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Mel C has joked she needs to start practising her "backflips" ahead of the Spice Girls reunion.
On Thursday evening (06.08.15), it was revealed the band are set to reform next year - aside from Victoria Beckham who does not want to be involved - to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary, prompting Mel C, nicknamed Sporty Spice, to joke about it on Twitter.
She wrote: "Woke up this morning wondering whether I need to start practising my backflips???!!! (sic)"
While the 41-year-old star was known for her backflips during their performances, Emma Bunton, known as Baby Spice, was renowned for always having her blonde locks in pigtails, leading to her retweeting Mel's message and continuing the joke.
Reposting the message on Twitter, she added: "Do I need to put my pigtails in?!?!? (sic)"
Shortly before the news was announced, Mel B had teased a reunion might happen by posting a picture on Instagram of herself at the height of her Spice Girls fame along with the caption, "The world deserves to hear your voice! #BeLoud #Tbt (sic)".
Since the news broke, Spotify has revealed 'Wannabe' is the most streamed track released by the group, while Mexico City features the highest amount of monthly listeners of the band.
Geri Horner - known as Geri Haliwell before marrying Formula One team captain Christian Horner in May - has yet to comment on the reunion, although is expected to be involved when further announcements are made later in the year.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Mel B flew into London last month to secretly agree the plan with the other three girls. They should each make more than ten million pounds from this.
"It will be the four girls who are making the calls about this."

One Direction will shoot their new video at NASA's Space Center.
The four-piece band released their new single 'Drag Me Down' last week and are now planning to film an out-of-this-world video at the facility in Houston, Texas, to match the track, which is the first to be taken from their as-yet untitled fifth studio album.
According to MailOnline, the intergalactic clip will feature plenty of gadgetry with band members Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan gaining access to training equipment, airfields and other areas located at the astronaut centre.
The track is the first to be released by the band since Zayn Malik quit earlier this year to pursue a solo career and Liam has since revealed they are planning to take a break from the band at some point after the release of their next LP, which is due later this year.
He said: "You know, I think everyone needs a little bit of a break now, and a sit down and a stop, to kind of take in all the great things that've happened."
And when asked what he wants to do during their time off, he added: "There's loads of things. I've been writing a lot on the road at the moment, not for me, just for other people. I've been doing a lot of things, you know trying to get into the producing side of it which is pretty cool."

Alice Cooper believes being an alcoholic was "an education".
The 67-year-old rocker has revealed he doesn't regret his years of being addicted to alcohol because coming out of it made him feel like a much stronger person.
Asked what advice he would give to his younger self, he said: "I'll tell you the truth, I always think I would say, 'Wow, don't become an alcoholic.' But then, going through that alcoholic experience, especially with those guys, was an education. The fact that I did get through it and came out the other end okay, was something that gave me a lot of strength later on. I figured if I could get through that ... Because I was a classic alcoholic - there was pretty much nothing that was going to stop us at that point."
However, The Hollywood Vampires' musician - who will release their new album on September 11 - revealed he was faced by an ultimatum at the peak of his drinking which led to his decision to quit so he could continue making music.
He told Digital Spy entertainment news website: "It was a choice between living and dying, and my doctor said, 'Look, you can go and join the rest of the Vampires who have gone, or you can make 20 more albums. You better make your decision in three weeks though, because that's how much time you have.' I made the decision that I'd rather make records. The finality of that is that it's very poetic that I decided not to die with the other guys, and end up honouring them through this album. So there was a two-fold reason to quit drinking."

Perrie Edwards loves One Direction's new song.
The Little Mix singer, who recently split from ex-1D star Zayn Malik, says her favourite song of the summer is the four-piece's latest release, 'Drag Me Down'.
The track is the band's first single without Perrie's former fiancé Zayn and was released just a week ago.
Perrie told Radio Disney: "I like One Direction's new song 'Drag Me Down'. It's incredible."
The comments come as the 22-year-old continues to get over the end of her three-year relationship with Zayn, who has since signed a solo record deal with RCA Records.
It was recently reported that the heartthrob broke up with the 'Black Magic' singer two weeks ago by text message.
A source said: "It's unbelievable, he's an immature little boy with no thought for anyone else's feelings. Perrie is one of the sweetest girls in the world and she's stood by him through thick and thin.
"But he ended their engagement with one text message and in the two weeks since there's been complete radio silence between them. Who does that? She's devastated, which everyone understands, but is doing her best to focus on work and to put on a brave face in public."

Mary Lambert and Sam Smith are planning a collaboration.
The 26-year-old singer has recently become pals with the 'Stay With Me' hitmaker and revealed they intend to sit down and write a song for the two of them to perform in the near future as they are both working on their second LPs.
She exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "Sam Smith and I have developed a really nice friendship and I just feel kindred - like I just feel very similar to him, so we text occasionally and we've been out for cocktails and stuff. He's a wonderful person.
"Sam and I have talked at length about writing something vulnerable and something powerful, so I hope it will happen. I hope it's on the next of either of our albums.
"I have so much respect for him and I think we have similar intentions for our music too. I'm just so proud of him, out there killing it."
But Mary - who shot to fame when she featured on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' gay rights anthem 'Same Love' in 2012 - says she has far grander plans than just music, having recently released her debut album 'Heart On My Sleeve'.
She explained: "I have so, so many plans. I just wish that the year was longer and I wish I had more time. I have screenplays in my head, I wanna write a musical, I wanna do Broadway, I'm working on my second book of poetry which also has essays in it, I wanna do a clothing line. There's so many things that I want to tackle, that I really believe are feasible that I would love to do, like movies."

