The internal story of the Spice Girls feuds

They sang "friendship never ends". Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case for Spice Girls.

Yesterday, in fanfare and with megawatt smiles, the most successful girls' group of all time announced that it was re-forming for a favorite tour, 24 years after Ginger, Posh, Sporty, Baby and Scary, Aligned to captivate a generation of teen girls according to DailyMail.

Either way, four of them are. Posh, aka Victoria Beckham, wife of former football star David and now a serious fashion designer and mother of four, shone with her absence yesterday.

And, as the mail may reveal, the negotiations that led to this announcement were difficult, to say the least.

According to a well-placed source, Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton and Geri Horner would have quarreled with Victoria and their former director, Simon Fuller.

So much so that Mel B sent a four-letter text to Victoria earlier this year.
The bad mood seems to be related to a feeling of betrayal. The last four felt about Victoria, 44, and Fuller, 58, who were retiring from the tour, having apparently declared at a meeting held in February that they were fully present.

According to our source, this summer, Victoria, posing in Spice-inspired outfits for her filming of Vogue earlier this summer, will be even more tense, throwing Mel B into disgusting anger.

Last week, Mel B's disguised as Victoria Beckham for a Halloween party with a typically outrageous outbreak, holding a sign stating that she would not leave even if the fans were praying. She added that they have a "hate relationship of love."

Missing Spice was not mentioned in the official video yesterday, although she sent a friendly tweet about her former group mates.

However, even though their relationships have reached their lowest level, the last four Spice Girls desperately hope to reach them on stage at least one night out of six.
A source closely related to their camp tells me that the current thinking is that she could do it to "remind David of the woman he fell in love with", while Victoria's friends mock this idea, claiming that hell will freeze before she does it on those platform trainers again.

So what is the truth about the return – who could bring them 8 million pounds or more each? And can they really sell the Wembley stadium without Posh on board?

SAY YOU WILL BE THERE. . . WEMBLEY

The excitement of Mel B for this tour is certainly related to the fact that she is completely mowed after her wedding with film producer Stephen Belafonte.

She was recently sentenced to pay Belafonte £ 270,000 in court fees and over £ 3,000 a month in child support payments by a judge.

Some funds will come from a dissertation, Brutally Honest, which will appear later this month, and Simon Cowell has granted him a pay raise for his role as a judge in America's Got Talent.

But Mel's lawyers revealed in court last year that she had spent all of her 38 million pounds and that she and Belafonte had not even gotten it. " money needed to pay their bills at the end of each year.

You can see how the prospect of earning up to 10 million pounds each for a mini-tower would be attractive.

However, the projects of grouping of "girls" actually precede the end of the unfortunate marriage of Mel B. The first murmurs took place in 2015, when the possibility of a meeting in 2016 to mark the 20th anniversary of their first success , Wannabe, was mentioned.

Victoria said no, but the others were on board. Then, in April 2016, Mel C said that she did not want to be part of it either.

In July, the other three announced a unique concert in Hyde Park later during the summer. Mel C and Victoria reportedly threatened with legal action against him.

In September 2016, another idea came up: a TV show on TV talent with the prize was a chance to join the remaining Spice Girls on stage. In January of last year, Geri said that she could not get together because she had just had a son, Monty, with her husband, Christian Horner.

But in April 2017, the idea of ​​a tour once again took off when Mel B's second marriage collapsed.

There was a meeting last February at Geri in London, where everyone – even Posh – agreed to do something, which is behind the current projects.

Who really wants, really wants money?

Mel B, 43, clearly needs funds. She will receive a remuneration of 2.15 million pounds sterling for the America & # 39; s Got Talent series of 2019 and has three daughters of three different men: Phoenix, 19, the first husband, Jimmy Gulzar; Angel, 11, from Eddie Murphy; and Madison, seven, by second husband Belafonte.

Emma Bunton, 42, has a daily job as a DJ at Heart FM and would have a value of 21 million pounds sterling. She and her fiancé Jade Jones, formerly of the Damage boys group, have two sons, Tate, 11, and Beau, seven, and live in North London.

Mel C, 44, would have a value of £ 27 million and had a successful career as a solo artist after leaving the band. She has a daughter, Scarlet, nine, from real estate developer Thomas Starr and is now going out with her manager, Joe Marshall.

Geri, 46, is worth £ 30 million after a post-Spice career including singing, writing children's books and a BBC singing competition. She has a daughter, 12-year-old Bluebell, born from a relationship with screenwriter Sacha Gervasi and her 22-month-old son Monty, born from his marriage to the motor sport executive Christian Horner.

LIVING WITH SPICE SVENGALI

Enter Simon Fuller, a sweet-spoken Svengali figure with perma-tanning and beautifully-plated teeth, who led the Spice Girls in the day.

He owns the Pop Idol TV franchise and rights to publish the Elvis back catalog. He is also a major investor in various parts of Brand Beckham.

He introduced Posh and Becks to the Manchester United Players Lounge. And although he was sacked by the Spice Girls in 1998 – a rumor claims that it's about his relationship with Emma Bunton, which they denied – Fuller was rehired by Victoria in 2002 and remains his manager. From 2007 to this summer, he also directed her husband.

