The Pussycat Dolls reunite with new music and world tour years after failed comeback

The Pussycat Dolls are officially reuniting with new music and a world tour, marking their biggest comeback attempt in years after a previous reunion collapsed amid legal disputes and the pandemic.

Pop group The Pussycat Dolls have confirmed they will return with a new single and a global tour more than a decade after disbanding.

The comeback will see Nicole Scherzinger join forces again with fellow members Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt.

The trio will release a new track titled ‘Club Song’ before launching the PCD Forever Tour, a 53-date run beginning in North America in June before heading to Europe later in the year.

Why the Pussycat Dolls reunion is happening now

The reunion arrives six years after a planned comeback in 2019 collapsed due to Covid-19 disruptions and a legal dispute involving Scherzinger and the group’s founder.

The dispute centred on creative control and profit distribution related to the reunion tour.

The disagreement was eventually resolved through a confidential settlement last year, clearing the path for the group’s return.

Scherzinger said the timing finally felt right for the band to reunite.

“After 20 years you look around and think, where is everybody?” she said.

“But for us it aligned.”

New music and a major world tour

The PCD Forever Tour will include nine shows across the UK and Ireland, with performances planned in Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Dublin, Glasgow, Newcastle and Manchester.

The tour will conclude with a major show at London’s O2 Arena on October 13.

Both of the group’s albums, PCD and Doll Domination, will also be reissued with previously unreleased material.

The group’s biggest hits include ‘Don’t Cha’, ‘Buttons’, ‘When I Grow Up’, ‘Beep’ and ‘Stickwitu’, which helped propel the Dolls to global fame in the mid-2000s.

Missing members raise questions about the lineup

Three members from the original lineup will not be part of the reunion.

Jessica Sutta, Carmit Bachar and Melody Thornton are absent from the comeback.

Wyatt said the group has always had a fluid structure.

“The Pussycat Dolls have always been known for an ever-changing lineup,” she explained.

“It just so happens that right now we feel united and ready to push forward.”

Nicole Scherzinger returns after award-winning theatre run

The reunion comes shortly after Scherzinger won major awards for her performance as Norma Desmond in the stage production of Sunset Boulevard in both the West End and on Broadway.

She said returning to the band felt like the natural next step after several years focusing on theatre.

“It was a dream to do the stage,” she said.

“But as an artist you want to do it all. I did the West End and Broadway, now it’s time for a world tour.”

A different era for pop music

Two decades after their breakthrough, the trio believe their message of confidence and independence resonates differently with fans today.

Scherzinger said the group now reflects a generation of women who feel empowered in their own lives.

“You see more than ever women in their 30s and 40s who are happy being single and feeling they don’t need a man,” she said.

“That confidence and self-assurance is empowering.”