<sod>The Pointer Sisters are scheduled to play six Australian dates in May and June 2016 <ref>http://thepointersisters.com/calendar</ref> with the lineup of Ruth Pointer, Issa Pointer and Sadako Johnson: recent media reports indicate that Anita Pointer's health issued have necessitated her retiring from the group. <ref name="News.com.au">{{cite web| url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/books/ruth-pointer-of-the-pointer-sisters-on-her-cocaine-addiction-and-escaping-scientology-rehab/news-story/3599b075e331eeb72ddc6e33c8ee94f3| quote=(quote) The Pointer Sisters’ line-up has become so fluid that Ruth is now the only original member. June Pointer was kicked out of the band in 2004 due to ongoing crack cocaine use. While she entered rehab she died in 2006 after a battle with cancer. Anita Pointer left the band after medical issues following chemotherapy left her unable to tour| title=Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters on her cocaine addiction and escaping Scientology rehab| publisher=News.com.au| access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/pointer-sisters-coming-to-jupiters-on-may-28/news-story/0d6a2d849673d12161da7c8f6d2881cb| quote=(quote) June, whose crack cocaine addiction saw her kicked out of the group in 2004, died from cancer in 2006 while medical problems following chemotherapy treatment left Anita unable to tour. Now comprised of Ruth, her daughter Issa and granddaughter Sadako, the Pointers Sisters play Jupiters Theatre on May 28| title=Pointer sisters coming to Jupiters on May 28| publisher=GoldCoastBulletin.com.au| access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref> In a 25 February 2016 interview with News.com.au Ruth Pointer said of the Pointer Sisters recent live performance history: "I'm almost inclined to call [the group's live engagements] top-up engagements not tours. We don’t do the tours like we used to do back in the day. We’ll leave that to the young folks, out on the road in buses for months at a time.<small>...</small>We still have a good time, we do a lot of corporate dates, a lot of casinos, special events, fundraisers, that’s our audience. We’re so glad [the Pointer Sisters' songs are] still relevant and people still want to hear them being sung and we love singing them." <ref name="News.com.au"/><eod>
<sod>The Pointer Sisters are scheduled to play six Australian dates in May and June 2016 <ref>http://thepointersisters.com/calendar</ref> with the lineup of Ruth Pointer, Issa Pointer and Sadako Johnson: recent media reports indicate that Anita Pointer's health issued have necessitated her retiring from the group. <ref name="News.com.au">{{cite web| url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/books/ruth-pointer-of-the-pointer-sisters-on-her-cocaine-addiction-and-escaping-scientology-rehab/news-story/3599b075e331eeb72ddc6e33c8ee94f3| quote=(quote) The Pointer Sisters’ line-up has become so fluid that Ruth is now the only original member. June Pointer was kicked out of the band in 2004 due to ongoing crack cocaine use. While she entered rehab she died in 2006 after a battle with cancer. Anita Pointer left the band after medical issues following chemotherapy left her unable to tour| title=Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters on her cocaine addiction and escaping Scientology rehab| publisher=News.com.au| access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/pointer-sisters-coming-to-jupiters-on-may-28/news-story/0d6a2d849673d12161da7c8f6d2881cb| quote=(quote) June, whose crack cocaine addiction saw her kicked out of the group in 2004, died from cancer in 2006 while medical problems following chemotherapy treatment left Anita unable to tour. Now composed of Ruth, her daughter Issa and granddaughter Sadako, the Pointers Sisters play Jupiters Theatre on May 28| title=Pointer sisters coming to Jupiters on May 28| publisher=GoldCoastBulletin.com.au| access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref> In a 25 February 2016 interview with News.com.au Ruth Pointer said of the Pointer Sisters recent live performance history: "I'm almost inclined to call [the group's live engagements] top-up engagements not tours. We don’t do the tours like we used to do back in the day. We’ll leave that to the young folks, out on the road in buses for months at a time.<small>...</small>We still have a good time, we do a lot of corporate dates, a lot of casinos, special events, fundraisers, that’s our audience. We’re so glad [the Pointer Sisters' songs are] still relevant and people still want to hear them being sung and we love singing them." <ref name="News.com.au"/><eod>