‘Tears of relief’ for Spice Girls as they confirm tour, says Brown
THE SPICE Girls cried with relief after they confirmed their reunion, Melanie Brown has revealed.
Leeds-born Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Horner and Emma Bunton announced on Monday that they would perform a six-date UK stadium tour in June next year – without fifth member Victoria Beckham. And Brown told ITV’s
show yesterday: “We all went round to Geri’s for a cup of tea and it was like, finally we can talk about it. It’s really exciting. When we’re together, we don’t like anybody else around us. “Whether it’s husbands, kids... we move them all into the other room, so it’s just us four together. So we do a little cuddle and a little ring o’ roses. We kind of cried a little bit too – a sign of relief – finally, we’re going to be doing it.”
Speaking about the band’s socalled Girl Power message, she added: “All we wanted to do was spread the message for women supporting other women – no matter what you look like, no matter what background you come from. Embracing the fact that you’re a woman, especially back then and especially now – women need other women.”
Brown said the five band members had gone through something so special together that they were bonded forever, and added: “Even though Victoria’s not joining us on the tour, she still sends her well wishes and she will be coming along – hopefully, fingers crossed. But yeah, we’re all still there supporting each other still, 25 years later.”
The four were seen in a mock news broadcast, confirming the details of their tour via the band’s Twitter account on Monday.
Tickets will be on sale for the tour on Saturday at 10.30am.