David Gilmour's Reaction to Roger Waters Spitting on a Fan in Montreal, 1977

The most dramatic fallout from Roger Waters’ infamous spit on a Montreal fan during the Animals tour came from David Gilmour. Gilmour was standing nearby when it happened and was immediately disgusted. He confronted Waters right after the show and told him point-blank: “That’s it. I’m not fucking doing this anymore.”

Gilmour later explained that the incident crystallized everything wrong with the band’s dynamic at the time—Waters’ anger was poisoning the experience, and the music was getting buried under the hostility. For Gilmour, the spit wasn’t just a one-off mistake; it was the moment he realized Pink Floyd’s live shows had become something he no longer wanted to be part of. That backstage argument effectively ended the tour and set the stage for the band’s long, slow fracture.