Mel B reveals why she had a bed in her dressing room on tour with the Spice Girls
Sounds amazing!
Mel B joined Saturday mornings with Fleur East, Greg and James today (14th December) to talk about her amazing year reuniting with the Spice Girls, and performing to several sold out gigs. The '2 Become 1' singer told Hits Radio that it was such a great experience, "To be back on stage with the girls, doing Wembley Stadium, performing to stadiums that were completely sold out was just amazing. It felt really like we've arrived again," Mel B said.
The pop star went on to explain how it felt like a "coming home thing". The singer has spent the last 15 years living in America and admitted that she hasn't been back since she started toured with the girls earlier this year.
"I came here in May," Mel B recalled, "and I'm still here!"
Fleur was lucky enough to see Mel B's dressing room backstage at one of the Wembley gigs so she asked her about what she puts on her rider, because she looked so at home.
"I have a lot of Union Jack sofas," Mel B explained, "and I've got a lot of sage and crystals and pictures of my kids and my family. I also did have a bed in my dressing room, cos you know... I've got kids and that was my excuse."
She went on to describe how she had her own little workout area too! Sounds amazing.
The topic of conversation soon turned to Christmas with James hinting he would love to get some new music from the Spice Girls for Christmas. Mel agreed with him saying, "Me too!" Saying she would be very disappointed if there wasn't some new music.
Continuing with the Spice Girls questioning, James asked if there was a plan for 2020, to which the 'Wannabe' singer admitted, "There's no plan as yet, we're definitely in talks about what we do and how we do it...
"But nothing's set in stone."
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Take a look at the Spice Girls in numbers:
13 million - how many copies second album 'Spiceworld' sold
The Spice Girls' follow-up album 'Spiceworld' was, of course, HUGELY popular around the world - so much so that it sold a whopping 13 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the world's bestselling albums by a girl group.
5 - The number of BRIT Awards the Spice Girls won
During the six years before their hiatus in 2000, the Spice Girls were nominated for a whopping nine BRIT Awards - and won five of them.
In 1997, they were nominated for Best British Group, Best British Breakthrough Act, Best British Video for both 'Wannabe' and 'Say You'll Be There', and Best British Single for 'Wannabe'. They won Best British Single for 'Wannabe' and Video for 'Say You'll Be There'.
In 1998, they were up for Best British Video for 'Spice Up Your Life', and won the Best Selling British Album Act. In 2000, the group won the Outstanding Contribution To Music and gave their final performance before they chose to split, and in 2010 won Brits Performance of the Last 30 Years.
12 - The amount of children that the Spice Girls have between them
Victoria has four with her husband David Beckham - sons Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and daughter Harper. Emma has two sons with her partner Jade Jones - Tate and Beau and Geri has daughter Bluebell with ex-partner Sacha Gervasi and son Montague with husband Christian Horner.
Mel C has a daughter Scarlett with her ex, Thomas Starr, whilst Mel B has three daughters - Phoenix, with ex-husband Jimmy Gulzar, Angel with US actor Eddie Murphy and Madison with her estranged husband Stephen Belafonte.
3 - The number of Christmas Number 1s the Spice Girls have had
The Spice Girls had three Christmas Number 1 singles - and they were all consecutive, too. They wont the top spot for '2 Become 1' in 1996, 'Too Much' in 1997 and 'Goodbye' in 1998.
9 - The amount of Number 1 singles the Spice Girls had
Spending 22 weeks collectively at the top spot in the UK, the Spice Girls had Number 1s with:
'Wannabe', 1996
'Say You'll Be There', 1996
'2 Become 1', 1996
'Mama' / 'Who Do You Think You Are', 1997
'Spice Up Your Life', 1997
'Too Much', 1997
'Viva Forever', 1998
'Goodbye', 1998
'Holler' / 'Let Love Lead The Way', 2000
11 - The number of singles the Spice Girls have released
As well as the above, they also released 'Stop' in 1998 which peaked at Number 2, and they reunited in 2007 to bring out 'Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)', which peaked at Number 11.
2 - How many Number 1 album the Spice Girls have had
Of their three albums released, the Spice Girls won the top spot for their debut, 'Spice', in 1996 and for their second album 'Spiceworld' in 1997. Their third album 'Forever' was released in 2000 and peaked at Number 2, as did their Greatest Hits in 2007.
17 - The number of countries that debut album 'Spice' was Number 1 in
Featuring hits like 'Wannabe', '2 Become 1' and 'Who Do You Think You Are', it's no surprise that the Spice Girls' debut album 'Spice' reached the top spot in 17 countries.
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