PigSooie Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411425/1207485 "Girl Power" is back with the announcement that the Spice Girls, who topped charts in the late 1990s, are reuniting for a tour and greatest hits album. Ginger, Sporty, Posh, Scary and a heavily pregnant Baby Spice told a press conference in London on Thursday that the tour would take place in December and January and would be accompanied by a television documentary about the band. The 11-city tour starts in Los Angeles on December 7 and ends on January 24 next year in Buenos Aires. "Girl power is back, we're going on the road, we're touring the world," Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton said in a promotional video shown to the press before the five girls appeared on stage at London's 02 arena. When asked why she dropped her previous resistance to a reunion, Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm replied: "A girl's allowed to change her mind. This is something that we've only seriously started discussing this year." Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell added: "For me it's about celebrating the past, enjoying each other, it's about our fans. It felt the right time - it's kind of now or never." The five-member band is the latest in a long line of pop acts to bury past differences and reform, and they will be hoping for success where many others have failed. The Spice Girls boasted album sales of 55 million during their meteoric career, and hits including Wannabe and Say You'll Be There topped charts across the globe. But their success was shortlived. Halliwell walked out on the band in 1998, only four years after The Spice Girls was created, and the remaining band members went their separate ways after releasing the album Forever in 2000. The singers said comparisons with Take That, a British boyband that enjoyed huge success since reuniting for a tour last year, were inevitable. "One thing that's very different about the Spice Girls is we were truly global," Chisholm said. Victoria "Posh" Beckham, who wore her hair short and blond, added: "Take That are starting up again. For us we're celebrating the past, we're going to do a small tour and then that's probably going to be it." Halliwell called the reunion a "one night stand", joking: "So you can enjoy it more, right?" All now in their 30s, the singers embarked on solo careers with varying degrees of success after the band split. Three of the five are mothers and Bunton is expecting her first child in the late summer. "There's a lot of children, and about to be another one, and our priorities are really our families, as much as we want to have fun," Beckham said. "One of the main reasons why I think some of us want to do this is (for our kids) to actually see what we used to do. We're definitely going to have a huge creche (on tour)," she said. Beckham has maintained the highest profile since the band broke up, helped by her superstar soccer-playing husband David and appearances at fashion shows and on tabloid front pages. The couple are moving to the United States where David has signed to play for LA Galaxy. Meanwhile, Melanie "Scary" Brown largely disappeared from the public eye until a high-profile paternity case involving Hollywood star Eddie Murphy. Earlier this month a DNA test confirmed Murphy as the father of Brown's newborn baby girl after he declined to publicly acknowledge paternity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I take it you posted this as a joke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I won't be able to make it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Girl Power had left? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 I take it you posted this as a joke. This is newsworthy, A-man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Froggie posts about possible Zeppelin Reunion shows... PigSooie posts about a Spice Girls Reunion tour... I don't wanna pass judgment on anyone, but... Just playing, but seriously...are they serious? The way they announced it and everything, you'd swear they were on par with the Stones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Just playing, but seriously...are they serious? The way they announced it and everything, you'd swear they were on par with the Stones.They did sell more than 50 million albums... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 They did sell more than 50 million albums... You just made that up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 You just made that up.Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 You just made that up.Inasmuch as anything on Wikipedia is pretty much unverifiable, yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G_willy Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Girl Power had left? yea but its like totally back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell added: "For me it's about celebrating the past, enjoying each other, it's about our fans. It felt the right time - it's kind of now or never. Or something." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 She totally stole that "or something" bit from me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 The band's success back in the day had a lot to do with "jiggling". I wonder if they can recreate the allure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I was under the impression that getting the Spice Girls' future hinged on the condition of forgetting the Spice Girls' past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Inasmuch I think you need a new space bar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Victoria "Posh" Beckham, who wore her hair short and blond, added: "Take That are starting up again. For us we're celebrating the past, we're going to do a small tour and then that's probably going to be it. I'm just happy to be back with Chewie, Sparkles, Lavender, and...what's your name again, dear? " Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I think you need a new space bar.I'm defending a Spice Girls reunion as newsworthy and that's all you've got? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I'm defending a Spice Girls reunion as newsworthy and that's all you've got? I'm actually looking forward to this. And it IS newsworthy...hell, I heard they sold over 50 millions albums. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Fuckin 'wannabe' in me noggin now. Crikey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 "friendship never ends" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anodyne Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 fuck. i just thrift shopped a spice girls tshirt to be ironic, but now that they're reuniting, i don't know my hipster status!?!?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
virtualreason Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 To add a weird dimension to this thread, I'm actually going to be going to the NYC show. I really can't wait! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Serak_the_Preparer Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 fuck. i just thrift shopped a spice girls tshirt to be ironic, but now that they're reuniting, i don't know my hipster status!?!?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 celery salt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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