TLC to Reunite For First Time in Six Years For Timberlake Benefit

TLC members Rozonda ''Chilli'' Thomas and Tionne ''T-Boz'' Watkins will perform their first concert together in over six years when the pair take the stage at the annual Justin Timberlake and Friends concert at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Events Center on October 17th, People reports. TLC were chart-toppers in the '90s with hits like "Waterfalls," "Creep" and "No Scrubs," however the group disbanded after Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes died tragically in a car accident in 2002.

T-Boz and Chilli only performed together one last time, at a June 2003 concert for New York radio station Z100. However, the pair will once again reunite at Timberlake's concert, which benefits the Shriners Hospital for Children. Other artists on the concert's bill include Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift and Ciara. Tickets for Justin Timberlake and Friends go on sale this Saturday, August 29th.

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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