According to an interview with MTV Hive, Neil Halstead has stated that a reunion of British shoegaze band Slowdive is possible:

“There’s a chance that we’ll get back together… It’s definitely possible at some point.” Halstead added that the band [Slowdive] never swore off a reformation. “No one has ever really said, ‘I never want to do it.’ We’ve never really talked about it much.”

Though Slowdive haven’t performed or recorded together in its complete lineup since penning their final album, 1995′s Pygmalion, Halstead maintains that they’ve all kept in touch and remain on good terms. “We haven’t been in the same room together for a really long time,” he said, “We’re all in contact through email. We sort of have these email conversations and we’re all friendly, but we haven’t actually been together as the whole Slowdive unit in years, unfortunately.”

What will it take for the UK shoegaze pioneers, then, to finally reunite? “Just shitloads of money, you know” Halstead said, laughing. “It’s crazy how in vogue it is for bands to get back together these days. It’s almost like you’re not allowed not to get back together. So, I’m sure that we will get back together — because we won’t be allowed not to.”

Halstead will be heading out shortly on tour across the UK and North America to promote his new solo album, Palindrome Hunches, due to be released on September 11, 2012.

Neil Halstead on Tour
09/15 Ludlow, UK @ The Reckless Shrimp Festival
09/20 Winchester, UK @ Attic at The Railway
09/25 London, UK @ Bush Hall
09/28 Atlanta, GA @ Eddies Attic
09/30 Raleigh, NC @ The Casbah
10/02 Arlington, VA @ IOTA Club & Cafe
10/03 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
10/04 New York, NY @ The Slipper Room
10/05 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
10/06 Cambridge, MA @ Lizard Lounge
10/08 Toronto, ON @ The Dakota
10/09 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
10/10 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
10/12 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
10/13 Madison, WI @ High Noon
10/16 Boulder, CO @ E Town Taping
10/17 Denver, CO @ The Walnut Room
10/19 Seattle, WA @ The Rendezvous
10/20 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
10/23 San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord
10/24 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
10/25 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Restaurant and Music Club
10/26 Santa Monica, CA @ McCabe’s
10/27 Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet
11/14 York, UK @ City Screen Basement
11/15 Salford, UK @ The King’s Arms
11/18 Brighton, UK @ Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
11/22 Bournemouth, UK @ The Winchester
11/24 Penryn, UK @ Miss Peapod’s

(via Brooklyn Vegan)