Reports and rumours concerning a possible Spice Girls reunion have been circulating, and it has been reported that the Girl Power icons may play Glastonbury festival next year. The group have allegedly conducted meetings to discuss a potential 2023 world tour involving all members, Victoria Beckham is said to be included, despite her absence from the band since the 2012 London closing Olympic ceremony. After a series of shows, the speculated world tour will conclude with an appearance on the iconic Pyramid stage.
A source has spoken to The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column concerning the reports, “There have been bumps in the road, particularly where Geri is concerned, but the plan is still that the girls’ world tour will go ahead next year. The idea is that it will kick off in 2023, and finish at Glastonbury. Victoria has previously said that she would perform with them at the festival. So that would be the perfect way to round off the tour.”
The group’s commitment to the upcoming Platinum jubilee concert in celebration of Queen Elizabeth has also been discussed, reportedly the legendary girl group have planned engagements and responsibilities which prevent them from appearing. Speaking on the possibility of an appearance, bandmember Mel C has given the following statement, “You’re going to need to ask Geri about that one.”
The Sun’s source has also discussed the famed quintet’s possible performance at the June event, “The Spice Girls will definitely not be performing at the Queen’s Jubilee, though that is not just down to Geri, as Mel hinted initially. They are all working on different ¬projects, and when they sat down to look at the logistics they decided there was not enough time to make it work. They just would have not been able to squeeze in the rehearsal time they needed for the concert. However, that isn’t to say that everybody was happy with that ¬outcome. Mel B and Emma, in ¬particular, seemed very ¬disappointed to be saying no. It would have been a real ¬honour, and that was not lost on them.”
Often cited as the new Beatles, the Spice Girls have remained a cultural sensation and their music canonised for future generations to enjoy. After over two decades since their debut album, the group have teased the release of a legendary lost track. Within a social media post in celebration of International Women’s Day, lyrics from the track “W.O.M.A.N” were included within the message. During a conversation with The Spice Girls’ biographer David Sinclair, cowriter Biff Stannard discussed the lost song, Stannard stated, “I thought that song was really interesting lyrically, because it was making the progression from girls to women, which was something I thought it was time for them to do. They needed something to suggest that they were still the same group of friends, but they were gaining more maturity.”
“Being every woman that we wanted to be” #GirlPower #IWD2022
Photo by Dean Freeman pic.twitter.com/HYXT2I3xtk— Spice Girls (@spicegirls) March 8, 2022
The song’s existence was first brought into reality twenty-three years ago during the Christmas in Spiceworld tour; the group promised the song would be included on their new album Forever released in 2000. But when the album was released, fans were disappointed to see that the song was not included within the track list, as time passed the track was largely forgotten by the band members. With the widespread share of the cryptic post, fans have speculated whether it served as a breadcrumb to further updates concerning new material.
