gym. Generally speaking, the gym is a haven for terrible, long-forgotten music. A session won't pass without the emergence of a bad early 1990s dance track, my favourite being Mr Vein. Anyway, on this particular occasion my tolerance was stretched beyond breaking point. Roger Waters would have been cringing, surely. Hell, I was physically convulsing and it wasn't even my song to get protective over. I let it...