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I didn't say Victoria needs to go on tour. The beauty line is profitable but looking at the reunion from a business perspective, she could maximise sales. That's all I was saying!

Damn, some unnecessary negative comments in here. She's doing fine. She's finding her feet as a solo artist and I'm seeing growth with each performance.

I also think Victoria needs to look at how a reunion could benefit her business, particularly the beauty range. Many popstars now have profitable beauty lines. Just imagine the content if each girl used Victoria's make-up & skincare and done a BTS make-up/skin care tutorial (I'm actually surprised she hasn't collaborated with the girls to do a limited edition Scary, Sporty, Ginger & Baby range). If she had a pop up store for each tour date alongside the Spice Girls merchandise, it's promoting her brand to 30/40k potential customers a night. Where else would she get that? Victoria is a savvy business woman, she needs to realise the potential in this. And regarding any performance anxieties, she could pre-record all her vocals like Gerita. I wouldn't be shocked if she re-joins and this is a stipulation in the contract.

I actually reached out to him a while back about a Forever documentary as I have collated footage from the era and he told me he wanted to veer away from the Spice Girls as there's so much out there already. More could've been covered for sure.

Yeah, apart from LM5 & Salute, I really don't rate any of their albums. I do think if they were to release a studio album in the future, it would be strong considering they've been able to take time with the solo ventures and work with producers outside of the Little Mix camp, which I think stunted them creatively.

Geri features in the new Robbie Williams documentary, with archive footage from Summer 2000. There's a funny moment where they make fun of Victoria's 'Out Of Your Mind'. All harmless of course.

I think you can imagine :lol: it plays for around 1 minute or so. Good royalties for the girls aha.

'2 Become 1' features in the new season of Sex Education!

But nobody is saying it wasn't good. It's still a fantastic song with a great video and deserves more success.

But nobody is saying it wasn't good. It's still a fantastic song with a great video and deserves more success.

I'm no longer a supporter of Geri since Tory-gate but this seems pretty authentic for her. And she seems pretty enthusiastic about it all. I think she's just in another stage of her life and I have no doubt she'll return to the stage if the right opportunity comes around *enough money from the promoters*

Ugh, this deserves so much more.

I remember the PR angle was that it was the first worldwide Pepsi commercial, so it was definitely shown in the US.

I always wonder why they didn't tack on 'Mama' to the US single of 'Say You'll Be There' as it dropped on the same week as US Mother's Day.

It was even less than that. From July to November they did around 15 bits of promotion as a four piece. Truly shocking. It just shows they were calling the shots and not manufactured puppets because what record label/management would allow that to happen?

Billboard wrote an article that Virgin had sent Viva Forever to US radio but it didn't gain much traction as they were deemed a 'tween' act (and proved true by the audiences on tour being largely made up of them)

Thanks so much for sharing, incredible to finally have a US sales update. Who's the source?

It was an utterly bizarre decision and screamed sell out, which is funny as she was peddling 'authenticity' at that time. I also think she had a difficult time grasping pop music and what people wanted from her. It was either terrible and cheesy like I Want Candy or something more rock-inspired, dreary and serious. She's only leaned into making credible pop music from VOM onwards. I'm glad to see her embrace it because self titled was easily her best output since Northern Star. Also, the b-sides this era were far better than a lot of album tracks. Fragile is one of my favourite Melanie C songs ever!

^ Right Back at Ya would be a fantastic opener and a good way to fill up the setlist.

Northern Star 1) Ga Ga 2) Northern Star 3) Never Be The Same Again 4) I Turn to You 5) Be The One If That Were Me was a serious misstep, I don't know what they were thinking. I think 'Be The One' would've been super radio friendly and sold the album a bit better over the Christmas period. She denied herself another easy hit. Forever 1) Goodbye 2) Holler 3) If You Wanna Have Some Fun/Let Love Lead The Way Echoing others comments, LLLTW was a pointless double A-side as Holler was already performing well and is largely forgotten. They should've just waited until January 2001 to get out a double A-Side and secure another #1.

So deserved and it was great to see ITTY get it's moment at Eurovision!

I'm currently reading through old newspaper clippings (I will share articles and unseen images in Spice Circle at some point) and I can't help but think firing Simon was a huge mistake. There was next to no negative press aside from some articles regarding the sponsorships and the band vs brand argument, but Spiceworld had a lot of hype and they were claiming it would be one of "the biggest selling albums of all time". Fast forward a week later and the Daily Mirror are talking about the Spice balloon bursting and whether they should split up, instead of being remembered as has beens. And not to mention, calling the 191,000 opening week sales disappointing and using it's shipment figure 1.4 million to say there was a lot of unsold copies. When we know for fact Virgin shipped out what was projected to sell over the Christmas period. The press turned on them at the worst time. I'm surprised they managed to get the Christmas #1 with 'Too Much'. I imagine this is why Spiceworld only sold 1.6m vs Spice 3m. Once Simon left, the floodgates were open and Matthew Wright was relentless.

Love when Jay decides to clear with FACTS. Their success will never fail to impress me, a pop band has never done it since!

Also firmly in the Get Down With Me & Wasting My Time camp. The strongest tracks alongside Holler, IYWHSF & Tell Me Why.

I know this is slightly O/T but if they were to tour again (as a 5 piece) do you think stadiums would be viable in Europe, Aus, North & South America? We know they exceeded expectations with the UK dates but of course this is their biggest market.