The Round Table

As we reported a few months back, there’s been tension mounting internally with the Pussycat Dolls over Nicole Scherzinger being pushed more to the forefront of the group. First there was the new way in which songs were attributed, i.e. “The Pussycat Dolls featruing Nicole Scherzinger.” Then there was the “call out” heard round the world as Melody Thorton – who was relegated to nothing more than a glorifed backup dancer – put Scherzinger on blast during a performance. Now we get word that the group is officially over.

While a PCDs’ spokesman attempts to do damage control, UK’s Daily Mail is reporting that “a tearful” PCDer Ashley Roberts confided with fans waiting outside a UK hotel that “this is the last time we’ll be in the UK as a band. We’ve broken up. We’re sorry.”

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Fried pickles, sweet tea, fireworks, and Tony Lucca or the perfect way to spend 4th of July. We headed to The Evening Muse in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina for an intimate performance with Tony Lucca who started his set by asking the audience to snap along to his opening number as hand-clapping is too much of a commitment upfront.

Having seen Tony Lucca perform numerous times now, I was surprised by how candid he was that night. He hit on everything from taking swipes at Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Sarah Palin all in one song to his life story through music and quite possibly one of pop cultures most talked about break-ups: Justin and Britney (more on that later). Of course he also found time to mix in several love songs and even a Billy Joel cover “Vienna.”

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