Melanie C To Do A Live Chat! Melanie C will be dropping by at Virgin Records To Do A live Web Chat. You can go To Spice Girls Offical Site And Send in your questions to ask Melanie. The Chat will take place on Thursday March 9th at 5pm UK time. Here in in North America that would be Approximately 12pm (eastern Time.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPICEWORLD IN TURMOIL OVER GERI Spice Girls Mel C and Emma Bunton have revealed how dramatically their opinions differ over collecting a Brit with departed member GeriHalliwell. The girls will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement award at next Friday's ceremony, but Geri, who was integral in the band's original chart breakthrough, will not appear on stage. Mel C said she wanted Geri to join them in accepting the prize, however Emma's opinion was the exact opposite. Speaking to Radio One, Mel C explained: 'I firmly believe that she should be up there with us. But there's five girls, y'know, who have to make that decision. And that's just, y'know, that's just my opinion,' she said. However, Emma said she believed the band had changed since Geri left and were now a different band. 'Obviously the five of us were in the Spice Girls but we have sort of moved on.' 'And we did an American tour and, y'know, we've done another single and had a Christmas Number One. So I think we have moved on now and become a four-piece,' explained Emma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPICE GIRLS LOSE COURT CASE The Spice Girls have lost a High Court case bought by an Italian motorcycle company. The band now face a bill of up to £1 million, after the judge, Justice Arden found for Aprilla World Service. However, the news hasn't exactly stunned the girls, with Mel C seemingly not bothered by the loss of the money. She told Radio One: 'We really don't care. At the end of the day, we are in the right. We did not know Geri was going to leave. Hey ho, life goes on.' Aprilla struck a deal with the girls in 1997 to manufacture a motor scooter – the Sonic Spice – which would feature all five members in the design. However, when Geri Halliwell announced her departure from the Spice Girls, the scooter became a 'total marketing flop', the court was told. Both Geri and Emma Bunton appeared to give evidence in the case, with Geri claiming her departure from the Spice Girls was 'like leaving a marriage'. Aprilla has been awarded £434,000 in damages and court costs, although the figure is expected to eventually rise to as much as £1 million. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posh Spice Struts Her Stuff Down London Catwalk LONDON (Reuters) - Victoria ``Posh Spice'' Beckham added modeling to her career list on Wednesday when she paraded down the catwalk as part of Maria Grachvogel's autumn/winter 2000 show at London's Fashion Week. Beckham, already famous for the sleek outfits she wears on stage with the Spice Girls, sashayed along the runway in tight green satin hotpants and a sleeveless embroidered polo neck. Showing off a well-worked body, she returned to the catwalk in a red evening gown cut to hip level at the front but trailing along the floor at the back. Beckham has come under press criticism for quickly regaining her ultra-slim figure after the birth of her son Brooklyn last year but has denied reports of anorexia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geri Halliwell Friendship Never Ends? © TOTP The break in good relations between members of the original five Spice Girls is getting more bizarre by the day! News has reached us that Mel B is extremely cross with Mel C for the heinous crime of chatting backstage with former Spice mate Geri Halliwell! The background to all this pop star petulance is that Mel B has vehemently refused to take to the stage to recieve her Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution To British Music as part of the fab five. Geri has been invited out of recognition for her guiding role in the Spice phenomenon, which has put Mel's nose out of joint. The pair are rumoured to have not spoken at all since Geri left the band in 1998. Mel C bumped into Geri at a charity concert in Manchester last week and the pair opted to bury the hatchet, rather than stand about and pout all night. This new alliance has clearly irked Mel B even more, and she has apparently had a couple of heated discussions with Mel C about Geri. Whatever happened to "Friendship lasts forever", girls? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melanie B Danielle Get's Baby!?!© TOTP With absolutely no pleasure whatsoever, we bring more news of bad tidings for Jimmy Gulzar, the former hubby of Scary Spice Mel B. After being refused a gold credit card last week, it seems that relations between Mel and Jimmy have reached such a low that Mel's sister Danielle has had to mediate and deliver baby Phoenix to see her dad. Mind you, the papers also report that Mel has given Jimmy up to £60,000 as part of their ongoing divorce negotiations, so they can't get on that badly, eh? Jimmy has also run into trouble with the Spanish authorities after chasing a paparazzi photographer. Jimmy is said to have over-aggressively tackled the snapper and broken his camera, which could result in a warrant being issued for his arrest the next time he sets foot in Spain. TOTP News would like to offer a word of advice for unlucky Jim. Next Friday 13th, hide Jim .