Spice Girls: Mel C says all of her old group would like to play Glastonbury Festival next year

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The Spice Girls past performed unneurotic astatine Wembley Stadium successful 2019

By Paul Glynn

Entertainment reporter

Mel C has confirmed that each of the Spice Girls would similar to betterment to play Glastonbury Festival adjacent year.

The vocalist made her due Worthy Farm debut connected Saturday night, performing solo worldly and immoderate of her aged group's deed astatine the Avalon Stage.

Asked if they would judge an connection to play the present accepted Sunday day legends slot, she said yes.

"All of the Spice Girls would similar to play Glasto, that is the truth," she told BBC Radio 6 Music's Matt Everitt.

"Like I said to the assemblage [on Saturday night], doing a mates of Spice Girls songs, 'a spot of a warm-up for adjacent year?'

"They're rehearsed, they cognize the words, they're ready." she continued. "So, if I tin resistance the different girls along... I accidental 'drag' the different girls on - all of the Spice Girls would similar to play Glasto, that is the truth.

"It's conscionable getting it together, the timing being right."

She added: "And it's rather daunting, immoderate of the girls haven't been up connected signifier for years.

"But I deliberation it's, we telephone it [playing Glastonbury] the bucket list, due to the fact that arsenic an creator it truly is the ultimate."

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Mel C performed arsenic a solo creator astatine Glastonbury for the archetypal clip this year, aft appearing arsenic a DJ and alongside Blossoms a twelvemonth ago

Sporty Spice, arsenic she was formerly known, appeared astatine Glastonbury past twelvemonth arsenic a DJ and besides joined indie set Blossoms connected signifier for a rendition of Spice Up Your Life.

She past performed with her chart-topping radical - known for hits similar Wannabe and Stop - astatine Wembley Stadium successful 2019, and the radical person been lying dormant since.

She explained that during their 1990s heyday, festivals similar Glastonbury were not truly places for popular acts but that times had changed.

"It was my archetypal Glasto twelvemonth and implicit the years radical are ever amazed astatine that," she said. "But of course, festivals utilized to beryllium truthful antithetic successful the 90s, you would ne'er person had a set similar the Spice Girls astatine a festival.

"I deliberation my archetypal festival I played arsenic a solo creator was V Festival '99. This is the archetypal clip I've got up determination [and] done my happening with my band.

"We had an unthinkable assemblage and it conscionable felt similar specified a privilege due to the fact that I got a absorption similar determination were 4 of the Spice Girls adjacent to me."

While the assemblage sang immoderate of her solo worldly "word for word", she noted, the absorption was peculiarly beardown erstwhile she performed her aged group's hits, similar Who Do You Think You Are?

"Love them oregon hatred him, everyone remembers the Spice Girls," she smiled.

Should the connection travel from festival organisers Emily and Michael Eavis to capable the 2024 legends slot, the Spice Girls would win Yusuf aka Cat Stevens and Blondie, who volition stock the work of the present traditional, effectual 4th header slot connected Sunday afternoon.

Watch sum of Glastonbury Festival connected the BBC iPlayer.

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