The Spice Girls are reforming for a world tour - without Victoria Beckham.
The 'Spice Up Your Life' hitmakers celebrate 20 years since the release of their first single 'Wannabe' next year and reportedly plan to mark the occasion with a global concert series, but the fashion designer will not be joining Emma Bunton, Mel C, Geri Halliwell and Mel B on stage.
A source said: "This will be one of the biggest pop reunions of all time.
"There is a huge demand for the Spice Girls to get back together, especially with the nostalgia around the two-decade anniversary of their first release next summer.
"Mel B flew into London last month to secretly agree the plan with the other three girls. They should each make more than ten million pounds from this."
Victoria - who took part in the group's 2007-2008 reunion tour and their appearance at the London Olympics closing ceremony three years ago - still has the option to take part but insists she is too busy.
The source added to The Sun newspaper: "Victoria wishes the girls the best of luck.
"She is far too busy running her fashion brand and looking after her family to get back on a stage.
"She also feels that they left the stage on an amazing high with their Olympics performance and worries a reunion could tarnish their legacy."
Initially the group were reluctant to commit to anything without the 40-year-old star, but realised time was running out for a reunion if they didn't agree it soon.
The insider said: "For a long time they put off the idea of working any projects without her because they wanted to stay as a five-piece, but with the 20th anniversary coming up they realised it was a case of now or never."
The quartet are expected to begin negotiations with tour promoters and choose their new management team in the coming weeks.
The source said: "It will be the four girls who are making the calls about this. There is a lot to work out in terms of their schedules and priorities, but they want to be in control.
"Talks between them are continuing and there are likely to be some official decisions made when they back from their summer holidays in September or October."

Ed Sheeran has replaced Justin Bieber as the headliner for Fusion Festival with Vimto.
The 'Boyfriend' hitmaker pulled out of the headline slot earlier this week due to an "unforeseen issue" but Ed has now stepped in to take his place at the Birmingham-based annual event, which raises money for Prince Charles' young peoples charity the Prince's Trust.
Ed commented: "I'm delighted to be playing Fusion Festival after stepping in at the last minute to help out the guys at Fusion and support The Princes Trust. Birmingham crowds are always lively, so I can't wait to come back. See you in a few weeks!"
The 24-year-old star's 90-minute performance will come just a month after he played to over 290,000 people during three consecutive sold out shows at London's Wembley Arena and follows his surprise collaboration with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, 'Growing Up', which was released on Wednesday (05.08.15).
The 'Thinking Out Loud' singer - whose second album 'x' was the UK's best-selling album of 2014, shifting over 1.7 million copies - will be joined by Tinie Tempah, Rixton, DJ Fresh, Fuse ODG, Aston Merrygold, Shift K3y and Luke Friend when he headlines the first day of the three-day event on Friday August 28.
Other acts scheduled to perform during the festival at Cofton Park - for which tickets are still available for - include Rudimental, Labrinth, Clean Bandit, Ella Henderson, McBusted, The Vamps, Jess Glynne and Gorgon City.

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones "didn't want to be famous".
The 41-year-old rocker has insisted he was never lured into the music industry by the idea of fame and fortune but believes it was the main reason why his late bandmate, drummer Stuart Cable, wanted to be in the well-known band.
Speaking about his time in the band, he said: "I mean, at the end of the day it's a bloke writing poetry to music ... but I think people now, they look at the television and they think, 'I could do that', because they want what comes with it, but we didn't want to be famous really, that's the truth.
"Well, Stuart did. All he wanted to do was be famous, and have a swimming pool and a fast car, but to me that was the last thing on my mind. I didn't even know why I wanted it; I just knew I loved this thing."
The 'Dakota' hitmaker - whose new album 'Keep the Village Alive' will be released next month - continued to say he was naive about the industry when he first started making music because he didn't realise the impact it would have on his and his bandmates' lives.
He added to The Independent newspaper: "I don't think you really take on board when you're younger how much it's going to take over you the older you get. As much as you think you can put it down whenever you want, you can't, because you've made it part of your system. So that whenever things happen to you, you express them out. I'm glad that I can do that because a lot of people where I come from, that are my age, they couldn't do that. Some of them wouldn't have the balls to do it."
Stereophonics will appear at V Festival on August 22 - 23, where Carling will have its Game On area, giving the chance for punters to predict the best festival and football moments across the weekend, with a guest appearance from footie legend Jimmy Bullard at Hylands Park on the Saturday (22.08.15).

Alesha Dixon will release her new album in October.
The 36-year-old singer has announced the release of her new solo LP, 'Do It For Love' - her fourth studio record - which she has teased will show people the "heart and soul" of who she is.
She said: "This record is uplifting, fun and honest. 'Do It For Love' is the heart and soul of who I am and what I believe in. It's a personal triumph and a moment I have waited a long time for."
The album will be released on October 9 and will be her first record in five years, following 2010's 'The Entertainer' which featured singles 'Drummer Boy' and 'Take Control'.
The former Miss-Teeq star has taken creative control on the collection including co-writing several of the songs along with Alex James, Harry Sommerdahl and Da Beat Freakz, with the LP also featuring a collaboration with rapper 'Wretch 32' titled 'Stop'.
The 'Britain's Got Talent' judge - who has 22-month-old daughter Azura Sienna - has already released the first single from the album, garage-style tune 'The Way We Are'.