TLC’s Chilli and T-Boz make rare TV appearance ahead RnB Live tour in Australia

They skyrocketed to fame in the 1990s and went on to become one of the most iconic R&B groups in history.

And on Friday, Rozonda Chilli Thomas, 51, and Tionne T-Boz Watkins, 52, made a rare TV appearance on Channel Nine’s Today show.

The girl group, who appear to have hardly aged a day in two decades, celebrated their 30-year anniversary.

‘To still be able to be here, selling out and doing tours and living life the way we are, it’s a blessing,’ T-Boz said.

Chilli also said she loves seeing younger generations singing their songs at concerts.

‘I absolutely love people singing our songs. It touches both of us in a way that is hard to explain to see little ones who weren’t born singing our songs,’ she said.

The girl group, who appear to have hardly aged a day in two decades, celebrated their 30-year anniversary during an appearance on Channel Nine’s Today show

TLC will be performing at the Australian RnB Fridayz Live tour in November.

Thrift Shop hitmaker Macklemore, who performed at the 2017 NRL Grand Final in Sydney, is headlining the event and will perform alongside a bevy of other stars. 

The huge line-up also includes international superstars like Ashanti and Shaggy and Australia’s own DJ Havana Brown.

TLC were best known as a trio, however third member Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes tragically died aged 30 in a road collision in 2002

American hip hop trio TLC were formed in Atlanta in 1991, and went on to have a string of hits including Waterfalls, No Scrubs and Unpretty.

TLC were best known as a trio, however third member Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes tragically died aged 30 in a road collision in 2002.

In 2020 – almost 18 years after the loss of the rapper – TLC singer Chilli told how there was ‘never ever a thought’ to replace the late star in the group.

Speaking on GMB, she said: ‘We heard from so many people, in the business, that surprised us more than anything. The fans, not so much.

It was never ever a thought to replace her, no one in TLC can be replaced. Nobody can fill those shoes.’

She went on to explain that while she and T-Boz were adament that there would be no new members, it took some time for others to see their point of view.

Chilli added: ‘It took a while for people to get it. But through touring it keeps her memory alive, we never mute out her raps or anything.’

TLC will be performing at the Australian RnB Fridayz Live tour in November. Thrift Shop hitmaker Macklemore (pictured) is headlining the event and will perform alongside a bevy of other stars