So, I am sitting in the rehearsal studio on a lunch break. We've just finished rehearsing Who Do You Think You Are. No, I'm not going to tell you any details. You’ll just have to wait and see! It's a lot of fun.
Beau is sitting opposite me on Emma's lap, giving a smile.
We're working hard and it’s like we've never been apart. I really like it when we're singing in harmony with the band. It's funny that ten years on each of us still remembers our harmony lines. It's like riding a bike - you just don’t forget. It's like it's ingrained in us.
What else can I tell you? Cruz has been looking for a pump to blow up his rocket and now he's trying on Melanie C's hoodie.
Melanie C is definitely embracing her Sporty roots today in a fetching pair of tracky bottoms. Looking gorgeous! Actually, that's Bluebell's new favourite word.
Bluebell is on her way down here in a bit. She keeps on picking up a microphone, so it's like the Waltons on tour with babies and husbands all around. Jade (Emma's partner) is the perfect daddy. I can tell he loves being a father.
I've gotta tell you, it's been the most wonderful experience being back in Spice World. I love being part of a group and I feel this experience has done exactly what I had hoped. It has reunited us and made our friendship stronger. We have a bond that we will share for the rest of our lives.
Let me tell you, the Spice Girls are now Spice Women - full, sensual and stronger through their life experiences. It’s fantastic to be around the humour, and although the pressure is on, being part of a group is a wonderful thing. I receive a lot of support and encouragement from the other girls.
We are definitely a democracy. Every morning we check in with each other and we discuss the decisions that have to be made.
We have a great band. Melanie C picked them and she cracks the whip when it comes to vocal warm-ups.
Okay, I think that’s enough for now. See you very soon… one month to go!
Geri x
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]]>Head over to thespicegirls.com to sign up for these dates. Remember that ticket codes for tour dates are specific to each location so if you would like to attend either of these dates it's important to re-register.
]]>In the latest example of name-brand artists using nontraditional means to sell their music (see: Radiohead; Paul McCartney; Madonna), the reunited pop group has teamed with Victoria's Secret to sell its upcoming greatest-hits CD exclusively through the lingerie chain's stores and on its Website.
The disc is due for release Nov. 13 and is expected to retail for between $10 and $12. It will also be available for download through iTunes and other music sites.
Customers can preorder a hard copy of the 15-track album for 24 hours between midnight Wednesday and Thursday.
Capitol Records initially approached the lingerie purveyor with its proposal in September, far later than Victoria's Secret typically begins setting up its holiday marketing, per the Wall Street Journal. The Spice Girls helped to seal the deal by agreeing to perform at the chain's annual fashion show on Nov. 15. (CBS will air the tribute to all things skimpy, scanty and slinky on Dec. 4.)
The Girls kick off a reunion tour Dec. 2 in Vancouver and will continue on to dates in London, San Jose, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Cologne, Madrid, London, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires.
The erstwhile Scary, Sporty, Ginger, Baby and Posh proved they still appeal to the masses by selling out their Dec. 15 concert in London within 38 seconds. Promoters have since added additional dates to the touring schedule in an effort to meet demand.
Source: Yahoo
]]>1. Wannabe
2. Say You'll be There
3. 2 Become 1
4. Mama
5. Who Do You Think You Are?
6. Move Over
7. Spice Up Your Life
8. Too Much
9. Stop
10. Viva Forever
11. Let Love Lead The Way
12. Holler
13. Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)
14. Voodoo
15. Goodbye
She also compared the Spice Girls' reunion to friends who were now a little older and wiser getting back together and realising school was better than they remembered.
The original Ginger Spice, 35, only hinted at past rifts between the five members of the group when she conceded it was difficult to balance work with friendship.
And she described their tour selling out in just 38 seconds earlier this week as "shocking", but promised fans they would have a night to remember at the shows later this year.
She told GMTV: "It is different. The only way I can describe it is like when you look back on your school days. When you are at school, sometimes you think 'oh God' but you look back and think actually, that was so much fun, it was a laugh with your schoolmates.
"It's getting to revisit something, a little bit older, a little bit wiser."
She added: "It's so amazing. It is like waking up and you get a second chance to be something that is so enjoyable."
Of their sell-out tour, she said: "It is kind of shocking. 38 seconds, it's pretty amazing. I cannot quite believe it."
Halliwell, who is now a mother of one, also revealed that the new single, which she described as "absolutely amazing", was finished.
