TLC to Fund a Final Album With Kickstarter

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It's always hard saying goodbye to megagroups of the past, and in the case of TLC, the pill is especially hard to swallow. The now two-woman group announced on Kickstarter that their next album would be their last, and they're looking to fans to fund the $150,000 project. If you're wondering about how this album will fare sans the late Left Eye's classic hooks, T-Boz and Chili promise that her "spirit will always be present" in their music. The silver lining to all of this? The band will be touring with New Kids on the Block and Nelly this summer in a show that only abject nostalgia could dream up.