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Melanie Chisholm has hinted the Spice Girls could reform in 2016.
The singer, formerly known as Sporty Spice, has revealed the girl power group could get back together for a brief reunion tour to mark the 20-year anniversary of the release of their iconic debut single 'Wannabe'.
She said: "It's funny isn't it because people are saying it's the 20 year anniversary of the Spice Girls, and we did get together in '94, but 'Wannabe' wasn't released until '96 so we don't really see it until '96.
"And you might see a few of us having a little dance about on stage, no plans, but we'll see what we can do for you."
However, Melanie and her pals Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Geri Halliwell might have trouble convincing their former bandmate Victoria Beckham to join them, since she has put her music career firmly behind her and insisted last year the girls' performance at the London 2012 Olympics performance would be their last.
She claimed: "I won't ever do it again. Doing the Olympics was an incredible honour. I was so proud to do it; proud to be British...That was a perfect time to say, 'That's great. Thank you to everybody, but no more.' Sometimes you've got to know when it's time to leave the party."
The Spice Girls previously reunited for a sell-out 2008 world tour, 'The Return of the Spice Girls'.

Pharrell Williams has defended the cover of his new album 'G I R L' after it sparked racial controversy.
The 'Happy' hitmaker received criticism for the artwork, which features him stood next to three women, because critics assumed they were all white and thought he should have included a black woman on the cover.
He told radio station Power 105.1: "What really disappointed me is that, man, [the critics] jumped the gun 'cause the woman I'm standing closest to is black and she's a black girl from Wisconsin I used to date over 10, 12 years ago.
"That must suck for people to just look at something and assume they know what's going on..."
The 40-year-old singer, who is now married to Helen Lasichanh, also praised black women, in particular '12 Years a Slave' star Lupita Nyong'o.
He gushed: "I told her two weeks ago at the Oscars luncheon her skin was flawless, I love her skin, my god."
Pharrell insists if people listen to his new album, which is released on March 4, they will realise it's an "ode to women".
He said: "The one thing I'm trying to help and change is that crazy standard that you have to be white, wafer thin for you to be beautiful," adding: "They just reported I'm the first black person to go number one on pop radio since Rihanna, but then you're gonna shoot at me. "My mom is a black woman, my business is run by a another black women and I'm married to a black woman, what are you talking about?"

Lily Allen doesn't get "mashed" at awards ceremonies since becoming a mother.
The 'Air Balloon' singer was a winner at the NME Awards in London on Wednesday night (26.02.14), taking home the Best Solo Artist prize but she insisted she wouldn't be celebrating by hitting the booze because she is more responsible now she's a parent to daughters Ethel, two, and 15-month-old Marnie.
Speaking on the red carpet at the event at the O2 Brixton Academy, she told BANG Showbiz: "It's great to be here, it's a cool ceremony. I think all awards ceremonies have different things going for them and this is the one to get mashed at, which I won't be doing by the way as a mother of two. I will enjoy watching other people doing it ... Maybe I'll just have a little gin."
Lily - who is married to Sam Cooper, who joined her at the ceremony - was nominated for three prizes, Best Solo Artist and Best Video and Best Track for 'Hard Out Here'.
The 28-year-old singer was shocked to be victorious in the Best Solo Artist category, beating Lorde, Jake Bugg, Sir Paul McCartney, Kanye West and David Bowie to the honour, because she hasn't even released her new album 'Sheezus' yet.
Speaking before her win, she said: "To win Best Solo Artist is stupid because I haven't released an album. But it's lovely to be here."

Noel Gallagher has written more than 50 songs for a "seismic" new album.
The 'Everybody's on the Run' singer is "whittling down" the tracks for his second solo LP and long-time collaborator, Mark Coyle, claims the new material reminds him "in some respects of the spirit" of Oasis's 1994 debut record, 'Definitely Maybe'.
He told NME magazine: "That boy is from a different planet, and even the fans won't believe how utterly amazing [the album] is. It's pouring out of him [right now]."
Noel, 46, released his solo debut 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' in 2011, which went to number one, after Oasis split in 2009, following a huge backstage argument in Paris, France with brother and band mate, Liam, 41, who went on to form his band, Beady Eye.
Mark, a sound engineer who co-produced Oasis's first album, reportedly heard a host of Noel's demos last month, following his recording sessions in New York, and described the new songs as "f***ing great".
He said:"The new record ... is so explosive that, on the day it comes out, Virgin Trains won't be able to cope with all the people trying to flee the chaos."
Meanwhile, Oasis sent the internet into meltdown yesterday (26.02.14) after they announced they will re-release their debut album, with added unheard tracks, to mark the record's 20th anniversary.
Noel said in a statement: "If anyone produced [those sessions], it was [Mark]. He put out the mics and was twiddling the knobs."
The original line-up of Oasis that recorded the album was made up of singer Liam, guitarist and songwriter Noel, rhythm guitarist Bonehead, bassist Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan and drummer Tony McCarroll.
The re-mastered 'Definitely Maybe' is out on May 19.

