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Something for all the collectors: NS / Reason Boxset
Posted on Sunday, 29 January 2024 by Sebastian

A new Boxset is gonna be released in March. It’s called “2 Original Classic Albums: Melanie C - Northern Star/Reason”. It’ll be released on 19.03.2012. To pre-order click HERE.

Source: Play.com
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Dean Piper: SPICE EXCLUSIVE: Victoria Beckham currently saying “NO” to a Spice Girls reunion for the Queen’s Jubilee
Posted on Sunday, 29 January 2024 by Sebastian

This week Mel B set the cat among the pigeon’s on Aussie TV by mentioning there was an offer on the table for the Spice Girls to reform once again for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert. Being a huge Spice Girls fan I wanted to get to the bottom of the rumours.

So here goes…..it turns out Gary Barlow – who’s organising the gig – HAS asked the girls to perform. But as things currently stand it is NOT going to happen because Victoria Beckham doesn’t want to be a part of it.

All the other girls – Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton – are up for it. But Posh can’t seem to be persuaded. A source tells me: “All the girls are desperate for some Spice action except Posh who is simply too busy – she loves the girls and wants to support them and the fans but doesn’t see how she has the time when her fashion business is so successful.” “She has a very small team that she is hands on with all day, every day. Every spare minute she has is spent with her children and she just doesn’t have the time.

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Press-Pictures from “That Sunday Night Show”
Posted on Sunday, 29 January 2024 by Sebastian

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US Weekly: Spice Girls Reuniting for Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee
Posted on Sunday, 29 January 2024 by Sebastian

The biggest girl group of the ’90s is making a comeback!

Spice Girls singer Melanie Brown revealed the band will be reuniting this summer during a recent interview on Australian TV — but contrary to reports, it won’t be for the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

“I think the Queen’s Jubilee concert is the event I’d be looking at more closely for that to happen,” the 36-year-old said. Realizing she revealed too much, the singer quickly changed the subject.

According to The Sun, Brown told TV crew members backstage: “I am going to be in such strife for saying that. It’s all so totally bloody top-secret still.”

The “Scary” musician and her bandmates — Victoria “Posh” Beckham, 37, Geri “Ginger” Halliwell, 39, Emma “Baby” Bunton, 36, and Melanie “Sporty” Chisholm, 38 — last performed together during a reunion tour that kicked off in 2007.

“I’m always down for a Spice Girls reunion,” Brown said. “I love the Scary hair and platforms. Any time of day or night I’ll be there.”

To mark 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the Diamond Jubilee will take place on June 4, 2012. The group will perform in front of the royal family, including Prince William, 29, and Kate Middleton, 30.

Source: US Weekly
Author: Zach Johnson
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Sheffield Telegraph Competition: Meet Melanie C and win tickets to Sheffield O2 Academy
Posted on Saturday, 28 January 2024 by Sebastian

SPICING up the music scene next month in Sheffield will be former Spice Girl Melanie C - who is bringing her six-date UK tour to the city which became her second home, writes Graham Walker.

We’re celebrating with backstage passes and tickets for two to be won. One runner-up will also get a pair of tickets for the Sheffield O2 Academy show on Wednesday, February 29.

Mel will perform songs from latest album The Sea, and greatest hits.

Since going solo in 1999 she’s had six top 10 singles and two number ones, Never Be The Same Again and I Turn To You, plus more than three million album sales.

Melanie, aged 37, turned on the city’s Christmas lights on the Real Radio stage in November.

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The Sun: Spice Girls royal reunion - THE Spice Girls are to reunite for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Posted on Saturday, 28 January 2024 by Sebastian

The Nineties girl group are due to reform for a special gig at Buckingham Palace on June 4 in front of the Royal Family.

Mel B revealed the plans during an interview on Australian TV — when she was asked if the Spices will reform for the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

Mel smiled and replied: “Ooh, I think the Queen’s Jubilee concert is the event I’d be looking at more closely for that to happen.”

After realising her error, the outspoken star quickly changed the subject.

But after the show, she appeared to confirm to studio workers that she had not made a mistake.

Mel — who was Scary Spice in the band — told the TV crew off-air: “I am going to be in such strife for saying that.

“It’s all so totally bloody top-secret still.”

The line-up for the show has yet to be announced but the public will be able to get tickets to watch it in the palace grounds through a public ballot.

It will also be recorded for TV.

Girl Power exploded into the charts in 1996 — when Mel sang with “Baby” Emma Bunton, “Ginger” Geri Halliwell, “Sporty” Melanie Chisholm and “Posh” Victoria Beckham, then Adams.

