HIT girl group The Pussycat Dolls are reuniting – but without three original members.
The Sun can reveal that frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger is returning to lead the group for a world tour later this year.
She will be joined by British-based members Kimberly Wyatt and Ashley Roberts.
However, Carmit Bachar, Jessica Sutta and Melody Thornton will not be returning.
Those close to the remaining Dolls have insisted it will go ahead this time, after they cancelled their 2020 tour, and subsequently split up.
That reunion featured Carmit and Jessica, although they are not involved this time.
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They were due to play arenas across the UK and Australia in 2020, with the tour delayed to 2021 due to Covid.
However, a disagreement between Nicole and the band’s founder Robin Antin meant it was cancelled.
But The Sun has been told they are finally moving forward after reaching an out of court settlement last year.
A source said: “Nicole and the girls have been talking about getting Pussycat Dolls back together for months now.
“Covid scuppered the original plan and then disagreements behind the scenes meant it all fell apart.
“But Nicole, Ashley and Kimberly are a solid unit and they’re raring to go.
“They are due to meet up in London tonight to iron out the finer details and toast the deal for the tour, which is set to be announced in the coming weeks.
“It feels like the perfect time.”
They quietly signed to top touring agency CAA in December to help guide the massive comeback.
Then Nicole hinted at plans for 2026 in a post in December when she shared an old video of the group.
She wrote: “For the PCD fans. For the memories. For what’s to come.”
It comes 21 years after they burst onto the music scene with their hit single Don’t Cha.
They had a subsequent seven Top Ten tunes including Stickwitu, Beep, Buttons, When I Grow Up and Jai Ho, followed by another Top 40 hit with React in 2019.
In the last five years, mum-of-three Kimberly has become a presenter on Hits Radio, while Ashley has remained a stalwart on Heart Breakfast.
But former X Factor judge Nicole has cemented herself as a musical theatre star and last year won the Tony for Best Actress thanks to her turn in the Broadway show Sunset Boulevard.