He said that the band’s members “haven’t absolutely said no to that possibility” but insisted that the chances of a long term reunion were unlikely.

“We did the one off thing and that was probably enough for me but we shall see,” Gilmour said.

Speaking to the BBC at the Ivor Novello awards last week, where he won the Lifetime Achievement award, Gilmour also voiced his support for Amy Winehouse.

“Amy is one of the absolutely outstanding sort of sparks of great musical joy for me that has come up in the last few years,” he said.

“Just fantastic and she will be around for a very long time I’m sure.”

(by Jason Gregory)