Melanie was later spotted at a nightclub with comedian Steve Coogan and actor Nick Moran. Says Emily: "The cavernous club was filled with heaving, sweaty bodies. Events become a little hazy from this point. I blame sun-stroke of course. I remember Mel C dissolving into tears on my shoulder and returning from the bar to find my shoes and friends had vanished."

The article does not really say exactly why Melanie was crying. It could have been the tabloid report or something else. Thanks to Zila for this piece of news.

Screw the F-ing tabloids! They lie and exaggerate, and don't give a rat's ass about somebody's MUSIC... Where are the reports about Melanie's soulful appearance with Russell Watson??!!

Thanks to the wonderful Geek for locating this picture.

• Singing
• Side Profile
• Hugging Russell
• Singing 2
• Singing 3
• With Russell
• Arms in the air
• Sexy Smile
• High Heels
• Singing Close-up

Fans can expect a "Greatest Hits" CD that also includes covers and remixes of favorite songs this Christmas. There may also be a new Spice tour coming up early next year.

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Thanks mel2vicem.

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It's mad, pure madness. Maybe in the future I'd consider it (publishing) but they'd have to edit quite a lot of it. Some bits of it aren't really for public consumption.

All I did was finish the end of a poem where that word fitted perfectly... It wasn't my fault, it was their fault for having that word at the end.

It's [The TV-show] a mixture of Stars In Their Eyes meets Who Wants To Be A Millionaire but without the tack. It's prime time Saturday night which should be wicked. The contestants win a lot of money but it's not promising a record deal or anything like that, it's just for fun.

I'm going to do a little tour at the end of this year and then do a big one after the Spices have done some stuff next year. The Spice shows will include solo stuff and group stuff. As Spice Girls we've got so many hits together and individually so it will be full on!

I was keen on it [release of album in America] but I just think by the time it gets released over there it will be very dated and I like to keep up to date with things. I want to give them something new and fresh so I think I'd like to write another album and take it straight out there and then to Europe and then England so do it the other way round.

Remember: the girls do sometimes not know themselves what they are saying + who really knows what she exactly said.. don't get your hopes up on the tour!

Firstly I'll be singing the Queen classic 'Barcelona' with Russell Watson, I'm sure you've heard of him, he's currently taking the opera world by storm, selling tonnes of records all over the place. Believe it or not, he's really young and doesn't even have an opera style beard - what's going on??! Following that I'll be singing Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did? It's such a beautiful song

Thanks The Hace!

You can download them all in nice quality over at Spice.Viva Forever

Thanks marC

Since most of you don't really like streaming files we'll also provide you with the URL to download the interview:

•   28k: stream | download
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• 128k: stream | download
• 300k: stream | download

• Must Have Been Very Cold
• Very, Very Cold

Thanks Michael Holden

Thanks Michael Holden

Thanks spiceforce17

The 24-hour audio webcast begins Sunday, June 3 at 12:00 pm PDT / 3:00 pm EDT

Thanks Miro Sarkissian

She'll also be on a Top20 concert in Oslo, Norway on June 23rd.

The presenter said "If Sarah's team wins I'm sure he'll thank her but if I judge she loses, he'll call me a..." but got interrupted by Melanie B who completed the sentence with "wanker".

She also said that Geri Halliwell's single It's Raining Men was "a really bad song".

• I Wish
• What You Talkin' 'Bout "coming 2001"
• I Want You
• Every Part Of Me

Thanks to SpiceBoy4

Thanks to Stella

She answers a question of mine! It's the one about Chinese food.

Thanks Alexandre SG.

I wouldn't get my hopes up until dates are officially scheduled. The Spice Girls have said things in the past which turned out only to be desires, not realities.

According to reports in Denmark, Mel B is currently seeing 24 year old, Christian Rønnow from Århus, Denmark.

She is reported to have first met him while she was at a party to celebrate the opening of a new sports arena, and met him again when she was there to perform on a TV show, and was then later spotted kissing him in a nightclub.

When Christian was asked about his new-found love, he said that he didn't want to comment much on his new relationship but that he was aware of who she was when he first kissed her.

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Thanks Per in Denmark.

What happened to Max Beesley, then?

So head on over if you're interested and check out the Audio/Video section and then download the 3 parts which are each compacted into ZIP files for quicker downloading.

She said:

"I've got my nice big house in the country which I love - why would I move if I don't need to? I've got no plans to go anywhere. It's a brilliant house, I'm perfectly happy with it and I don't want to live anywhere else now. It's home to me and Phoenix. She goes to nursery twice a week and I'm already looking at where to send her to school. I've got no plans to go anywhere."

Emma told GMTV she has landed a part linked to Albert Square bad boy Steve Owen after weeks of begging the soap's producers.

"I'd love to get back in there for a club scene or something like that. The last time I was only an extra but I reckon they'd give me a bigger part this time."

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• Black Top
• Nice Face
• Sit Down
• Twinkle

Thanks to Stephen Melancon.

Would you like to compete for the chance to meet Mel B?

Mel B will be coming on Live & Kicking on BBC 1 in the UK next week and we are looking for contestants who are her biggest fans to compete for the chance to meet her on the programme. To apply you must live in the UK and be aged 17 or under. Please e-mail your name, address, telephone number together with a sentance about why we should pick you ASAP to joel.kafetz@bbc.co.uk .

Good Luck!

damn, this makes me jealous, I wanna live in the UK as well! :) And a big SORRY that the site could not be accessed for 24 hours, it has been 2 years since Joz registered the domain and after he moved once again he simply forgot to renew the registration :) this has been done now so you should have no problems getting your daily SpiceNews until May 2003!

