Identity said:

November 23, 2011

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Following a performance in Miami this week, the Black Eyed Peas will embark on an indefinite hiatus.

The group is quick to state that their time apart is merely a "break," and not a "break-up," as Fergie, will.i.am, Apl.de.ap and Taboo also will appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show the same day to discuss their plans.

"We always have two cycles of records and then we take a break," will.i.am explains. "And then two cycles of records and then a break. When we take breaks you know, we work on side projects and get our personal stuff in order then come back and make beautiful music. We think beautiful music."

The musician and record producer is currently working on his fourth solo album, titled #willpower, due out in 2012. will.i.am. revealed the album's lead single, "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" during the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 20. Fergie, meanwhile, plans to start a family with husband Josh Duhamel.

"Definitely," she says regarding a potential pregnancy. "I'm on baby bump watch. It's really fun. It's when the paparazzi go right into your stomach."

"But yeah, that's one of the things that we want to do," she continued. "I've just been touring since 2003 and like anything things get monotonous and your doing the same thing every night. I'd like to go days without wearing make-up and watching my football games. Doing my footwear collection and my fragrances...Just going where the day takes me."

Apl.de.ap will use the time apart to focus on his duties as ambassador for education in the Philippines, Reuters reports.

Taboo, who released an autobiography in February, will likely spend time with his family. The rapper and wife Jaymie Dizon welcomed their second child, Journey, in April, joining two-year-old Jimmy and 18-year-old Joshua, his son from a previous marriage.

The group is currenlty promoting their dance video game, The Black Eyed Peas Experience.

..........GOOD!!!!!!!! I like BEP b4 Fergie anyways!!!!!!!!

Credit: Getty Images

Images & clips from the "farewell" gig.

SoulAlive said:

I really enjoyed their 2008 album 'The E.N.D.' it's a shame that they're taking a hiatus right when I started to like them

Don't hide in the box I enjoyed that album too and I like them I heard the recent album was not good at all I never bother to listen to it.

babybugz said:

SoulAlive said:

I really enjoyed their 2008 album 'The E.N.D.' it's a shame that they're taking a hiatus right when I started to like them

Don't hide in the box I enjoyed that album too and I like them I heard the recent album was not good at all I never bother to listen to it.

the last album 'The Beginning' is okay but not nearly as strong as the previous one.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

I read somewhere that Ashanti was in talks to be the new lead singer, replacing Fergie.

oh baby...

Thank God! Let's hope it sticks!

Time to celebrate I really can't stand their music. Just awful.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

I read somewhere that Ashanti was in talks to be the new lead singer, replacing Fergie.

I don't know if there's a more recent update on that, but last I heard that will.i.am shut that rumor down and said that is not happening.

Shard said:

Time to celebrate I really can't stand their music. Just awful.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

I read somewhere that Ashanti was in talks to be the new lead singer, replacing Fergie.

I don't know if there's a more recent update on that, but last I heard that will.i.am shut that rumor down and said that is not happening.

Prayers are answered indeed! Yeah, I think some of their songs are okay but I don't understand how anyone can hear these folks live and think they are a good band. They sound TERRIBLE live and it seems like it just doesn't translate from a studio sound/production to live. I dunno, maybe that's just the way things are now. People are less concerned about live performances and just more interested in the studio sound *cough* Rihanna......