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPICEY WITNESSES ~DotMusic The Spice Girls and famous Italian scooter manufacturer Aprilia are battling in court over a sponsorship deal that both claim went sour. The amazing case began yesterday (February 7) against all original five members of the band and Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell are expected to appear in the witness box this week. In its sponsorship deal with the Spices, Aprilia manufactured a limited edition of its Sonic scooter called the Spice Sonic, a 50cc bike with pictures of all the original five Spice Girls on it. The deal included sponsoring the Spice's 1998 Spice World Tour. The scooter firm claims all its publicity was centred around the original five girl group. It was dismayed when Geri Halliwell left to go solo in May 1998, and although the company went ahead with the tour sponsorship, it withheld some of the money. The Spice Girls' own company, Spice Girls Ltd, is suing Aprilia for the £212,500 it claims is still owed to the girls. In a counter claim, Aprilia said it had no idea Halliwell was intending to leave but claims that the other Spice's were aware of her intentions. The company launched its own action after revelations in Geri Halliwell's book 'If Only', published last October. Aprilia's lawyer Andrew Sutcliffe said in court that, according to her book, Geri admitted the other Spice Girls knew she would be leaving the group before the sponsorship deal was signed. Aprilia viewed the girls' actions as breach of conduct and launched its own counter claim for £350,000 plus £1.1 million in lost profits on the customised scooters. Halliwell is expected to be asked some difficult questions in court about her decision to leave the girl band. Aprilia arranged the Spice Sonic sponsorship deal because of the band's popularity with young girls and because in Italy and in some other European countries it is legal for teenagers as young as 14 to ride scooters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melanie C's has been nominated for Best British Female Solo Artist!!!! Can she win it over Beth Orton, Gabrielle, Geri Halliwell (!!!) and Beverley Knight??? OF COURSE SHE CAN!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Messages from Melanie C! TALES OF A MEL C IMPOSTER! What's all this then ?! Imposter at large ! - C'mon hands up - who's the culprit. Right listen up.....there's a few cheeky wotsits out there who have been pretending to be me (how could you !) I was busy doing some promotion in Belgium for Northern Star and I bumped into a few fans. Andddddd they told me that they had been sending me e-mails and I had been e-mailing them back ! Well, I have to be honest and the only way I talk to everyone is via the spice office and this website and telling them what I have been up to. Sooooooooo for the record I have not been e-mailing anybody so steer clear of anybody pretending to be me. 'Cause it isn't. Hope you are all well. Belgium is fab and I have already made loads of new friends over here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEGA NEWSFLASH!! The Spice Girls will be presented with a special 2000 Brits Award for Outstanding Music Contribution to British Music at the Brit Awards on the March 3rd. The utterly fab four will also be performing a megamix of their greatest hits live onstage when they close the show at the Earls Court Arena in London on March 3rd. The Spices have broken every single record going and are famous all over the world. Remember "Wannabe"?! Their debut single went to Number 1 in 31 different countries! Both of their albums have been world wide smashes not to mention all their individual solo achievements! They have sold over 36 million albums - swoon. A dazzling record second to none. The Spice Girls themselves are both honoured and thrilled to receive such a sought after award. "We are overjoyed to have been asked to accept this award. It is an honour to follow in the footsteps of artists like The Eurythmics, Fleetwood Mac and the Bee Gees. We are still young and have, we hope, many more years to enjoy being a part of the great British music scene. "Spice Girls started out as 5 and we feel this award is in recognition of the great achievements of all 5. The remaining four of us look forward to many new adventures. Our relationship with the Brit Awards has held great significance in our career and we are looking forward to another memorable SPICE performance on this year's show". Wow and double wow!! Here ends the Mega Newsflash. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS FROM MELANIE C: Anyway back in Britain , the new single from my album Northern Star is coming out on the 6th March. I am so thrilled with the success of the album that I will even be releasing a fourth single later in the year. Anyway about the next single! It is going to be called "Never Be The Same Again" and I wrote the track with the incredibly talented pair, Rhett Lawrence and Paul F Cruz. Also because Rhett had previously worked with TLCs Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes we asked her to do a solo rap section which is totally fab. There will be 2 cds for the single. On the first one there is a radio version of "Never Be The Same Again" and a mix from Lisa. Also if you whop the cd in your computer and you can play the video from it. (I'll tell you more about that in a minute). Finally there is a Rick Rubin mix of a totally brand new track "I Wonder What It Would Be Like", which I am really excited about. On the second single you get the full album version of "Never Be The Same Again" as well as 2 live tracks. I played the Paradiso Club last year and because it was so much fun we have used "Closer" and "Goin Down" from there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MELANIE C TV APPEARANCES 19/02 CDUK 26/02 Red Alert 26/02 Live & Kicking 29/02 Live in studio 02/03 Interview 03/03 The Priory 03/03 Friday Night All Wright 04/03 Live & Kicking 04/03 CDUK 06/03 This Morning 07/03 Select - Live 09/03 Pepsi Chart 11/03 Pepsi Chart 11/03 CDUK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPORTY SPICE WALKS-OUT OF STERN'S SEXUAL INQUISITION Spice Girl Mel C walked-out of an interview with US shock-jock Howard Stern last week, after she was bombarded with graphic questions about her sex life. Sporty Spice, who was attending the American Music Awards, was met with a no-holds-barred first question, when Stern asked: 'At what age did you get pubes?' Stern followed that innocuous opening gambit with another storming poser, namely: 'Where's the best place to pleasure yourself?' Mel managed to recover from the initial bombardment by responding no to the following questions: 'Have you ever had a lesbian experience?' and 'Have you ever slept with a black guy?' But she drew the line and promptly walked-off when Stern inquired: 'Is penis size important?' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melanie .C. @ The AMA Awards (BBC) Among the celebrities dishing out awards was Mel.C. She admitted juggling her solo career with her Spice Girls projects is proving difficult:"This year I'm gonna be devoting all my attention to my solo record and so I'm gonna do it justice," she said. "I'm gonna be out on the road touring Europe, South East Asia, and the Beautiful United States Of America!" So How are things with Scary?: "All I know is Melanie's fine, the baby's fine, and it's all very happy and amicable. You know S*** happens, that got me out of that one didn't it!" she laughed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GERI SET FOR SHOWDOWN WITH MEL C The Music For Life Concert which takes place at the Manchester Arena later in the month will see former Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell, take to the stage on the same evening as former bandmate and arch rival Mel C. But, hey, Geri's headlining. Mel C has been an outspoken critic of Geri Halliwell since the one-time 'Ginger Spice' left the band at the height of their success. Now they are to share the same bill, though it is thought that they will perform on separate stages. A spokesman for Geri took pleasure in pointing out: "It's not as if they will be on stage together. Geri is headlining the show and Mel C is opening it." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIKE TYSON FLOORS MEL B IN SHOPPING FIGHT Mel B was miffed to find herself barred from her favourite Gucci shop yesterday because boxer Mike Tyson got there first. Scary Spice arrived outside the Gucci shop in London in her silver Mercedes only to find that it had been closed for Mike Tyson and his entourage to do a spot of private shopping. Mel B was turned away by one of Tyson's security heavies at the shop door in front of a crowd of press and the boxer's fans. Mel looked furious but gave up the fight and returned to her chauffer-driven car and left the scene. Gucci said that Mel B is a regular customer of the shop and she would have been let in if the shop had know she was outside. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message From Melanie C From VirginRecords. It's all go again with the new single coming out. It's called "Never Be the Same Again" and will be out at the start of March. TLCs Lisa Lopes does a sound rap on it. What's more there's a new track on there also called "I Wonder What It Would Be Like". I will be touring again later as the first one went down so well. Byeeeeeeeeeeee. Then of course there is the next Spice album which we have nearly finished. We may well tour later in the year when we release it. Phew!