Alana Haim was thrilled to win the NME Award for Best Band Blog or Twitter because it was the prize she most wanted to take home.
Alana's band Haim - which also features sisters Danielle and Este and drummer Dash Hutton - were up for five gongs at the ceremony at London's O2 Academy in Brixton last night (26.02.14) and walked away Best International Band, while Alana won the award for her Twitter account.
Before picking up the trophy, Alana, who has 84,000 followers on the site, told BANG Showbiz: "I want to win the trophy for Best Twitter, I need to defend my crown for one more year. I won it last year, no one can touch me.
"I'm totally gonna change my bio if I win, I need to win! James Blunt is hilarious on Twitter, Albert Hammond Jr, he's like a bro. I need to start a nice Twitter war with him."
'The Wire' hitmaker also praised Canadian producer and singer Grimes, real name Claire Boucher, who runs a successful fashion blog and was also nominated.
She said: "And then Grimes is like the best, I kind of want to give her my award but I really want to win that!"
Asked what the NME Awards mean to her, Alana replied: "I just love that all our fans can vote, for the BRITs it's not voted by the public.
"The NME Awards are chosen by the fans, everyone who is nominated are amazing and had amazing years, all the awards we are up for all the bands in our categories are fucking mind blowing. We're honoured to be here."

Drenge were nervous about performing in front of Sir Paul McCartney at the NME Awards last night (26.02.14).
The two-piece grunge band - made up of brothers Eoin and Rory Loveless - took to the stage at the O2 Academy Brixton in London and Eoin admitted he was worried about playing as The Beatles legend looked on.
Speaking before their performance, Eoin told BANG Showbiz: "Well, everyone is a musician [in the audience] aren't they? Everyone's got their music taste we just have to do what we do and if Paul McCartney doesn't like it we'll just have to live with that. This is the highest concentration of musicians we've ever played in front of."
The 'Bloodsports' singers were up for Best Live Band, but lost out to the Arctic Monkeys, and Eoin insists they couldn't have put bets on who would win, saying: "I don't think you can even bet on our category."
Although the duo weren't bothered about walking away from the ceremony with a prize, one of their competitive friends was desperate for them to be victorious.
Eoin said: "We've got a competitive mate with us in the band and he's been just so annoying about the ward. Any chance to wind us up or get us agitated he went for it."
Other performances on the night came from Blondie - who won the Godlike Genius Award - The Horrors and Metronomy, who opened the show along with MKS with 'Love Letters', which is from their forthcoming new album of the same name.

Charlotte Church was left red-faced when only one fan turned up to star in her new music video.
The 28-year-old put out an open call to her thousands of fans on Facebook and Twitter to join her in Cardiff, Wales, on the set of her 'Little Movements' video recently, however, she had to resort to asking nearby shoppers to assist her after only one person - a professional TV extra - showed up.
'Casualty' extra Julian Gillard, 42, was the sole person to answer Charlotte's call, travelling 40 miles to star in the music video in a bid to boost his career.
The 'Crazy Chick' singer had to rope in reluctant shoppers and stallholders to join her in the video in Cardiff's city centre, telling them to "dance like no one's watching".
Market stall holder Stuart Talbot told WalesOnline: "I got to dance with Charlotte Church. There's not many men who can say that."
Charlotte had previously put a call out to her 70,000 Twitter followers to star in her music video.
She wrote: "Yo! People of Caaaaaaardiff! I'm filming a music video this Saturday for my new single 'Little Movements'. I want as many of you beauts in it as possible! (sic)"

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Blondie have confirmed they will perform at Glastonbury festival.
The 'Hanging on the Telephone' group were named Godlike Geniuses at the NME Awards tonight (26.02.14) and also took the opportunity to confirm they will be playing the huge summer showcase in June.
Frontwoman Debbie Harry said: "We just heard today - we're going to be doing Glastonbury!"
Blondie join Arcade Fire, Warpaint, Lily Allen and Suzanne Vega in being confirmed for the three day event, which takes place in Somerset, Southern England between June 25 and 29.
Other artists who are rumoured to be appearing at Glastonbury include Outkast, Pixies, Dolly Parton, Prince and Manic Street Preachers.
Blondie - which also includes Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Leigh Foxx, Matt Katz-Bohen and Tommy Kessler - formed in New York in 1974 and became the most successful New Wave act of the late 70s.
When asked how they keep things fresh after so long, Debbie told BANG Showbiz: "We're creatively involved in what we're doing and we're not just doing a review of our history. That's very important to us.
"I think the last album ['Panic of Girls'] we all kicked ourselves away upstate in the woods and worked in a big studio. This time [for forthcoming album 'Ghosts of Download'] we emailed things back and forth, we worked with bits and pieces and then everyone later put their parts down. It was a little different as a process."
Blondie closed the NME Awards, held at Brixton Academy in London, by performing an eight song set including their classic tracks 'One Way Or Another', 'Rapture' and 'Call Me'.