Fuller came to the meeting at Geri in February. A source said, "They all said that they wanted to do a tour and Simon Fuller said that he would sort it out.

"Then he said: Let's just solve some of the Spice Girls' rights issues, because apparently everything was messy. Thus, they all signed various legal documents. Victoria presents a range of Spice Girls t-shirts for Comic Relief and announces an animated movie Spice Girls, which is suitable for everyone.
& # 39; Then they waited for Simon to talk to them about a tour and the girls started having trouble joining him. & # 39;
They were furious – and then Victoria announced that she would no longer be touring after all.
"They had the feeling of having fallen for" divide and rule "of Simon Fuller, which he apparently had used when he was their manager the first time.

& # 39; Then, Melanie C suggested that they all sign with her company, Modest Management.
"The plan was to announce the tour on Thursday, but Jonathan Ross then posted on Instagram that he would have the Spice Girls for his show this weekend, and all hell was going on. unleashed and it was necessary to advance. "

A Fuller spokesman said it was "wrong" to talk about a quarrel and added that Fuller was participating in the tour in partnership with Modest Management.

Ms. Beckham's spokesperson said she had never promised to tour and that the t-shirts had nothing to do with it.

VIVA FOREVER WITH ADDED SOFTNESS

The remaining four women say they could not be more excited to announce their stadium tour next summer. In a statement, they said, "Bringing together the power of girls and our message of friendship and love on the stage is more than ever, we hope everyone can join to us for a big party of Spice Girls!

Mel B wrote: "I've said it so often that I'm out of myself, that's what's really going on, yipppeeee. I'm now screaming it right on all the rooftops – me and my daughters are all going to see you on stage !! & # 39;

One source said, "They are united by the desire to do so and although there is a long history of fallout, they buried the hatchet with each other, left, right and center.

"That said, they are worried about what Mel B will do or say next. (They found her disguised as Posh Spice for Halloween extremely embarrbading).

& # 39; There is a feeling of now or never about this reunion. They arrive at 50 and think it will be that – it's a last chance to do it. & # 39;

Victoria Beckham replied in a tweet: "I will not join my girls on stage anymore, but being in the Spice Girls has been a very important part of my life, and I wish them a lot of love and pleasure. when they return on tour. next year.

"I know they're going to make an incredible show and that fantastic fans of the past and present will have a wonderful time!"

THE MISSING MONEYBAGS

Victoria and Mel B have not been hearing each other for many years – indeed, their different personalities have been one of the group's biggest problems at their peak. "The band's main battle line is Mel B and Victoria for years," said a source.

It was said that Victoria had always found Mel B strong and rude, and that Mel B (like the others) did not think that Mrs. Beckham had a lot of musical talent. Victoria was humiliated in the early days to discover that her microphone would be turned off or even turned off during the concerts.

The two women struggled badly during the Spice Girls' last return tour in 2007 and did not talk for at least two years.

It seems that Mel B was stung when Victoria refused to lend her clothes from her fashion label while she was trying to start her own reality show.
Then Victoria started saying no to all the invitations to play.

She explained, "I love a lot more what I'm doing now. Being in the Spice Girls was fantastic, but I would never be the best singer and it was not my pbadion. & # 39;

With a personal fortune of 240 million pounds, she does not need money – although her fashion empire, launched in 2008, continues to make huge losses.

Mel B said yesterday, "We are only four, but she could join us at some point. J & # 39; hope. I think it would be a pity if she did not do it.

"She has a busy life with her commitments and the fashion line and her kids, so she is not engaging for the moment."

A source said: "Victoria was as friendly as Mel C at the Global Gift Gala on Sunday, but that does not mean she's going to come on stage with them."

HORRORS ON THE LAST TOUR

The lessons must certainly have been drawn from the disasters that marked the band's last tour in America and the United Kingdom – which was cut short in February 2008.

Suggested dates in Sydney, Beijing, Cape Town and Buenos Aires never took place.

At the rehearsals of 2007, Emma Bunton was in tears, intimidated by each other's egos and exhausted (as baby's new mother Beau). Geri amused them all by stopping a video shoot to be able to meditate.

Victoria exasperated them by constantly chatting on her phone, mainly with David, although at one point she said, "I had to get it – it was Donatella (Versace).

Apparently, she behaved very well as a superstar, with a following of bodyguards and badistants.

Mel C had been intimidated before boarding. She later said, "They basically said that if I did not want to do it, they would do it anyway. . .

"I did not want to be the one who stopped being five in number. I was afraid to become the bad guy.

On tour, each Spice traveled with his own entourage.

Geri hated the atmosphere and domestic politics and was the first to say she was considering quitting.

Sources said that she had problems with Victoria, in particular, going up to the mere jealousy of Ms. Beckham's fame.

And then Mel B said that she too wanted to go out. She said yesterday, "My marriage did not suit me very well and I no longer thought I could continue living in this artificial world.
"It was my fault, so I was determined to meet and I'm still determined that it will be five at one point."

Disappointingly, their title back, Headlines, in 2007, was a flop, ranking first on the charts at number 20, having sold 5,000 copies.