Will.i.am confirms Black Eyed Peas reunion

The singer said the band should never have split
Back together: will.i.am and Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas
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Emma Powell7 April 2016
The Weekender

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Will.i.am has confirmed plans for a Black Eyed Peas reunion.

The singer, 41 – who sang alongside apl.de.ap, Fergie and Taboo in the hip hop group – said the band should have never split.

Speaking on Capital’s Evening Show with Roman Kemp he said: "Yeah…so…yes… There will be a Black Eyed Peas reunion. It breaks my heart that I even have to say that because really we should just always have been doing Black Eyed Peas actually.”

The band announced plans for an indefinite hiatus following the completion of their The E.N.D. World Tour in 2011.

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They re-grouped – minus Fergie – in 2015 to mark their 20th anniversary with the Apple exclusive song, Yesterday.

A new LP would mark their seventh studio album following on from The Beginning which dropped in 2010.

Will.i.am is currently appearing as a judge on BBC talent show The Voice.

The singer will take Lydia Lucy through to Saturday night's final to compete against Ricky Wilson's Kevin Simm and Jolan Gidney-Craigen and Boy George's Cody Frost.

Listen to the brand new Capital Evening Show with Roman Kemp, tonight from 7pm to hear the full interview with will.i.am.

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