What a tough day in Spiceworld ☹️

I wasnt expecting it from Mel B but she sounds quite defeated and sounds like the 'honest' dig is aimed at Geri. It is safe to assume something really harsh went down between them.

Mel B sets record straight on reunion plans with emotional update on band's 'bond'

Mel B is definitively putting to rest the rumours of a Spice Girls reunion for this year’s 30th anniversary. 

There have long been whispers as to whether the fab five would reunite onstage to mark three decades since the release of their debut single, "Wannabe," in June 1996 and their debut album, Spice, in September 1996.

Now, in an exclusive interview with HELLO! out this Monday, the Leeds-born star sadly confirms that a full tour will not be happening. However, she does tantalisingly reveal that there have been talks for a Netflix documentary.

The band – Mel, Geri Horner, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm, but with Victoria Beckham absent – put on a string of reunion concerts in 2019. But, asked if the reports are true, Mel responds with a categorical “no”.

“I can tell you it’s not happening,” she tells HELLO!. “If it does, it’ll be a shock to me, let’s put it that way. When I look at that [tour] and at the feeling it gave me, I was in my element, but there comes a time… I’m 50. You can’t be nagging everyone to go on tour if they don’t want to. I laid that to rest when I turned 50.”

Would she do it if the others signed up? “I honestly don't know. I’ve got a lot of respect and love for those girls. I wouldn’t be sitting here if it wasn’t for me being part of the Spice Girls. They’ve done a lot for me as a person and in my life. I’ve got fond memories, but I don’t know if I would want to go back up on stage.”

She adds: "I can’t even begin to tell you what our bond is – it’s just something that will always be there. We’re like family; our umbilical cords are all tied together."

Mel also addresses reports that the former bandmates will take part in a fly-on-the-wall documentary like the ones produced by Netflix for Sir David and Lady Beckham and Take That.

"I think we’ve all been asked and were all thinking about it at some point," she says. "But it has to be done in the right way, and it has to be honest – and not everybody wants to be honest."

For the full exclusive interview and all the photos taken on her Yorkshire farm, pick up a copy of HELLO! Magazine on newsstands from April 6, 2026.

Unless Geri’s & Mel B’s relationship is repaired, I think this is it for the Spice girls. Shame for it to end of their 30th anniversary.

Yeah... to be honest Mel B was saying just last week that she would be up for music and touring. It's Geri that needs to come around and I am sure the others would follow.

But I think they are done. I've never seen Mel B sounding so defeated.

Edited April 3Apr 3 by Mr.X

Sadly this was always going to get to this stage. The fact the only marker of their 30th anniversary is through £5 coins that aren't actual tender says it all. Mel's obviously accepting what is and moving on. Probably time for everyone else to do the same and just live with the memories of what was.

There's a sadness in the tone of this excerpt from the interview that's heartbreaking 💔

1 hour ago, zigazigaah said:

There's a sadness in the tone of this excerpt from the interview that's heartbreaking 💔

This. I've been a bit sad since reading this yesterday... coming from Mel B, it feels really final.

Also been thinking on how they haven't really been seen with Mel B since her wedding where only Emma and Mel C showed up in different places. Certainly she has not been a part of any recent get togethers from the girls. She was also the only one to not turn up at Emma's 50th, or the get together at Vic's house, etc...

Don't know, it feels like they are somewhat distant from her as a group and that is sad.

Mel B has always been a champion of the Spice Girls, never had a bad word to say about the group or their music.

Gosh, this does feel very final, coming from Mel B. I'm gutted! ☹️ I honestly think the Spice Girls have never felt more done with than they do now.

For sure Mel B's been the group's biggest cheerleader over the years, but maybe it's no surprise that even she would eventually reach her limits on this matter. I mean, it has been 7 years since the last tour and they just can't get their act together, for whatever reasons. Sadly none of them are getting any younger. They're definitely reaching a "now or never" point, and it seems like "never" is winning. It seems that turning 50 has made Mel B reconcile with the fact that all those younger years that she could have been performing with the Spice Girls, are now gone... and that the moment has passed. Yikes!

It's a huge shame, but I understand/respect how she feels now.

Who knows, maybe Mel B going cold on a reunion and no longer trying to rally up the others to do it, will have the psychological effect of making the others miss being asked about it lol, and that maybe they do in fact want to do it. Wow, I'm clutching at straws here. xx

I know we're speculating but it does seem from the outside that Geri and Mel B's relationship is entirely non-existent at this point, and that neither will budge when it comes to trying to find common ground with each other, at this stage in their lives. Maybe the other 3 have been willing to take the Geri of recent years on face value, but maybe Mel B just sees it as a facade and is frustrated with who she is now/can't accept it.

Mel's comment about the documentary and "not everybody wants to be honest" is very direct. I feel that could apply to more than one of them tbh.

Obviously, I'd love it if they toured again. But. I feel a lot of the fandom has an optimism about touring I haven't had since 2000.

For me, the first round of solo albums laid it out plainly. While their chemistry is amazing, they are a group of people who are just not matched in ambitions and motivation. It just can't work when you have one member who truly thrives when touring...and at least two other members who seem to be a ball of nerves over live singing. The first solo album eras exposed where each member's actual priorities were. After they abandoned promotion of Forever for no good reason (after drafting in the work of very expensive collaborators)...I went from 2001-2006 convinced they'd never tour again. Honestly, I'm surprised they managed to tour in both 2007 and (briefly) in 2019. But even at that...they could be much wealthier people if they kept performing together. And. They just can't do it.

Now, the Netflix doc thing...that's different. They should do that, and it's crazy that it's such an ordeal to get it done. Sit your butts down and talk on camera for a few hours. The end.

Edited April 5Apr 5 by Piers

It is very obvious that three of them are comfortable on stage and that two of them are not. We know Victoria can't perform any more - as per her own acount and Mel C's, she gets physically sick before doing it. That's fair enough. Geri likes the attention but probably hates touring overall. It is very obvious that when she was young she would be up for it and be energetic but as she has aged - and gotten to be £400million rich with her very posh lifestyle now - she has probably grown out of it completely because she no longer needs it.

Having said that, I have no doubts - at all - that if Geri and Victoria weren't so comfortable in their lives with such riches, that they would get back on stage straight away if they had the chance. They were perfectly happy to do it before they broke that £400million barrier each lol

But I think the issue here is that they use the group as a cash-cow (they still get around 2million each a year from deals, royalties, etc, and everytime they went on tour was to get some cash injections on their solo careers) and they actually - as a whole - don't like to work together that much... That's very clear. They might be friends - they have been very clear on that - but they don't get along when working together, as they have different priorities/interests when it comes to the band.

I will say this though: Geri is apparently developing a film or tv series of Rosie Frost as the rights have been bought by a 'big hollywood producer' as per her own admission. If that goes ahead and she wants in as an executive producer, she would probably go on a tour to get another quick cash injection to help fund the movie. That might be our next best change lol

I feel Geri just no longer wants to perform on the stage anymore. Wembley stadium was the last thing that she missed when she quit.

Also apparently, Victoria was up for this reunion (according to Popjustice forums); unfortunately, they just wouldn't do it just the four of them.

Because not everyone wants to be honest, says Mel B

6 hours ago, Piers said:

Now, the Netflix doc thing...that's different. They should do that, and it's crazy that it's such an ordeal to get it done. Sit your butts down and talk on camera for a few hours. The end.