‘It’s just not happening any time soon,’ an insider told Metro (Picture: Getty / AP)
The Spice Girls have pulled the plug on plans for an upcoming reunion – and for a reason.
Melanie C, Emma Bunton, Mel B, Geri Halliwell-Horner, and even Victoria Beckham had been planning to reunite the beloved 00s girl group in honour of their 30th anniversary.
But the Wannabe stars have failed to reach an agreement to go ahead with a tour reunion to mark the milestone, with a source close to the band telling Metro that it’s ‘not happening any time soon’.
‘Now isn’t the right time for a reunion. They would want it to be a huge event, with no drama overshadowing it.
‘Victoria and David’s feud with Brooklyn is all people can talk about, and it would no doubt cast a shadow over a tour, if she were to even be involved in the first place,’ the insider said.
‘There are so many big musicians touring this year like the Pussycat Dolls and Harry Styles, and, while an announcement would be exciting for fans, they would want this to be the biggest global event of the year to top all the others. There just hasn’t been enough planning as to what they would even want to do this time around.
The Spice Girls have pulled the plug on plans for a 30th anniversary reunion (Picture: Getty)
David and Victoria Beckham’s feud with son Brooklyn has dominated headlines (Picture: Getty)
‘While the girls have had their ups and downs between them, there’s no drama at the moment which would prevent them from reuniting – they talk all the time and love spending time with each other still.
They added: ‘They’ve reunited before and it would be incredible to do it again; it’s just not happening any time soon.’
It comes after Brooklyn shared an explosive statement full of allegations against his family earlier this year where he accused them of putting ‘Brand Beckham’ above all else.
He went on to accuse his parents of controlling narratives in the press and ‘trying endlessly to ruin’his relationship with Nicola Peltz Beckham ahead of their wedding in 2022.
Melanie C previously fuelled excitement about a potential reunion after talking about their last time on stage back in 2019 for the Spice World Tour, a 13-date stadium tour across the UK
She later revealed how the group had been discussing marking their upcoming 30th anniversary together in 2026.
‘We toured in 2019, we did a few stadium shows in the UK and it was incredible,’ Mel said on Good Morning America.
‘We’re just so proud of the legacy that we have and we have fans now from new generations are just loving the Spice Girls so I would like to get back on stage with the girls.
The band (minus Victoria) reunited for a tour in 2019 (Picture: PA)
The family feud would ‘no doubt’ overshadow a reunion (Picture: Getty)
Why The Spice Girls shouldn’t tour again
Metro’s Deputy Entertainment Editor Alana Anderson shares her thoughts.
I, like thousands, spent a small fortune on tickets for the Spice Girls’ reunion tour back in 2019.
22 years earlier I had seen them in the exact same venue of Wembley Stadium, and this time around, even without Victoria on stage, it was pretty spectacular.
Swigging £25 cocktails while belting out their classic hits, it felt like a real full-circle moment for my transition from a Sporty Spice obsessed tot into adulthood.
It was an emotional (and nostalgic) night for anyone who grew up listening to the band, and plenty of fans in the crowd were visibly moved to tears as fireworks erupted from the open roof during Wannabe.
And who wouldn’t want to experience that again?
The Spice Girls and their legacy has become so embedded into the fabric of British culture that we don’t need to keep revisiting their golden years and hoping it’ll get better each time. In fact, it becomes tedious when bands do this every 5 or so years just for the sake of it.
There needs to be an actual desire to do it, which doesn’t seem to be the case for all five members.
As much as I would love to see them again before they (or I) inevitably get too old for concerts, it feels too soon since their last tour to be back on stage again. The buzz isn’t there at the moment.
A reunion doesn’t have to coincide with an anniversary necessarily, but I think it’s time to accept that it won’t happen for their 30th. And that’s perfectly okay.
‘We’re talking and we’re seeing what opportunities are out there. The thing that stops us is we feel so precious about it, we want to make sure it’s the right thing and agree on the right thing.’
While she’s now confirmed the group won’t be performing anytime soon, they did reunite recently to support Victoria for the release of her new Netflix series.
Geri, Emma, and Melanie C, with whom she was part of the Spice Girls from 1994 until their split in 2000, were all at the premiere.
But not in attendance was their bandmate Mel B, who Victoria explained she had a confrontation with years ago in her documentary.
In one scene, the fashion designer spoke about an interaction during their 2007 Return of the Spice Girls tour.
‘One of the girls actually said to me – and it did upset me – it was Melanie B who said to me, “Don’t forget where you come from”,’ she told the camera.
The girls, celebrating Emma Bunton’s birthday, still spend plenty of time together (Picture: Instagram)
‘I have never forgotten where I’ve come from. I’ve never ever forgotten that Posh Spice is the reason why I’m sitting here. She might have been grumpy, but she was actually great,’ she added.
Speaking about returning to performing during that time, Victoria said that while it was ‘good to be back’, that tour made her realise she ‘didn’t belong on stage’.
She added of the idea of touring again: ‘It would be tempting. But could I take on a world tour? No I can’t. I have a job…’
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