It may be over two decades since the Spice Girls went their separate ways, but they are still considered one of the biggest girl groups of all time!
27.09.2022 - 16:41 / nme.com
Spice Girls have announced a new and expanded 25th anniversary edition of their 1997 album ‘Spiceworld’.Curated by the band themselves, ‘Spiceworld 25’ apparently brings together the original chart-topping record with some of their favourite bonus tracks and B-Sides, along with previously unreleased live recordings from the Virgin Records archive.“The ‘Spiceworld’ era was such a fun time for us,” said Spice Girls in a statement. “We’d just had a number one album with Spice, we were travelling all over the world and meeting our amazing fans, we released our second album AND we had our very own movie! Who would’ve thought it? It’s crazy to think that 25 years have passed.”The digital deluxe version of the album features a series of live songs from their 1997/1998 tour of North America, Europe and the UK as well as a new “ambient” remix of ‘Viva Forever’ from John Themis who went on to co-write Emma Bunton‘s ‘What Took You So Long’.Also included in the digital album is the demo version of ‘Step To Me’, a track originally recorded for a soft drinks campaign.
It may be over two decades since the Spice Girls went their separate ways, but they are still considered one of the biggest girl groups of all time!
Victoria Beckham would be “up for” joining the Spice Girls for a show at Glastonbury Festival, according to Emma Bunton.Appearing on Keith Lemon’s podcast ‘Back Then When’, Bunton said she had spoken to Beckham about the possibility of a reunion at Worthy Farm and that Beckham would be on board.“I dare you to tell us if you’re going to be playing Glastonbury next year,” Lemon said. To which Bunton replied: “Ah, I hope so… Can I be real? No one’s asked us.”She continued: “I read it as well this week saying, ‘Oh, we’ve asked them.
Green Day have come good on their teaser from earlier this week, revealing an expansive deluxe edition of their fifth album, ‘Nimrod’ – dubbed ‘Nimrod XXV’ – alongside a previously unreleased demo from its recording sessions.The drop comes exactly 25 years since the band released ‘Nimrod’ – the follow-up to 1995’s ‘Insomniac’ (for which Green Day also released a quarter-centennial edition) first hit shelves on October 14, 1997. It spawned four singles: ‘Hitchin’ A Ride’, ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’, ‘Redundant’ and ‘Nice Guys Finished Last’.The original album sported 18 tracks (tying it with 2009’s ‘21st Century Breakdown’ as Green Day’s longest), but a Japanese edition featured a bonus song called ‘Desensitized’, while an Australian version also featured the demos ‘Suffocate’, ‘Do Da Da’ and ‘You Lied’.
Spice Girls have shared a new version of their 1997 video for ‘Spice Up Your Life’, featuring previously unseen footage.The video release comes as part of the celebrations around the forthcoming reissue of the girl group’s second album ‘Spiceworld’, which will honour its 25th anniversary next month.The new clip has been created entirely from unseen footage from the original video shoot for ‘Spice Up Your Life’, with the Spice Girls’ team, UMR and Bring It All Back’s Chris Fox all collaborating on the video.You can watch the new version of the Spice Girls’ ‘Spice Up Your Life’ video below.Commenting on the forthcoming re-release of ‘Spiceworld’, Spice Girls said in a recent statement: “The ‘Spiceworld’ era was such a fun time for us; we’d just had a number one album with Spice, we were travelling all over the world and meeting our amazing fans, we released our second album AND we had our very own movie! Who would’ve thought it?“It’s crazy to think that 25 years have passed.”You can see the tracklist for ‘Spiceworld 25’, which was curated by the band themselves, below.Earlier this month, Mel C said that she and Mel B are pushing for the group to start performing again, and are attempting to convince Posh Spice – AKA Victoria Beckham – to rejoin the fold.
Before the full slate is announced for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the Park City, Utah event has already teed up two movies: the 25th Anniversary and digital restoration screening of Marc Levin’s Slam and the uncensored director’s cut and restoration of Gregg Araki’s The Doom Generation.
Mel C and her Spice Girls bandmate Mel B are pushing for the group to start performing again, and are attempting to convince Posh Spice – aka Victoria Beckham – to rejoin the fold as well.In an interview with Extra to discuss her new memoir The Sporty One: My Life As A Spice Girl, Mel C – aka Sporty Spice, aka Melanie Chisholm – said that while she doesn’t see the other members of the girl group as much as she’d like, they “stay in touch” and are “always talking about opportunities to get everyone back onstage together”.“In my heart of hearts, I want to get back onstage. So me and Mel B are championing and we’re all talking and trying to make that happen,” Chisholm added. When the topic of getting Beckham to return came up, Chisholm said that the group were “always working on her”.“It’s like… ‘No pressure.
Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Twenty years before “Moonage Daydream” was a sprawling documentary film about David Bowie‘s life and art, it was a massive photo book focusing on his Ziggy Stardust years, with photos by Mick Rock — his exclusive photographer at the time — and an introduction and commentary written by both of them. The limited-edition book was snapped up quickly and for years has fetched horrifying prices on the secondary market. But original publisher Genesis Books — which specializes in such state-of-the-art photography books — is releasing a 20th anniversary edition of the book today (Oct. 4, 2022). Where the film focuses on Bowie’s entire life, the book is entirely about the rise and fall of the Ziggy Stardust character in 1972 and 1973 — “Eighteen months, that’s all it was,” Bowie writes in the book. Alongside over 600 photographs taken by Rock, Bowie’s provides commentary on the creation and proliferation of the character that, in no understatement, changed rock music.
Spice Girls going back on tour?! Sign us up. ET's Nischelle Turner spoke to Mel C, whose full name is Melanie Chisholm, about new music, and the possibility of reuniting with the iconic girl group for hid the road once more!«We are celebrating 25 years, if you could believe it,» Chisholm shared.
You'd like to think that Emma Bunton would just be 'Emma' to her closest pals but it appears she's Baby Spice to everybody, including her nearest and deareast. The singer appeared on The One Show on Wednesday night (September 28) to promote her upcoming string of shows.
Spice Girls! Mel C, whose full name is Melanie Chisholm, is opening up about her years in the hit girl group in her new tell-all memoir, . The 48-year-old singer spoke with ET's Rachel Smith at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in New York City about a situation early on in the group's iconic late '90s run. «Something happened quite early on in the Spice Girls' journey, and I have a little bit of fall out with Victoria [Beckham] at the Brits (Brit Awards) in '96 — not the Union Jack dress [year], but year before. So [we were] unreleased but a few people knew us.
Slam it to the left! Melanie Chisholm spilled all about her ups and downs as Sporty Spice in her memoir.
The Spice Girls are making a comeback — of sorts.
The Spice Girls are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their sophomore album Spiceworld in a big way!
Spice Girls have just announced Amid those rumours Spice Girls might be a good bet for Glastonbury 2023 (Melanie C has a 'good feeling' it may happen one day), the group have teased celebrations for the 25th anniversary of their Spiceworld album.
90s legends the Spice Girls have sent their fans into a frenzy once again after leaving a mysterious message online, which has been widely interpreted as hinting at an upcoming reunion event.Taking to Twitter yesterday, the official Twitter account of the widely-adored girl band - made up of Geri Halliwell, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham and Melanie Chisholm - posted just three emojis in their teaser message. A ladder emoji, a peace sign (holding up two fingers) and a girl with her hand raised were tweeted, leaving excited fans lingering with anticipation and speculating what the mystery message could mean. Several admirers of the girl band - who called it quits in 2000 before reuniting to tour in 2019 without 'Posh Spice' Victoria - believe that the teaser may be hinting at another reunion in the weeks to come.
READ: Spice Girls fans go wild as former members Geri Horner and Mel C mark very special milestoneSo it was only natural that when Melanie Chisholm – aka Melanie C – came to putting her life story into words, she would want the approval of her fellow Spice Girls."The girls have been so supportive. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when everyone had read it and came back with positive comments," Melanie exclusively tells HELLO! of her bandmates, Melanie "Mel B" Brown, Victoria Beckham, Geri Horner (née Halliwell) and Emma Bunton.
Melanie C has given an update on a potential Spice Girls reunion tour.The ’90s girl group – minus Victoria Beckham (aka Posh Spice) – hit the road for the first time in 11 years in 2019, playing a run of huge stadium concerts across the UK and Ireland.It was reported in 2020 that Spice Girls were set to embark on a world tour to mark their 25th anniversary. Last summer, Emma Bunton (aka Baby Spice) said she was “sure” the band would return to the stage post-COVID.In November 2021, reports emerged of a possible live comeback in 2023 that could include Beckham.
Spice Girls will be headlining Glastonbury 2023. The pop band burst onto the music scene almost three decades ago, forming in 1994 and going on to achieve worldwide success. Consisting of Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown (Mel B), Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), Emma Bunton, and Geri Halliwell, the group became one of the most successful girl groups of all time, selling millions of albums and even bagging their own movie.