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Pink Floyd fans are speculating the band could be set to tour again or release a new album.
The 'Comfortably Numb' hitmakers have teased them by posting a countdown to a big announcement today (20.05.14) on a website marking the 20th anniversary of their final record, 'The Division Bell'.
Divisionbell20.com features a continuous clip of satellite images of the moon and urban landscapes to a soundtrack of Pink Floyd's music.
The site has also teased the hashtag #TBD20, referencing the fact the band's last record was released two decades ago in March.
Members Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason - who haven't performed together publicly since the Live 8 benefit show in 2005 - briefly reunited during Waters' 'The Wall' tour stop at London's O2 Arena but they have previously hinted at the possibility of a reunion.
In September, Nick told NME magazine that he was "ready to go but holding my breath", and later said he thought Pink Floyd would most likely get back together for a charity concert, although fans feel the 20th anniversary is a big enough celebration and have taken to Twitter to speculate a reunion in coming months.
Earlier today, a fan posted: "Pink Floyd are up to something. 7 hours till we find out what. Please tour. Please tour. Please tour. (sic)."

Nicki Minaj went through a lot of emotions when recording her new track 'Pills N Portions'.
The 'Starships' hitmaker, who releases her new song tomorrow (21.05.14), taken from her latest album 'The Pink Print', experienced a lot of different feelings in the studio.
She said: "It sounds like urgency, it sounds like betrayal, it sounds like running, it sounds like fainting, it sounds like love, it sounds like ahhh.
"It feels very uplifting and it feels very soulful. It's a great indicator of what 'The Pink Print' will feel like in terms of the storyline of that song.
"'The Pink Print' will remind people why they fell in love with Nicki Minaj and I think that needs to be done."
The singer and actress is "very excited" about the new record and claims she turned down a lot of features this year because she wanted to focus on her solo material.
The 31-year-old superstar, who was born in Trinidad, has also promised fans she's going back to her hip-hop roots with her new album, the follow-up to 2012's successful 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'.
She added to radio station Power 106: "I think I kind of start from scratch, almost re-introduce myself again.
"I know people know me. I wanted to remind them of where I came from."

Michael Jackson is set to tour the world again - as a hologram.
The late King of Pop, who was resurrected onstage at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (18.05.14) thanks to advanced technology, could wow fans across the globe again five years after his death.
The producers behind the special effects extravaganza want to take their show on the road for a two-year tour and are predicted to make half a billion dollars.
A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "It's only a matter of time before a hologram like this goes on tour. Public appetite for Michael Jackson's music has never been greater and this is a unique way of experiencing his magic."
The hologram performance at the Billboard Music Awards follows the success of a new posthumous Michael Jackson album, 'Xscape', which recently topped the charts in the UK.
John Branca, the executor of the singer's estate, added: "It's so important to experience Michael Jackson in a live setting. We wanted a live performance in front of a live audience."
It took four months to put together the lavish special effects show, which saw Michael's hologram gyrate and moonwalk on stage to new song 'Slave to the Rhythm'.
The late singer's choreographers, Rich and Tone Talauega, were behind the dance moves.

Sir Paul McCartney has been forced to cancel his Japanese tour due to illness.
The former Beatle is believed to have contracted a virus and has scrapped the two remaining dates on his 'Out There Japan Tour 2014' - a gig at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo, where the band first during their first Japan tour in 1966, and a concert at Yanmar Stadium in Osaka.
A message on the 71-year-old star's website states that doctors have ordered him to have a "complete rest".
Promoters Kyodo Tokyo said in a statement that Paul "will regrettably have to cancel the remaining Japanese shows. Paul is still not feeling better and this cancellation is unavoidable".
The star is reportedly "upset" about the situation as "he has only ever had to reschedule a handful of shows in his entire career" and hates disappointing fans.
A statement from Paul on his website reads: "Thank you so much for your kind messages of support.
"I'm so very touched. Unfortunately my condition has not improved overnight. I was really hoping that I'd be feeling better today. I'm so disappointed and sorry to be letting my fans down."
The singer is still scheduled to perform a concert in Seoul, South Korea, on May 28, followed by 19 performances in America.

Maroon 5 will release their new album 'V' in September. The 'Moves Like Jagger' hitmakers have spent the last year recording material for their fifth album in Los Angeles, California and they've now announced that it will be available later this year...

Foxes insists she doesn't take herself too seriously.
The 'Holding Onto Heaven' hitmaker, real name Louisa Rose Allen, admits she's actually a bit of a tomboy and isn't impressed by people giving her the tag of 'girl next door'.
She told Clashmusic.com: "Blah blah blah ... I think I'm maybe a bit of a lad, actually. At the moment I'm living with three of my best friends, and they're all guys. I'm not really a girly girl at all. I don't take myself too seriously."
She added: "I hate being called cute ... a girl doesn't want to be cute."
The 25-year-old star, who will take to the stage at Glastonbury Festival this summer, and she says she's "very, very excited" about the event at Worthy Farm, which is being headlined by Kasabian, Arcade Fire and Metallica.
She said: "I love festivals, I'm a festival fan, I'd go anyway."
And she's continuing to prove the critics wrong, both as a pop act and a song-writer.
Foxes added: "I get quite a lot of people thinking I don't write the music, which is mental, but I guess, which you're considered a sort of 'pop' act some people just immediately think, 'Ah, you didn't write it'."
Foxes' debut studio album 'Glorious' is out now.

Bruce Springsteen confused fans during a show in America on Saturday night (17.05.14) by continually calling out the wrong state.
The 'Dancing in the Dark' hitmaker was playing a gig at the at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, but left the audience baffled by shouting out to "Massachusetts" throughout the concert.
According to New York Daily News, the audience corrected him by shouting back "No!" - after he got the state wrong a number of times.
Springsteen, who still thrilled the crowd with a three and a half hour-long show, then realised his error and gave a shout-out to the Connecticut Food Bank volunteers who were collecting donations at the gig.
The 64-year-old star was also joined onstage by the E-Street band, who were recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including longtime guitarist and former 'Sopranos' actor Steve Van Zandt.
Springsteen opened the show with 'Racing in the Street' and perform countless well-known hits, including 'Radio Nowhere'. The concert, along with another on the Sunday at the same venue, were the last two dates on his 'High Hopes Tour'.
Meanwhile, a representative for the singer revealed he has no plans to head out on the road again yet.

Queen have hinted they will return to Australia this year for their first tour since 1985.
The 'We Will Rock You' band, made up of original members Brian May and Roger Taylor, along with 'American Idol' runner-up Adam Lambert, who replaced the late Freddie Mercury, revealed they are preparing to head to a un-named location "for the first time in 30 years."
Promoters The Dainty Group posted a message announcing a "Royal" tour announcement will be made tomorrow (20.05.14) morning.
An earlier post on the group's Facebook wall also links to a countdown timer which will expire on Saturday, August 23, a week after Queen play two shows at the Super Sonic Festival in South Korea and Japan's Summer Sonic.
Queen haven't toured in Australia since April 1985 when Freddie still fronted the band, before his death in 1991 of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS.
Guitarist Brian previously spoke about the band heading out on their current 19-date tour in the US and having Adam on board as the lead vocalist.
He said: "We're here live and real and we have a great singer. They'll be a lot of newness about this. I think that's very exciting. It'll be loud and dangerous and all the things that people used to look for in us."

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