post June 28,2007
The Spice Girls have reformed.
The band announced they were reuniting today, six years after
they finally split, for a world tour in December. They are also releasing a
greatest hits album.
Geri Halliwell, 34, insists the reunion is going to be like a "one night
stand", and says the girl group want to "celebrate the past" and are not
getting back together for good.
Geri, who left the band in 1998, told BANG Showbiz: "It's a bit like a one
night stand - it's not forever.
"We want to celebrate the past, enjoy being together and say thank you to
our fans."
She added: "It feels like 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and I've got
the golden ticket! It's so exciting. It was like I got divorced and now I
have fallen in love with my ex-husband again."
Victoria, who has three sons with soccer ace David Beckham, insisted: "There
is a big difference between celebrating the past and getting back together.
We are here to do a tour and that's all.
"Our priority is our families. We are doing this for our kids so they can
see what we do. We are going to have a huge crèche for all the children. I
am so excited about this tour - I might get to be the cool one in the family
for once!"
The girl band also said they can't wait to don their famous old outfits
again.
Mel B revealed: "I will be wearing leopard skin and Geri will have her Union
Jack dress on."
Mel C added: "I want to wear my tracksuit again. I will be going down the
market looking for a shell suit. Hats off to our characters."
Victoria insists the band have still retained their old images and their
style hasn't changed since they split in 2001.
She said: "We didn't know what we would all be wearing, but we look the same
as we used to. We still have the same images and they haven't really
changed."
Emma Bunton added: "It's just a grown-up version."
The Spice Girls are set to kick off their 11-date world tour in Los Angeles,
followed by shows in Las Vegas, New York City, Buenos Aires, London,
Cologne, Madrid, Beijing and Sydney.
The Spice Girls have reformed.
The band announced they were reuniting today, six years after
they finally split, for a world tour in December. They are also releasing a
greatest hits album.
Geri Halliwell, 34, insists the reunion is going to be like a "one night
stand", and says the girl group want to "celebrate the past" and are not
getting back together for good.
Geri, who left the band in 1998, told BANG Showbiz: "It's a bit like a one
night stand - it's not forever.
"We want to celebrate the past, enjoy being together and say thank you to
our fans."
She added: "It feels like 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and I've got
the golden ticket! It's so exciting. It was like I got divorced and now I
have fallen in love with my ex-husband again."
Victoria, who has three sons with soccer ace David Beckham, insisted: "There
is a big difference between celebrating the past and getting back together.
We are here to do a tour and that's all.
"Our priority is our families. We are doing this for our kids so they can
see what we do. We are going to have a huge crèche for all the children. I
am so excited about this tour - I might get to be the cool one in the family
for once!"
The girl band also said they can't wait to don their famous old outfits
again.
Mel B revealed: "I will be wearing leopard skin and Geri will have her Union
Jack dress on."
Mel C added: "I want to wear my tracksuit again. I will be going down the
market looking for a shell suit. Hats off to our characters."
Victoria insists the band have still retained their old images and their
style hasn't changed since they split in 2001.
She said: "We didn't know what we would all be wearing, but we look the same
as we used to. We still have the same images and they haven't really
changed."
Emma Bunton added: "It's just a grown-up version."
The Spice Girls are set to kick off their 11-date world tour in Los Angeles,
followed by shows in Las Vegas, New York City, Buenos Aires, London,
Cologne, Madrid, Beijing and Sydney.
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GERI HALLIWELL (GINGER)
THEN: The flame-haired Halliwell shocked the world when she announced she was quitting the band on the eve
of the Spice Girls' 1998 North American tour.
NOW: As a new mom (Bluebell Madonna was born in May 2006; Dad is screenwriter Sacha Gervasi), Halliwell, 34,
signed a deal in April to write a series of six children's books, which features a character based on a bandmate
– Princess Posh Vatoria.
THEN: The flame-haired Halliwell shocked the world when she announced she was quitting the band on the eve
of the Spice Girls' 1998 North American tour.
