Mel B Rules Out Spice Girls 30th Anniversary Tour

Melanie Brown, known as Mel B or Scary Spice, has ruled out a Spice Girls reunion tour to mark the group's 30th anniversary this year, citing her age and respect for her bandmates' preferences. In an interview with HELLO! magazine published on April 3, the 50-year-old singer expressed fond memories of past performances but emphasized that pushing for another tour is no longer feasible.

The Spice Girls, consisting of Brown, Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), Geri Halliwell-Horner, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham, rose to global fame in 1996 with their debut single "Wannabe," which topped charts in 37 countries. The group disbanded in 2001 after releasing two number-one albums in the UK, but they reunited for a world tour in 2007-2008, a performance at the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony and a 2019 UK and Ireland stadium tour that excluded Beckham. That 2019 outing, featuring the other four members, remains their most recent full-scale shows.

Brown reflected on the energy of the 2019 tour, saying, "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...