She said: "Emma and I initially worked on it with the original writers we used to collaborate with and then the other girls chipped in later on, adding lyrics.
"Its a Spice Girl classic. We are so proud of it. We started putting words down before we even had the finalised yes from everyone.
"It was kind of like a prayer - when you kind of put the footwork in hoping that it will happen - so it is a really special song, it's kind of magical... It's a big love song."
The group's worldwide comeback tour, which starts in Canada on December 2, will be the first time the group have appeared as a five since Halliwell left the band in 1998.
She said today that it was hard to "juggle that balance" between work and friendship, saying: "It's fantastic hanging with girls you really like but there are pressures of work to go with it so it's about finding that balance. It's like planning a wedding..."
Like Halliwell, Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham and Emma Bunton are now all mothers and she said this had "really bonded" the group.
She said: "It is such a gift to be a mother. I understand what the others go through because it's hard. It's amazing, the love you feel for your child."
Fans will be given a second chance to get their hands on tickets for the tour when phone lines are opened up tomorrow for two new dates added to the London leg.
Halliwell promised: "It is going to be amazing. It's going to be like a piece of theatre. It has got a story to it. It is really creative."
And she scotched the idea that it will make the group a fortune, saying: "People think you are going to be loaded but you have to do about 99 dates to break even by the time you have paid for the huge screen and all of those things.
"This reunion is about the fans and us celebrating the past. It's more about that."
The new Spice Girls album is out on November 12 and the single will be released a week later.
]]>"You could feel her bones sticking through. She's on the cusp. She looks good now but if she takes it any further, she's going to start to look ill. She's incredibly compulsive. The Spice Girls' reunion is a huge deal for her and she wants to look her very best for her moment back in the limelight. The problem is, Geri is a woman of extremes and she doesn't always know when to stop. She is a very disciplined person. She has regular vitamin injections to ensure her body is getting the right nutrients. She's a big fan of taking her own packed lunches with her. They will be carefully controlled, a certain amount of protein and carbohydrate. It will all be measured out and she'll stick to it rigidly. Her boobs are always the giveaway. Once they shrink, you know she's gone too far. Look closely at her collarbones too. She looks great at the moment. But, unfortunately, she doesn't always recognise when it's time to pull back. There are times when she takes it to the brink and then falls over the edge. Let's just hope it doesn't happen this time. We mustn't forget that ego plays a major part in all this. Geri loves Victoria, but she also envies her figure and Victoria is looking fabulous at the moment. Geri is always very determined to work on her figure when she knows she's got something to promote and this is her biggest career move in recent years. That old friendly rivalry with Victoria could well be in full swing again. That's what worries her friends the most."
A source in Los Angeles adds:
"Her bandmates have also noticed something might be wrong. The other girls are all a bit worried about Geri's behavior. She's always been one to take things to extremes and the way she's dealing with her pre-tour fitness regime is another example of her obsessive personality. Her mumsy, unflattering outfit at the reunion shoot was, most of them believe, a calculated move. She wasn't at what she considers her peak physical condition and she wanted to give everyone a big 'wow' photo when she unveils her perfect body on the first night of the tour."
]]>A source says: "The album cover is a nice touch. They wanted something simple and stylish and it's probably one of the most expensive album covers ever made."
If you have yet to see the cover, please click here!
Source: SpiceNews
]]>Ginger Spice was in talks about making a primetime feelgood “people power” show.
The programme would have seen the 35-year-old singer and mum-of-one hook up viewers who lack confidence with inspiring celebs.
For example, someone who was worried about being overweight would get a surprise visit from Little Britain star Matt Lucas.
But following the Spice Girls’ announcement that they are reforming, the plug has now been pulled on the project.
An insider said: “ITV were keen on the show and Geri was in talks about it — but the reunion has now put the kibosh on the idea.
Spice Girls boss Simon Fuller has big plans for Geri and sadly there’s no room to do this show.”
We revealed how the girls are also making a major documentary to coincide with their world tour, which kicks off in December.
ITV producers had approached Geri for the Cilla-style show as she is no stranger to personal crises.
Her solo career was short-lived and she once became painfully thin.
But she has fought back and is now a picture of health and mum to one-year old daughter Bluebell.
Producers had thought she could fill the gap left by Cilla, who effectively quit TV in 2003.
