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Geri Horner threw fans back to the 90s with a celebratory post for Victoria Beckham’s birthday as the former Spice Girls star turned 49. Fans know that Geri and Victoria were two parts of the Spice Girls alongside Mel B, Melanie C and Emma Bunton.The band rose to fame almost three decades ago and quickly became one of the most iconic British groups, selling 100 million records worldwide and becoming the most successful British pop act since the Beatles.They officially broke up in February 2001, with each of the members going on to pursue solo projects in the music, fashion and broadcasting industries.To celebrate Victoria’s birthday on Monday, Geri, 50, who earlier this year enjoyed a sunny getaway to a mysterious beachy location, took to Instagram with some throwback pictures.

Artist management company Various Artists has signed Melanie Chisholm for global representation.“I’m THRILLED to be joining forces with the team at Various Artists Management and proud to become part of their roster”, says the Spice Girl. “Watching the company grow and seeing the enthusiasm they have for all of their artists makes me very excited to see what we can achieve together”.Various Artists CEO David Bianchi adds: “Melanie is a legend, which is a word that’s bandied around a lot but mostly without meaning.

Black Eyed Peas and Steps have been announced as the main stage headliners for this year’s Brighton Pride.The hugely popular festival returns to the seaside from August 4-7, following last year’s 30th anniversary event which was headlined by Paloma Faith and Christina Aguilera.This year, Black Eyed Peas are set to perform on Saturday, August 6, with Steps taking to the stage the following day.Organisers have described Black Eyed Peas as “staunch allies of the LBGTQ+ community”, adding “Five UK number ones, 13 top 10s and over 80 million record sales have made the Black Eyed Peas one of the most popular and successful groups of all time.”Other artists due to perform include Zara Larsson, Melanie C, Jax Jones, B*Witched, Dylan, Louise, The Vivienne, Mae Muller, Bellah Mae and Harley Moon Kemp, with plenty more still to be announced.Brighton & Hove Pride First Artist Announcements: SUNDAY 6th August 2023In a UK Exclusive show for 2023 – @OfficialSteps are confirmed to headline FABULOSO Day 2 along with @MelanieCmusic, @LouiseRedknapp, @BwitchedReunion + over 100 LGBTQ+ artistshttps://t.co/ZwLpmAIub0 pic.twitter.com/Tr78La5Tgj— Brighton & Hove Pride (@PrideBrighton) February 27, 2023Tickets for the event, which has previously attracted crowds of about 250,000, are on sale here.Last year, Will.i.am told NME that he was working on a new Black Eyed Peas album. ”We’ve been working on it actively for the past months and keep recording while on the road,” he said.“After a seven years break with the Black Eyed Peas, we could have disappeared and never reached that success again.

Sam Ryder has been announced as the final headliner at this year’s Wychwood Festival.He will perform on the final night of the event on Sunday, June 4 alongside Melanie C, Toploader and Soul II Soul.The Eurovision star joins previously announced headliners Happy Mondays and Travis. Sleeper have also been announced to headline the comedy tent on the Saturday night (June 3).The 2023 edition of Wychwood Festival will be taking place at Cheltenham Racecourse from June 2-4, 2023.

The Spice Girls may have gone their separate ways over 20 years ago, but they are still considered one of the biggest girl groups of all time!

Anne-Marie, The Kooks and James all topping the bill.After making its debut at Old Park Farm in Margam, South Wales last year, the 30,000-capacity festival will be returning across the late May Bank Holiday weekend, from 26-28 of the month.Jake Bugg, James Bay, Twin Atlantic, Vengaboys, The Vamps, Melanie C and UB40 also feature as part of the line-up, with Natalie Imbruglia also appearing to entertain festivalgoers who arrive at the site a day early.Check out the line-up poster below:New for this year at In It Together is the Steelworks stage, which is designed to showcase local homegrown talent. The Rewind arena has also been added, featuring throwback DJ sets.The Paddock Stage is also set to return which showcases local talent, including artists who perform in both English and Welsh.Speaking about this year’s festival Mark Hopkins, Head of Festivals said: ‘‘We can’t wait for this year’s festival, we built the excitement with our inaugural festival in 2022 we’re thrilled to be back for 2023 with even more stages, activities and an incredible line up to match.

The Spice Girls are reported to be horrified after an unreleased song by them with an X-rated title appeared online.

Emma Bunton used to "drink lots" when recording albums with the Spice Girls. The 46-year-old pop star shot to fame as Baby Spice in the 1990s girl group alongside Geri Halliwell, 50, Victoria Beckham, 48, Melanie C, 48, and Mel B, 47, and revealed that the fivesome used to drink a lot of booze in the studio because it was possible to "get away with anything" at the time.

