This afternoon, Pink Floyd's Facebook page and their website have confirmed the news that broke over the weekend of the forthcoming new album.

They state: "Pink Floyd can confirm that they are releasing a new album The Endless River in October 2014. It is an album of mainly ambient and instrumental music based on the 1993/4 Division Bell sessions which feature David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. The album is produced by David Gilmour with Phil Manzanera, Youth and recording engineer Andy Jackson. Work is still in progress, but more details to come at the end of the Summer".

Naturally we will endeavour to bring you all the confirmed news about this as quickly as we can. The worldwide response to this has been phenomenal and it is bound to be the highlight of many fans' year. As soon as further details, including pre-ordering links, are available we will let you know.