Spice Girls' record sales hit £600K as potential 30th anniversary tour looms
The girl group are rumoured to be embarking on a world-wide reunion tour next year.
It's been almost 30 years since the Spice Girls first burst onto the pop music scene, and a possible reunion tour is looming. In anticipation of a potential tour, fans have been rediscovering the group's records, which generated more than £600,000 in sales last year. And accounts for their firm Spice Girls Ltd show that they received £613, 275 in royalties for 2023.
Spice Girls Ltd also retained more than £32,000 in cash in its coffers. Geri Horner and band guru Simon Fuller are said to be back in touch, with rumours the pair were meeting up in Miami earlier this year, along with Geri's F1 husband.
Victoria Beckham is '90 per cent out of the running' but Geri, Emma Bunton, Mel B and Mel C are said to be considering a 30-years anniversary world tour next year, reported the Mirror. There have even been claims that Victoria could appear as an 'avatar', used in the hugely successful Abba shows in London.
The Spice Girls' debut single 'Wannabe' was released in 1996 and propelled them to global fame. Their latest accounts suggest a serious demand to see the girls reunite in concert.
Mel Brown has teased that a world tour is possible, hinting this week that there could be plans on the horizon for the girls.
'We've got a year to work on them. Let's put it that way,' she said. The group has not performed as a five-piece since the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony.
In April last year, all five spent an evening together as part of Victoria's 50th birthday celebrations. It added to the hopes that they could be set to get back together again.
Band members have spoken openly of that as a possibility for next year. As a guest on Australia 's 2Day FM in March, Mel C said: 'It's 30 years next year since the release of Wannabe. We have to do something special.
"Obviously I can't say too much, but we are talking about things. Hopefully a nice little world tour."
In April, Geri said: "My hope is we come back together as a collective."
Geri said they still had love and respect for each other, again sparking hopes of a reunion.
But a reunion tour would likely include all but one of the original Spice Girls, as Victoria Beckham is most likely going to give it a miss.
The girls previously toured together in 2020 as a foursome, but Victoria did not take part.
She has been in the news recently due to rumours of a feud with son, Brooklyn Beckham, and his wife, Nicola Peltz.
The family made headlines as Brooklyn and Nicola pulled a 'no-show' for David Beckham's birthday.
Some have accused Peltz of being manipulative towards Brooklyn, and of driving a rift in the Beckham family.
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