Roger Waters has announced plans to release a new solo studio album after a gap of more than 20 years.
The ex-Pink Floyd man's third and last solo album was 1992's Amused to Death, though he has since worked on movie soundtracks and an opera, Ça Ira.
He spoke of a fourth album then-called Heartland way back in 2012 but earlier this year said was working on a 'radio play' about a boy and his grandfather in Northern Ireland, on the subject of killing children during wartime.
Waters said at the time that he had been recording with producer Nigel Godrich but he didn't know when any spin-off album would be released.
However, he has now said that he is targeting a 2016 release date followed by a full arena tour.
"I'm in the middle of making it now," Waters said of the concept album, answering "yes" when asked if it would be coming out next year.
"It addresses this basic question," he added. "Why are we killing the children? That's what it's about.
"There's two characters in it - a grandfather and a grandchild and they together try to find answers to this question, by wandering around."