Click here to go there now (or you could just click there when the chat is on, or just click there whenever you like).

She said:

"It's still in the development stages so I don't want to give too much away, but I'm delighted to have been asked to do this."

"She's my everything. We do almost everything together and I couldn't imagine life without her."

UK paper, the Daily Record reports that Melanie C is single, after being dumped by Dan Cadan.

Dan - a film director, and Melanie went away to Barbados in January and later were spotted together at a Grand Prix party in London.

It continues by saying that he found Melanie's advances too much to handle.

It says, that he told a friend:

"Put it this way, she is keen but I am not. I am treading a fine line between keeping the friendship and knocking her back. Me and Mel are really good mates but that is all, there is nothing else to it but that. We met on holiday in Barbados. I was there with Nick Moran and some other people. On my birthday we all went out to dinner. Mel C was really keen but I kept having to knock her back. I have seen her about twice since we have been back. We went to two restaurants and a party, where we were photographed together."

His 'close friend' says that Dan was scared off by Melanie's comments during her current tour.

While Melanie C was in the US, she said:

"He's a Yorkshireman so he's really down to earth but he lives in London at the moment. I do dream about marriage and kids and stuff. Of course I think about having children in the future but I'm not in the right situation at the moment."

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She will be performing in 'TV Land - The Musical', at the Singapore Expo Centre on May 20.

Plus, those in Singapore should also tune into the first episode of The Big Buffet - which will be on TV Works on May 21 at 8pm - as Emma will also be making an appearance there, singing two songs as well as providing a personal item up for auction on the show.

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Thanks Michael Holden!

"I haven't heard it so I can't comment - thank you!"

Thanks Carlz

Thanks *posh*!

aah, fucking awesome! Her album will be GREAT!! :)) Oooh, and I can see the next headline "Victoria: Another MP3-Shocker" hehe.

Emma is said to be going to Singapore to promote her album as well as doing a live performance for the launch of the new TV Works.

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Thanks Kay.

In association with The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and the UK version of the Cartoon Network she will be appearing alongside IR Baboon, with Melanie saying:

"I would rather kiss a baboon's butt than kiss a smoker."

Click here for a picture of Melanie C with IR Baboon.

Emma Bunton plans to buy an art-deco apartment in Brighton's gay community. This was reported in the Sunday Mirror.

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Melanie C is to appear on posters for a no-smoking campaign aimed at children. She is also supporting the Roy Castle Cancer Fund.

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• David kissing Victoria's head
• Holding hands while walking
• Love Boat
• Love Boat again
• Love Boat top view

Yes! Back on the road, I love it. I am so happy to bring Northern Star live to all my fans who have made my debut solo album such a huge success. Thank you. We hope you enjoy the show. My band, sound, lighting, crew and everybody involved are fantastic. We hope to bring you an exciting, entertaining show and we want you to go home as exhausted as we do!

My life has been completely crazy since I met the other Spicies in 1994, without my girls and all the achievements we have made I doubt I would be able to do this tour, so I thank the girls for all the fun times we share. Writing and touring Northern Star has been the best time of my life. I am so fulfilled being able to express my own thoughts, fears and feelings.

Your support and love have helped me incredibly. I have had a hard time over the past year. Personal stuff and press intrusion have been difficult to deal with, but the harsher the criticism the more you have shown your support, NICE ONE! So this is for you - my gift. Enjoy the show, we certainly will. All my love Melanie x

She then has the credits at the back. The entire list is too long to reproduce here, so I've isolated only the major credits:

BAND
Melanie C - vocals
Fergus Gerrand - Drums/musical director
Paul Gendler - guitars
Arden Hart - keyboards / bv's
Kim Khahn - Bass guitar / bv's
Claire Nicolson - guitar / bv's

CREW
Richard Jones - tour manager
Simon Foster - production manager
Chai Ying Yau - personal assistant
Jennie Roberts - hair and make up artist

Huge thanks to Dawn McGowan for typing this all up.

• Sitting on the beach
• Carrying Phoenix
• With Phoenix

Thanks to Alexandre SG for scanning.

The third picture above is a picture of Phoenix with no clothes on, but we're sure that Spicenews readers are mature enough to see it's nothing to do with innuendo at all, it's just a nice picture of Phoenix with her mother.

• Emma talks to UK paper, The Mirror about things such as what going solo means for the Spice Girls, accepting herself, and money. Which you can find here.
• Emma talks to Australian paper, the Herald Sun on things like her image, her album, and the Spices and what they want to do in the future. This one is found if you click here.

If you are into better quality, you might also want to check out Blazin' Bad Zula who got an mpeg capture (30 MB) of the premiere on MTV, where some bits in the beginning and end are still missing.

Thanks The Hace!

Thanks Alexandre SG for finding this on the official Melanie B web site.

Thanks Raluca.

• August 25th, 7:00pm: Hamburg (Stadtpark Freilichtbühne)
• August 26th, 7:00pm: Bonn (Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle, Museumsmeilenplatz)

Melanie C will record an "Unplugged" album for MTV. There may be a song on it called "Time is Up" which was recorded last year. There are also rumors that duets are being pushed for this album, including ones with Bryan Adams and Lisa Left-Eye.

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Thanks LipeHA.

Thanks Orlando.

Emma said in her recent interview with TRL Italy that the Spice Girls will tour at the end of next year.

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Let's not get our hopes up.

And for the Australians who don't already know, rove [live] is broadcast live on air, every Tuesday night at 9.30pm on Channel 10.

But not only Posh & Becks dedcicated a loo seat, also Scary Spice Melanie B took one. She preferred a flower-style seat which can be seen here.

Thanks Zila

Thanks Stephanie!

Thanks Guven!