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Mel B sets record straight on Spice Girls reunion plans with emotional update on band’s ‘bond’

The Wannabe singer has given an exclusive interview in next week’s HELLO! Magazine giving an update to fans about reunion plans for the groundbreaking girl group

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.”

“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”

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, and your digital devices, and don’t forget to join HELLO!’s VIP club for even more exclusive content.

— Source: Hellomagazine.com

Netflix Sets ‘Squid Game: The VIP Challenge’ With Dylan Efron, Tristan Thompson, Mel B and More

“Squid Game” is giving celebrities the green light with a new installment of the reality competition spinoff, titled “The VIP Challenge.”

In the new iteration, “eight VIPs will step into the high stakes game and put their wit, strategy and skillset to the ultimate test,” according to Netflix.

The contestants include Dylan Efron (“The Traitors”), Hannah Godwin (“The Bachelor”), Kim Zolciak (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”), content creator Kristy Sarah, Spice Girls singer Mel B, Ryan Serhant (“Owning Manhattan”), NBA champion Tristan Thompson and Viper (“Squid Game: The Challenge” fan vote winner).

“Squid Game: The Challenge” debuted in November 2023 after the blockbuster success of “Squid Game,” the Korean drama about people who are down on their luck and recruited into a deathly competition for money that puts a sinister spin on children’s games. The reality spinoff featured 456 real competitors facing off for $4.56 million. The second season debuted in 2025, and the show has been renewed for a third season.

Additional information about “Squid Game: The VIP Challenge” has yet to be revealed by Netflix. Viper said in a statement that he plans to cause “total chaos” when he returns to the game. “I did learn that every single decision should be considered in great detail,” he said. “I will surely use a microscope with every choice I make.”

Reviewing the first season of “The Challenge,” Variety chief TV critic Alison Herman wrote, “Like ‘Battle Royale’ and ‘The Hunger Games’ before it, the point of ‘Squid Game’ is that in a deeply unequal society, entertainment comes at a steep moral price. The point of ‘The Challenge’ is that, if you don’t think too hard about it, that entertainment is still pretty fun to watch.”

—Source: Variety.com