Jun 28, 2007 7:25 am US/Pacific
Spice Girls Announce Reunion Tour
LONDON (AP) ―
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Victoria Beckham, Melanie C, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, and Mel B of Spice Girls attending news conference to make the reunion announcement.
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The Spice Girls wannabe stars again.
Following a calculated publicity buildup, the original Girl Power group of the 1990s announced Thursday that they have agreed to reunite for six concerts around the world — their first since breaking up in 2001.
Talk of a reunion had swirled for weeks — boosted by Sporty Spice herself.
Victoria (Adams) Beckham (Posh Spice), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) and Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) formed the Spice Girls in 1994. They became a global hit.
Chisholm, who had opposed a reunion, recently told the British Broadcasting Corp. she had changed her mind.
"For the first time ever, there is some truth in the rumors. We've been discussing it and it could possibly happen," the 33-year-old singer told BBC radio.
"I've always said, `I don't want to do it, the past is the past. It was amazing, it was magical. We could never recreate it,'" Chisholm said. "But this year people have been talking about it and some of the girls have expressed an interest in doing it."
The Spice Girls' 2000 album, "Forever," had weak sales, and they began concentrating on their solo careers.
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