Daily Mirror

Scary says the girls Wannabe back on road

- BY ASHLEIGH RAINBIRD Diary Editor ashleigh.rainbird@mirror.co.uk @arainbird

MEL B says she wants to get the Spice Girls back on the road after loving last year’s tour, which was “too short”.

SpiceWorld 2019 raked in £65million as Scary, 44, was reunited with Ginger, Sporty and Baby.

They played 13 sell-out dates – including three nights at Wembley.

Mel said: “I want it to happen again, like, tomorrow. I miss it. I really miss it. I loved being on tour.”

And Sporty Spice Mel C added: “We’re doing everything in our power to do it again.”

Telling how much she enjoyed the shows during a livestream with Sporty, Mel said: “It was nuts. I think 13 shows was too short, even though we did not set out to do more than one. I hope we do more.

“It was beautiful. We were all knackered after every show as we GIG-A-GIG AH Mel B has touring bug put everything on the stage, for everyone to take home.” Sporty, 46, told of her regrets that they did not film the tour for a DVD because they “did not get our sh** together”. She said: “Things were difficult behind the scenes. We never got round to it, sadly. We were so focused on having an incredible show. It was complicate­d... as we had new management. It was a crazy time. Basically we didn’t

Band at Dublin show last year

get our sh** together. We have some personal behind the scenes footage and would like to release that as time goes by. As for a big show, sadly that won’t happen and we are gutted. I regret that we did not do that.”

Last year’s line-up was missing Posh as Victoria Beckham declined to join them. Sporty said: “We would have loved Victoria to be part of it but respect her decision. We weren’t here in full. She was with us in spirit, I do believe.”

The band last performed as the classic five-piece at the closing party for the 2012 London Olympics.

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