NOW: As a new mom (Bluebell Madonna was born in May 2006; Dad is screenwriter Sacha Gervasi), Halliwell, 34,
signed a deal in April to write a series of six children's books, which features a character based on a bandmate
– Princess Posh Vatoria.
EMMA BUNTON (BABY)
THEN: The youngest Spice, Bunton really was babied by her bandmates.
"She was still living at home," Melanie "Sporty" Chisholm told PEOPLE last
year. "We always felt that extra protection for her."
NOW: Bunton, 31, released a U.S. solo album, Free Me, in 2005 and is
working on a second while expecting her first child, due in August, with
boyfriend Jade Jones. "I guess I will be handing over the 'Baby' tag now to
a deserving little new owner," she said in a statement.
THEN: The youngest Spice, Bunton really was babied by her bandmates.
"She was still living at home," Melanie "Sporty" Chisholm told PEOPLE last
year. "We always felt that extra protection for her."
NOW: Bunton, 31, released a U.S. solo album, Free Me, in 2005 and is
working on a second while expecting her first child, due in August, with
boyfriend Jade Jones. "I guess I will be handing over the 'Baby' tag now to
a deserving little new owner," she said in a statement.
MELANIE BROWN (SCARY)
THEN: The first Spice Girl to marry
and become a mom, Brown gave
birth to daughter Phoenix Chi (with
then-husband Jimmy Gulzar) in
February 1999. She and Gulzar
split a year later.
NOW: After a stint in Rent on
Broadway, Brown, 32, moved to
Los Angeles and released the
album L.A. State of Mind. Lately her
focus has been on her 2-month-
old, Angel Iris – who she says DNA
tests show to be the daughter of
Eddie Murphy.
THEN: The first Spice Girl to marry
and become a mom, Brown gave
birth to daughter Phoenix Chi (with
then-husband Jimmy Gulzar) in
February 1999. She and Gulzar
split a year later.
NOW: After a stint in Rent on
Broadway, Brown, 32, moved to
Los Angeles and released the
album L.A. State of Mind. Lately her
focus has been on her 2-month-
old, Angel Iris – who she says DNA
tests show to be the daughter of
Eddie Murphy.
MELANIE CHISHOLM (SPORTY)
THEN: Known for her onstage backflips and
powerful pipes, Mel C. was the first Spice Girl
to release a solo album, 1999's double-
platinum Northern Star.
NOW: Chisholm, 33, started Red Girl Records
(named after her tendency to blush) in 2004.
The next year she debuted an edgier sound –
and look – with a smash CD (in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland), Beautiful Intentions.
In April she released her fourth solo album,
This Time, in the U.K.
THEN: Known for her onstage backflips and
powerful pipes, Mel C. was the first Spice Girl
to release a solo album, 1999's double-
platinum Northern Star.
NOW: Chisholm, 33, started Red Girl Records
(named after her tendency to blush) in 2004.
The next year she debuted an edgier sound –
and look – with a smash CD (in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland), Beautiful Intentions.
In April she released her fourth solo album,
This Time, in the U.K.
VICTORIA ADAMS (POSH)
THEN: Posh was the "quiet" Spice Girl – until she married
soccer star David Beckham in 1999. At their wedding,
guests danced to Spice Girls hits played by an 18-piece
orchestra.
NOW: Style icon Victoria Beckham, 33, is an entrepreneur
with her own fashion line and a reality special, Victoria
Beckham: Coming to America, premiering July 16 on NBC.
Plus, she'll be doing it all in a new home – she's moving
sons Brooklyn, 8, Romeo, 4, and Cruz, 2, to L.A., where Dad
will play for the Galaxy soccer team.
THEN: Posh was the "quiet" Spice Girl – until she married
soccer star David Beckham in 1999. At their wedding,
guests danced to Spice Girls hits played by an 18-piece
orchestra.
NOW: Style icon Victoria Beckham, 33, is an entrepreneur
with her own fashion line and a reality special, Victoria
Beckham: Coming to America, premiering July 16 on NBC.
Plus, she'll be doing it all in a new home – she's moving
sons Brooklyn, 8, Romeo, 4, and Cruz, 2, to L.A., where Dad
will play for the Galaxy soccer team.
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