Melanie C has recalled the time that she was pelted with items, including Weetabix, during one of her first solo gigs at V Festival in 1999.The singer and Spice Girls star looked back on the performance while speaking to Jools Holland and Jim Moir (AKA Vic Reeves) for their latest episode of their podcast Jools and Jim’s Joyride.“One of my first gigs as a solo artist was [at] V 99, and I’d made this album [‘Northern Star’], my first solo record, and couldn’t wait to get out there with my band,” Mel C recalled.“I think I was a little bit naïve and at the time… I think V Festival became quite pop-friendly through the years, but back then I think I went on after Faithless. Manic Street Preachers were headlining, so it was quite a strange line-up and I was positioned really weirdly within it.”As the performance went on, Mel C began to be pelted with items thrown by the crowd.“I had bottles of things thrown, and in my memory there’s even Weetabix,” she added.

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!

What a time to be a Spice Girls fan, eh? Step To Me is on streaming, Spiceworld 25 is on the way, Emma Bunton's announced her Christmas shows and Melanie C's Who I Am autobiography is proving a very candid read.

EXCLUSIVE: ITV Studios is taking celeb drag contests international through British reality format Queens For the Night.

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.

Melanie C has "always felt female". The Spice Girl may have been nicknamed Sporty Spice in the girl group and known for donning tracksuits and trainers, but she admits she always found it hilarious when her sexuality was questioned because of her style and image, because she's always been sure of her sexual preference and gender identity. She told Psychologies magazine when asked if she ever questioned her sexuality or gender: "No, it was so funny when they were questioning my sexuality in the Nineties, as it was never anything I had questioned in myself.

Melanie C is “grateful” her daughter doesn’t want to follow in her footsteps. The Spice Girls singer says 13-year-old Scarlet – whom she has with former partner Thomas Starr – is “very creative” but the teenager doesn’t have “any interest” in pursuing a career in the public eye. Mel said: “She’s very creative but she’s not a performer, she doesn’t have any interest in it.

Melanie C almost got thrown out of the Spice Girls after having a fight with Victoria Beckham. The 48-year-old pop star shot to fame alongside Victoria, 48, Emma Bunton, 46, Mel B, 46, and Geri Halliwell, 50, as part of the 1990s girl group but explained that a "fall out" could have cost her her place in the group before they had even released ground-breaking debut single 'Wannabe. ' She said: "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.

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.

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.

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.

Judi Love has praised Melanie C for being open about her mental health struggles - saying many in the world of showbusiness suffer silently.The 42 year old praised the former Spice Girls singer after she recently published her debut memoir, Who I Am, in which she opens up on the pitfalls of fame. Writing in her exclusive OK! column, the Loose Women panellist said: "Melanie C has been so open about the mental health problems she has dealt with since finding fame in her new autobiography.

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!

Melanie C didn't warn Robbie Williams she'd set the record straight on their romance in her autobiography 'Who I Am'. The Spice Girl - whose real name is Melanie Chisholm - previously confirmed she dated the 'Angels' hitmaker in the mid-90s and she has told the "truth" about their time together in her new tell-all memoir, but she confessed she didn't feel the need to let him know he's in the book, because of the way the former Take That star has "behaved over the years". Asked if she'd let him know by Woman's Own magazine, she replied: "Nah, sod him! "I'm not warning him about anything the way he's behaved over the years.

Sporty Spice is opening up about her experience with body image issues.

Holly Willoughby was quick to justify her antics on a night out after Mel C made a comment during her appearance on This Morning. The Spice Girl, whose real name is Melanie Chisholm, was on the ITV daytime show to chat about her new book.

according to The Diary of a CEO podcast.“He’d commented on the size of my thighs which was something that really shook me,” the singer said.“I went to a performing arts college which was predominantly a dance college and the body image was an issue there. There were girls with eating disorders, I’d been witness to that in my life, but it never affected me personally.”According to Chisholm, after college, she did put on weight, but it never really bothered her.“It was just, ‘Yeah I’ll cut back a little bit, lose a few pounds,” said Chisholm.“But somebody actually commenting on the way I looked when I was going into a career where so much of it is about how you look really affected me.”“I thought, ‘Well if I’m gonna do this I have to fit the mold,’ and so then that was it.

Robbie Williams has said it “would be cool” to return to Glastonbury this year to take on the coveted legends slot.The pop star, who released his record-breaking ‘XXV’ compilation earlier this month, hasn’t played at Worthy Farm since he made his debut appearance at the iconic event back in 1998.During a new interview with BBC Breakfast, Williams was asked whether he’d be up for making a Glasto comeback with a legends set.“Yeah, that’d be cool. Actually, I’d like to do that,” he replied.

Victoria Beckham has remembered Queen Elizabeth as "a powerful source of inspiration" for "so many". The 48-year-old fashion designer has paid a touching tribute to the late monarch - who died aged 96 on September 8 - ahead of her state funeral on Monday morning (19. 09.