Mel C “optimistic” of Spice Girls reunion in 2026

Mel C has suggested that there could be a Spice Girls reunion happening in 2026, in time to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

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The singer, also known as Sporty Spice, touched upon the future of the girl group during a new interview on Good Morning America.

Appearing on the chat show to promote her ninth solo album, ‘Sweat’, the pop star was asked by the hosts if she and fellow bandmates, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, and Mel B, had any plans to reunite for their upcoming milestone in 2026.

“I remain optimistic,” she said. “It’s our 30th 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 who are just loving the Spice Girls, so I would like to get back on stage with the girls,” she added. “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.”

As Mel C mentioned, the group did embark on a reunion tour in 2019, but that line-up did not include Beckham. The last time all five members performed together publicly was at the London Olympics closing ceremony in 2012.

While rumours have circulated for years now, and nothing has materialised since 2019, it does appear that hopes for a return have been mounting in the run up to 2026.

Last spring, all five members came together for a surprise performance at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party, and before then, Mel B at a potential appearance in the Legends’ slot at Glastonbury in 2023 (she would later shut the rumours down, saying it didn’t work logistically for the group.)

Since then, Geri Halliwell-Horner promised earlier this year that there “will be something” on the way from the group, and Mel B spoke out again this spring, saying that she is “always game” when it comes to a reunion tour.

Emma Bunton also made a nod to the group last Christmas when she dropped a festive version of Spice Girls’ ‘2 Become 1’, and Mel C dropped more hints before this most recent Good Morning America interview, previously saying it was “time” that the five of them got back together.

Most recently, Victoria Beckham – who sat out of the 2019 tour – also chimed in on the hopes for a Spice Girls comeback. She teased the prospect after going to see one of Oasis’ ‘Live ‘25’ tour dates at Wembley, and looking at the huge hype the Britpop giants managed to gather by reuniting.

Sharing a photo of the crowd, she simply wrote “Tempting……” on Instagram Stories, and tagged each of her former bandmates.

Nothing has been confirmed about any reunion plans for Spice Girls in 2026 at time of writing, and Halliwell seemed to cast doubt on the prospect earlier this year, when she debated if the members reuniting would be “relevant” enough to pursue.

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