Thirty years after the Spice Women shaped, triggering a wave of Lady Energy that unfold the globe, the basic lineup will reunite for a venture.
Although particulars stay beneath lock and key, founding member Mel B let the information slip out throughout her look Tuesday (Jan. 9) on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna.
When requested concerning the possibilities of a Spice Women reunion, Mel B (actual identify Melanie Brown) advised Hoda Kotb, “I’ve been saying it ceaselessly. However now we’re truly going to be releasing some actually excellent news in about just a few weeks that includes all 5 of us.”
A reunion isn’t a cinch, she continues. “There’s 5 of us, 5 separate diaries, we’re all dad and mom.”
The well-known 5 is, after all, Child (Emma Bunton), Posh (Victoria Beckham), Ginger (Geri Halliwell-Horner), Sporty (Melanie Chisholm) and Scary Spice (Mel B) – an outfit that landed No. 1s on each side of the Atlantic throughout a sizzling streak within the late Nineties.
Will Spicemaniacs be happy by what’s to come back? Apparently so. “100%,” enthuses Mel B. “And it’s going to be the reward that retains on giving, with out saying an excessive amount of about it. I’m going to get myself into a lot hassle.”
The Spice Women assembled in 1994, and had a world phenomenon two years later with their debut single, 1996’s “Wannabe.” The catchy observe logged 4 weeks on the summit of the Billboard Scorching 100 in early 1997, and is among the group’s 9 U.Ok. No. 1 singles. “Wannabe” remains to be powering alongside, passing one billion streams on Spotify over the latest vacation interval. The Brits’ debut LP Spice spent 5 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and 15 weeks on the summit of the Official U.Ok. Albums Chart (followup Spiceworld logged three weeks at No. 1 within the U.Ok. in 1997).
It takes one thing particular to assemble the ladies. The final time all 5 carried out collectively was for the London Olympics in 2012, although the pop act hit the highway for a tour in 2019, doing in order a four-piece with out Victoria Beckham.
The Spice Women did reunite in 2022 for the event of Geri’s fiftieth birthday, an occasion that doubled-up because the twenty fifth anniversary of their Spiceworld, their sophomore album. Geri had left the group in 1998 to embark on a solo profession, returning to the fold in 2007 for the Return of the Spice Women Tour.
Reunion speak apart, Mel B used her stint on the At present with Hoda & Jenna sofa to debate her return to the America’s Received Expertise judging panel, her MBE, her guide, her forthcoming wedding ceremony and the Royal Mail’s particular assortment of Spice Women stamps. “It’s large,” she says of the brand new stamp challenge. “For the Royal Mail, it’s normally the Queen, and the King” on the stamps. “And now it’s the Spice Women.”
Watch the interview under.
