no-one forgives that first bully in their lives

Music More Sugababes coverage:

David Ottewell of the Manchester Evening News likens them to Theseus's ship, a more sophisticated version of Trigger's broom.

Mutya told Lorraine Kelly on GMTV: "I mean, it would be different if Keisha had stayed in it and someone else had gone - then it would be the Sugababes. But wow, I suppose now there's no original Sugababes we should just all reform again." (which is you can imagine is quote which has been picked up by a hundred other news sites).

Digital Spy suggests it really was a coup with Heidi filling in for Boris Yeltzin (presumably).

PopJustice notices that what constitutes the Sugababes right now are already making a video for the next single and wonder (quite rightly) how it's all gone so badly wrong.

Meanwhile, a week ago (or earlier) Siobhan gave this rather fabulous interview in which she spoke about the group post her:

"The band is so malleable. They are just three people that will be maneuvered by the people around them. That's why I can never look to their success and admire it or want that. Whatever producer they work with, they sound like. Whatever photographer they work with, they look like their work. I think that works for pop, but you can lose your soul in that. "Who are you?" "What do you write about?" How have they been on the scene for so long and people not know anything about them? That works as a product but that's never what I wanted. "

Then she talks rather movingly about the reasons she left and how Keisha "never wanted (her) in that band and made (her) life a living hell" and how "no-one forgives that first bully in their lives, do they? No-one does. Even when you’re fifty. Though, on the other hand, it doesn’t matter. You meet so many people in the world. Why would I need to reconcile with that person? I don’t even know if she would want to."

It's true, you never do forget your first bullies. Or most of the ones that follow, to be honest.

Siobhan then goes on to say lots of nice things about Mutya. And talks about recording new material. Chances of a reunion? 30%.

Enough, enough now. Unless something really outrageous happens.