The band — whose No1 hits include Wannabe and 2 Become 1 — split in 2000 before reuniting for a hugely successful comeback tour in 2007.

Mel, 36, admitted she cannot wait for the show.

The mum of three said: “I’m always down for a Spice Girls reunion. I love the Scary hair and platforms. Any time of day or night I’ll be there.”

Source: The Sun
Author: Caroline McGuire

Eat, sleep and breathe: Melanie C
Posted on Friday, 27 January 2024 by Sebastian

Former Spice Girl on green tea, lemon, ginger and missing spicy food

Eat, sleep and breathe
Melanie C

What time is breakfast?
8am or thereabouts.

Tea or coffee?
Green tea.

Smoking or non-smoking?
NON!

Sweet or savoury snacks?
Savoury.

What food do you miss when you tour?
Spicy food – I tend to avoid anything spicy when I’m singing.

Who’s the best cook you know?
My mum.

What’s on your rider?
I’m not that demanding (or rock ‘n’ roll!) Honey, lemon and ginger and water. Plus a nice bottle of red for after a show.

Which country/ city has the best food?
There’s no place like home! We have fantastic restaurants all over the UK.

Do you eat out a lot?
It varies depending on work. I enjoy taking my daughter out for lunch, she’s good company.

Do you drink onstage?
Only water!

Melanie C plays O2 ABC, Glasgow, Mon 27 Feb. See www.melaniec.net for info. Her new album, The Sea, is out now.

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Source: The List (Issue 693)
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…and more talk about the Olympics…
Posted on Friday, 27 January 2024 by Sebastian

Taken from contactmusic:

Former Spice Girls singer Mel C admitted she wants to get the band back together to perform at the opening ceremony - because she thinks it would help her chances of being allowed to watch some of the sporting events.

She said: “We’ve never actually been approached about the Olympics and it’s just rumours at the moment unfortunately but I’d jump at it if we were asked. I’m very excited about the Olympics being here in London. And it’d get me in wouldn’t it because I’ve got no tickets.”

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Mel C reveals Spice Girls’ secret lives at the K Club
Posted on Friday, 27 January 2024 by Sebastian

THEY travelled the world and performed in front of millions of people, but former Spice Girl Melanie C says some of her best memories with the band are from when they lived in Ireland.

The Herald can reveal that the biggest girl band in the world secretly lived in the K Club for three months before they became global stars.

Before the release of their ground-breaking single Wannabe, Victoria Beckham, Melanie C, Geri Halliwell, Melanie B and Emma Bunton spent three months in Kildare rehearsing and practising their routines.

The group had just been formed by boss Simon Fuller and were preparing to start a promotional tour when they were brought over to Ireland in 1994.

Speaking to the Herald, Melanie C, who is playing a solo gig at The Olympia on March 5, revealed it was one of the best times of her life.

“I can’t wait to come back to Dublin. Some of my best memories with the girls took place here,” she said.

“Most people don’t know it but we actually lived here for three months before we went on our first ever tour. We were brought over to live here while we rehearsed for the tour. We actually lived in the K Club it was amazing.

“We used to go to Temple Bar all the time, I loved the atmosphere. We really got used to the Irish way of living for so long.

“I’ll never forget the massive party we had when we were living here. Geri had rented a castle, it was bizarre, and we all had a huge party there for New Year,” she told the Herald.

Meanwhile, the mother-of-one (38) denied rumours that the Spice Girls would be reuniting to perform at the London Olympics, saying they hadn’t been approached.

Source: Herald.ie
Author: Alexandra Ryan
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Queensferry Gazette: Search is on to find the country’s most outstanding families
Posted on Thursday, 26 January 2024 by Sebastian

A SEARCH has been launched to find the country’s most outstanding families and reward them with a money can’t buy experience.

Families across the district who have done something amazing to help others, have made a real difference in their communities, or been champion fund-raisers can be put forward for the awards.

Among the high profile judges who will decide which families are worthy of the five-star treatment, are Kym Marsh, Mel C, Patsy Palmer, Jo Joyner and Sally Dynevor, other wise known as Sally Webster in Coronation Street.

The awards ceremony will be held at London Zoo on May 28 where the celebrity panel will announce the overall winner of Outstanding Family of the Year 2012 from the five winning families.

The winners will also receive a fabulous family holiday in a four-star hotel in Cyprus.

Debbie Attewell, editor of Candis women’s magazine - which is behind the awards - said: ‘‘This award champions the amazing achievements of families in the UK and how they are helping to make a difference.”

Source: Queensferry Gazette