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We really really want a reunion

Mel B pledges 2024 Spice Girls tour.. but Victoria says ‘no’

- BY MARK JEFFERIES Showbiz Editor news@ irishmirro­r.ie

EXCLUSIVE MEL B has promised the Spice Girls will reunite on tour again this year to celebrate their 30th anniversar­y, however Victoria has ruled herself out.

In new chapters of her memoir, Mel, 48, talks of a band reunion, saying: “The Spice Girls will all be out there, all five of us together again – yes, I’m saying it, it will happen.”

Last month, she told ITV’S Jonathan Ross that plans for the 2024 tour were being finalised.

But Victoria Beckham has vetoed the idea.

Speaking to Radio France, the fashion designer, 49, said: “There have been lots of rumours about tours and performanc­es but that will not happen.

“It would be lovely for us to do something to celebrate [the 30th anniversar­y] – a dinner or a lunch – and reminisce. But, yes, it will not be any more than that.”

The group – Mel, Victoria, Mel C, Geri and Emma – formed in 1994 and had a string of worldwide hits before breaking up in 2000. Their memorable performanc­es include the 1997 BRIT Awards.

In her updated book, Mel tells of the band’s backstage dramas during their 2019 reunion tour.

She says: “There are rows. There are nightmare moments. Lots of stress.”

She also told how their backstage requests included ice baths, a bed and Wotsits.

She says: “Mel C had her ice baths. Geri [Horner] got an actual bed in her dressing room. I have palo santo incense, organic snacks, Midget Gems, Wotsits.”

Just a dinner or lunch.. it will not be any more VICTORIA BECKHAM RULES OUT A TOUR

THERAPY

And she told how her life is getting back on track after a troubled marriage. Mel says: “I am getting better. The therapy is working. Someday soon I do believe things will improve.”

The star has three children – Angel, 16, with actor Eddie Murphy; Phoenix, 25, with exhusband Jimmy Gulzar, and Madison, 12, with Stephen Belafonte.

She was married to Belafonte until 2017 in what she alleged was an abusive relationsh­ip. He denies the claim.

The new paperback version of Mel B’s book Brutally Honest is out now by Quadrille publishing.

 ?? ?? POP QUEENS Spice Girls at the BRIT Awards in 1997
ANNIVERSAR­Y MYSTERY Mel C, Mel B, Victoria, Geri and Emma back in 2018
SPOT OF DRAMA
Mel B on ‘stressful’ 13-date reunion tour in 2019
POP QUEENS Spice Girls at the BRIT Awards in 1997 ANNIVERSAR­Y MYSTERY Mel C, Mel B, Victoria, Geri and Emma back in 2018 SPOT OF DRAMA Mel B on ‘stressful’ 13-date reunion tour in 2019

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