Unfinished Business

**Unfinished Business** (also known as the **PCD Reunion Tour** or **The Pussycat Dolls Tour**) was the planned third concert tour by The Pussycat Dolls. It was announced in 2019, when Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, Carmit Bachar, Kimberly Wyatt and Jessica Sutta announced that the Dolls were reforming for new music and a brand new concert tour. Melody Thornton was involved in the conversations to reunite but has instead opted to focus on solo ventures.

After several setbacks and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the tour has officially been cancelled, which was confirmed by Scherzinger.

## Background

The group performed for the first time in nearly a decade on the final of UK reality tv competition, *The X Factor: Celebrity* where alongside previous singles, they also performed a new song "React" and have since confirmed that new music is in production alongside the tour.

Speaking on their decision to tour the UK and Ireland, Ashley told the BBC, "L.A. was our home, but the U.K. was our second home because the British just scooped us up. So, our lives ended up here as well, some of us, so the fans have just been holding on strong with wanting this reunion and our biggest fanbase is over here." In the same interview, Kimberly noted that the group had been talking about a reunion for some years, "it’s been a few years in the making" and tour was dubbed Unfinished Business, supported by comments made by both Ashley and Kimberly. Kimberly said "I think ultimately there’s some unfinished business with The Pussycat Dolls" and Ashley agreed, noting that it had "been 10 years ... we just all were ready to do it".

Due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, all the tour dates for Europe and Ireland in April have been rescheduled until October-November, 2020. For the same reason, all the Australian dates have been cancelled, but they will look into rescheduling them in the future.

In March 2021, the tour was again delayed due to COVID-19.

## Cancellation

In September 2021, it was reported that Scherzinger was refusing to take part in the tour and had been subsequently sued by Robin Antin, founder of the Pussycat Dolls. The media reported that Scherzinger had originally agreed to 49% of the tour's earnings but was now refusing to take part unless this rose to 75% and included overall creative control. Documents filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court found that the basis of the agreement was a Memorandum of Understanding that Scherzinger had committed to 45 shows, under terms that she would receive 32.5% of earnings from the tour, with Sutta, Roberts, Wyatt and Antin also receiving 12.5% and Bachar receiving 5% reflecting that she left before the release of the group's second album, *Doll Domination* (2008). The legal dispute came from Scherzinger wanting to negotiate the terms of PCD Worldwide, a new business venture that would handle future earning from the group and brand from existing terms of 49% to an increased 75%, to reflect "opportunities she would have to forego to continue to engage in the partnership with Antin and the band as her reason for demanding a bigger share".

Scherzinger's lawyer released a counter-statement to Antin's claims. Amongst the response was details of $600,000 advance from Live Nation that Antin had received to support the tour and now "won't or can't repay", as well as accusing Antin of "trading on Nicole's name without her consent" and public release of the group's financial arrangements for the tour. Scherzinger concluded that the lawsuit was "ludicrous and false", and that under those circumstances, the tour cannot happen.

During an interview with *Loose Women*, Wyatt pleaded with Scherzinger and Antin to "end the drama" and spoke about her optimism about the reunion. "There's some fighting going on between the creator Robin and Nicole, And so I have no idea what's going to happen but I'm trying to stay optimistic. I feel like we've built such an epic moment of this comeback performance and this comeback tour and all the fans are so excited around the world right along with us."

In January 2022, Scherzinger officially confirmed the tour's cancellation on an Instagram story post. The official reasons cited "evolving circumstances surrounding the pandemic". Not long after group members Sutta and Barchar confirmed that they had only learnt about the tour's cancellation from Scherzinger's Instagram post, writing their own statement saying "We want to say how incredibly disappointed we are to learn of an announcement made on Instagram that The Pussycat Dolls reunion tour is canceled. As of now, there has been no official notification of that." Antin also confirmed the tour's cancellation stating that "all of us have made personal & financial sacrifices"... and later confirming that there were "truths to this situation" which may see the light of day one day. Despite referring to the tour cancellation as "the end of a chaper", Sutta and Bachar remained optimistic about the future of the group stating that "[it] is not the end of the Dolls story, [we have] created a sisterhood that will live on." Although the last known tour dates were confirmed cancelled by Antin and Scherzinger, Live Nation's website lists 9 new UK and Ireland tour listings for the group under the date "rescheduled". Wyatt has expressed she has "done all [she] can", as she was the motivator for the reunion for years. She confirmed that both she and Roberts still want the tour to happen.

## Tour dates

### Postponed shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
 May 14, 2020
 May 15, 2020
 June 13, 2020
 June 16, 2020
 June 18, 2020

## References

1. ↑ https://www.fm104.ie/news/buzz/nicole-scherzinger-sued-by-pussycat-dolls-founder/
2. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58460123
3. ↑ https://www.eonline.com/news/1301434/nicole-scherzingers-lawyer-slams-pussycat-dolls-founder-robin-antins-ludicrous-and-false-lawsuit
4. ↑ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/pussycat-dolls-tour-cancelled-nicole-carmit-jessica\_uk\_61dab884e4b0bcd21960365b
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://pagesix.com/2022/01/08/pussycat-dolls-at-war-over-reunion-tour-cancellation/
6. ↑ https://www.buzzfeed.com/natalieoganesyan/nicole-scherzinger-cancels-pussycat-dolls-reunion-tour
7. ↑ https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist-pussycat-dolls-21825
8. ↑ https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/kimberly-wyatts-done-all-can-25883760?utm\_source=twitter.com&utm\_medium=social&utm\_campaign=sharebar
9. ↑ Asian tour dates:

	* https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/727099/the-pussycat-dolls-is-returning-to-manila-this-2020/story
	* https://www.creativeman.co.jp/event/tpcd-20/
10. ↑ https://sopopconcert.com/adelaide/