The Pussycat Dolls have said that not inviting original members on their upcoming reunion tour was to “protect our peace”.
The ‘Don’t Cha’ girl group announced earlier this month that they had reformed as a trio, with Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt, as part of a 20 year celebration of their debut album ‘PCD’.
However, original member Carmir Bachar – who was part of the first line-up alongside Scherzinger, Roberts, Wyatt, Jessica Sutta and Melody Thornton – alleged that she was not included in the reunion and that she learned of the plans “at the same time as the public.”
Bachar continued to say that she wishes she had been directly contacted regarding the reunion “given [her] history with the brand” and that this is “disappointing on a personal level.”
Now, the rest of the group has responded in an awkward interview on the Today Show, where Scherzinger, Wyatt and Roberts were asked why their former bandmate hadn’t been included in the comeback.
“Well, I mean, listen. We are just, so, as women today …,” Scherzinger began, struggling to find a response.
“I mean, it has been an ever-changing line-up, and this is what it looks like now in 2026,” Wyatt jumped in. “You never know what comes next. Ultimately, we’ve got to protect our peace, and when something like The Pussycat Dolls has so much history… we have ruptured in the past, and right now we are repairing, and we’re sort of on the same page with that.”
Scherzinger then added: “But what I wanted to say is, we have so much love and respect for all of the women that have been part of the PCD legacy. Once a Doll, always a Doll.”
Watch the clip below.
The group will hit the road for a 53-date tour kicking off in North America in June with Lil’ Kim and Mya before hitting the UK and Ireland for nine dates in September with Kim as support.
These will include shows in Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Dublin, Glasgow, Newcastle and Manchester, before the tour concludes with a date at London’s O2 Arena on October 13.
Tickets will go on general sale at 10am local time worldwide on Friday, March 20 and can be purchased in the UK here and US here. Fans can sign up for pre-sale tickets here by Monday, March 16 before they go on sale at 9am local time on Wednesday, March 18. You can find a full list of dates here.
The girl group have also shared new single ‘Club Song’ the first new material since 2019’s ‘React’. It is produced by Mike Sabbath (RAYE, Jade) and written by Scherzinger with Sabbath, Caroline Ailin (Dua Lipa) and Solly (Teddy Swims). Listen to it below.
The band have also announced a deluxe edition of their 2005 debut album on vinyl and digital with new and unreleased tracks on May 8. You can pre-order it here.
The group announced their reunion in 2019 and were set to head out on a run of UK and Ireland dates, but COVID-19 and a legal dispute halted their plans.
Of the reunion, Scherzinger told BBC News: “After 20 years, you’re like, ‘Where is everybody?’ But for us, it aligned. People are in different places in their lives, some of the other people have different commitments and priorities, but this worked out for us.”
Roberts explained it was Scherzinger who first “reached out” to the other Dolls about reuniting.
“We had some conversations, and we were just like, ‘We’re on the same page, we’re excited about embracing where we’re at now as women and celebrating that’,” she said.
“I’m just really excited to get back on stage and swing these hips around in some latex, hun!”