One said: “No one really does that sort of feelgood telly any more. Geri would have been good at it.”
Source: The Sun
]]>We’re really amazed by the fantastic response to our “Spice City” competition. Thanks to everyone who took the time to get involved.
We set this up to give all our genuine fans the chance to turn their hometown into a SPICE CITY. This was all about making your own city a SPICE CITY and since we launched there have been literally millions of votes for us to play in hundreds of cities including places like Rio, Chicago, Melbourne, Manchester, Paris, Alice Springs, Baghdad, and Diss (in Norfolk England)!
But one city had to win and we are now delighted to announce the winner is... TORONTO. Thanks to everyone in Canada who voted for us to play there - we’ll work out the date over the next few weeks and let you know.
If your city wasn’t the winner this time, then keep checking back to this site and register for updates. Who knows what might happen next?
Lots of love
Emma x Geri x Mel B x Mel C x Victoria
]]>Just weeks after announcing they were reforming seven years after they split, the mid-1990s pop sensation have had to add extra dates to their upcoming world tour to satisfy demand and may add still more as demand keeps rising.
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"I always felt in my heart the reunion had to happen and it was the right thing to do," Halliwell told Reuters in an interview on Friday.
"Having said that, we haven't been together for many years, and so when we put up the availability to register to come and buy tickets, you don't know, maybe two people want to come (to see us), maybe lots."
As it turned out, 3 million people registered online to buy tickets, which promoters say suggests that up to 18 million fans are desperate to see the five women in action again.
"Amazing and outrageous and beyond what we could have imagined," said Halliwell, who was the first to leave the group back in 1998, two years before they officially split.
"Of course that is, phew, it is very affirming and lovely to have that feedback. So we have put more dates on."
They're even holding a competition for one of the extra dates -- whichever city gets the most votes from fans online, they'll play it, whether it's Anchorage, Alaska or Zagreb in Croatia. "It will be crowned Spice City," Halliwell said.
The quintet -- Posh, Ginger, Sporty, Scary and Baby -- have already added three extra concerts in Shanghai, Vancouver and San Jose, California, filling out a 14-city tour that starts in Canada on December 2 and ends on January 24, 2008 in Buenos Aires.
Since their split, after selling 55 million albums worldwide, the other Spice Girls -- Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown -- have all gone on to have varied lives in entertainment, as well as some of them marrying and having children.
So now, rather than the tour involving just the five girls, make-up artists and their crew -- as it more or less did a decade ago -- they'll be travelling around the world with a vast entourage of husbands, boy friends, kids and family.
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"We are like the Waltons," said Halliwell, smiling.
"We are taking all seven children, one husband, a few boy friends, five grown up women and all their stuff. I think the Spice Girls, we really pride ourselves that we have always loved our families and we treat each other like family."
Halliwell said it had been no mean feat to get them all back together again but she was glad it had happened.
"I feel very optimistic and positive, the point of this is to be a very fun experience and obviously the feedback that we have had is amazing and I think that the support and the encouragement from the world is almost like helping us to make this happen."
But as for going back out on stage again, with vast stadiums full of screaming teenage, and perhaps not so teenage, fans, the prospect makes Halliwell a touch nervous.
"Until I am up on that stage I can't quite tell. I can't quite explain how it feels until you actually do it yourself. But I do feel my legs go wibbly-wobbly and my stomach does go a little.
"Having said that, I have got four other girls with me and we have always supported each other.
"That is what I have learnt in life, you don't have to do things in life alone, it is so great to be in a team, to be in a pack. I think naturally as human beings we belong in packs."
Source: Reuters
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San Jose - December 4, 2007
Shanghai - January 8, 2008
You can continue to vote for your "Spice City" at the official website, www.thespicegirls.com
]]>[ Most likely a rumour, but found it worth posting ]
Source: SpiceNews.com
]]>The footballer has re-located to America and joined soccer team LA Galaxy, while wife Victoria has recently announced a reunion tour with her former group.
But David has insisted that the rest of the Spice Girls can not stay at their new home when they are in LA because he finds them "much too much" when they are all together.
When asked if he would be having the girls around to stay, he said: "I don’t know about that. I’m sure they will all have a nice hotel somewhere.”
But he has said he is looking forward to their reunion, saying: "It’s great for them to be celebrating the success they had many years ago. I’m going to enjoy it. I know my boys are looking forward to seeing their mum on stage.
Source: Digital Spy
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