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Spice Girls Reunion Tour Canceled Amid Tensions

The Spice Girls 30th Anniversary tour has been axed, after the group failed to agree on plans for a comeback.Bandmates Geri Horner, Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton an...

Spice Girls Reunion Tour Canceled Amid Tensions
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Bintano News

March 17, 2026

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The 30th Anniversary tour has been axed, after the group failed to agree on plans for a comeback.

Bandmates , , , and had been in talks for a series of concerts to celebrate three decades since the release of their debut single Wannabe.

However, it's now being reported that the group couldn't come to an agreement on a reunion, and so any plans have now been ditched.

It comes weeks after it was reported that a project to celebrate the anniversary had also been cancelled, with sources claiming Geri in particular had been dragging her heels on whether to sign on. 

Mel C herself confirmed that there was no reunion in the works, as she told KIIS Radio: 'No, there is no reunion. We are communicating all the time. We want to do something – who knows when.

'But I still feel very optimistic and I keep my fingers crossed that you will see the Spice Girls together at some point in the future.'

The Spice Girls 30th Anniversary tour has been axed, after the group failed to agree on plans for a comeback (pictured in 1995)

While Mel herself had hinted back in January that the band were still in talks to celebrate the Spice Girls 30th birthday, The Sun has reported that in recent weeks the plans have fallen apart.

So far only a collectible coin from the Royal Mint has been announced to mark the anniversary. 

Daily Mail has contacted a representative for The Spice Girls for comment. 

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Last April it was reported that Geri, 53, was back in touch with the band’s former manager Simon Fuller and flew to Miami to try and agree on a deal. 

Last month, Victoria finally rejoined the Spice Girls on Instagram for a singalong after refusing to go on tour in 2019.

Amid the furore over her family fallout with eldest son Brooklyn, 26, Victoria joined the group to sing at her London home - 30 years after the band first got together.

Mel B recently said she is keen for the band to get back together and teased fans by 'liking' a comment about the prospect of a reunion.

While the ladies sang their harmony, Victoria's son Cruz strummed away on the guitar, while his girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, sat at the table and the family's personal chefs watched on through glass doors from the kitchen.

Victoria has been dropping hints that she might do something with the band, uploading a clip of herself singing a live acoustic version of one of their biggest hits.

Mel C appeared on Good Morning America in November to promote her ninth album Sweat and was grilled if the Spice Girls would come back together.

Crossing her fingers, she said: 'I remain optimistic. It's our thirtieth anniversary next year. We toured in 2019, we did a few stadium shows in the UK and it was incredible.

'We're just so proud of the legacy that we have and we have fans now from new generations are just loving the Spice Girls so I would like to get back on stage with the girls.

'We're talking and we're seeing what opportunities are out there. The thing that stops us is we feel so precious about it, we want to make sure it's the right thing and agree on the right thing.'

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Mel also admitted she will always pine for another Spice Girls reunion, this time with Victoria included.

Geri Horner, Mel B , Mel C , Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham had been in talks for a series of concerts, but couldn't come to an agreement (Victoria, Mel C, Emma and Geri are pictured) 

She said: 'It was the most beautiful experience as a Spice Girl. I think because so much time had passed that we were all very present and really could appreciate what this thing meant to so many people.'

'It was such a joyous experience. We were just able to take it in for the first time and enjoy every minute. I feel emotional because I'd love to do it again.'

Reports emerged in 2024 that Geri has derailed a huge TV drama deal which would have netted each of the five members £1million each.

Sources had said that the 'nightmare' fallout between Geri and Mel B left the band unable to find a manager capable of 'mediating' to push projects over the line.

The feud began when Mel confessed she had a lesbian fling with Geri during the band's 90s heyday on Piers Morgan's chat show in 2019.

Geri denied the affair took place, with Mel accused of dreaming it up to sell copies of her tell-all memoir, Brutally Honest.

Victoria had previously maintained that she would not join the band again, insisting her fashion career was her focus and reiterating that being in the Spice Girls was just a mere four years of her life.

Speaking to Andy Cohen on Sirius XM, last October, she said: 'Before I was in the Spice Girls, I was so self-conscious and they made me feel that I was good enough.

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'But being on stage, I realised as fun as it is, you know, it’s not ultimately what I want to do anymore.

'I don’t know if I could even still sing,' she quipped. 'I mean, I was never that great. It would be tempting. But could I take on a world tour? No I can’t. I have a job…

'How good would the Spice Girls be at the Sphere? I love the idea of it.'

Victoria last performed with the band during the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony and before that she joined the band on their 2007-08 world tour.

Geri left the band in 1998 in the middle of their world tour and on Mel B's birthday.

Geri's departure from the band hit headlines across the world and the group went on hiatus two years later.

The Spice Girls shot to fame in 1996 when their debut single Wannabe reached number one in 37 countries.

The girl group reached the top of the UK charts nine times and had two number one albums. When Geri left the band, she launched a solo career and enjoyed four number one singles in the UK.

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