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02-28-00 Webcast Interview Update Melanie C's webcast interview will take place at Virtue TV. Good luck getting your questions in. Visit virtuetv.com for the details on how to submitt questions.
Spice Girls' "Wannabe" was the 24th most played video of all time on MTV(US).
Spice Girls have begun rehearsing for their performance at the Brits.co.uk next Friday.
Spice Girls Emma Bunton and Mel C attended Mariah Carey's recent concert at Wembly Arena.
Melanie C confirmed when she was recently on Live & Kicking(UK) that she is indeed growing her hair long again.
Melanie C was asked what she thought of the outcome of the Spice Girls loss to Aprilia in their court case. Melanie
shrugged off the £1 million loss and said:
"Justice has not been done. But we don't care. Hey ho, life goes on."
Melanie was then asked about her new single "Never Be The Same Again". She laughed and added:
"What will never be the same again? Gosh, who knows... My bank account after the court settlement?"
Both Melanie C and Emma Bunton talked to BBC Radio 1 in seperate instances. Mel C said:
"I firmly believe that she should be up there with us. But there's five girls, y'know, who have to make that decision. And that's just, y'know, that's just my opinion,"
When Melanie was told what Emma disageed Melanie replied:
"We haven't even talked about it. We're just having alaugh rehearsing for The Brits. Geri is not really something that we talk about because we've got our own lives and we're
not obsessed like the British tabloids are."
Spice Girls have lost their court case against scooter company Aprilia. Spice Girls will have to pay Aprilia around £1 million for damages and court costs. There will be another hearing to determine the exact amount of the claim against
Spice Girls Ltd. by Arpilia. A spokesman for Aprilia said:
"Aprilia does not have any ill-feelings towards the members of the Spice Girls or Geri Halliwell and wishes them all the best for their future careers."
Melanie C and former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell will appear together on Channel 4's(UK) show T4. They will both be promoting their singles. A show insider said:
"We were surprised they both agreed to go on the same show, but apparently they get on fine."
They will both be on the same show, I don't know if they will both be out at the same time however.
Rumour
When asked whether Madonna would present the Spice Girls their award this year, Madonna's PR said:
"Madonna's not sure whether she's going yet. But if she does go, she's said she doesn't want to present that award. She doesn't want to get involved with all this politics."
London High Court Judge Mrs. Justice Arden will rule today whether Spice Girls or Aprilia get the money they are seeking from each other in their sue/counter-sue court
case.
Sporty Spice Melanie C insists that England is is developing an unhealthy fascination with Posh Spice and she is being treated like the new Princess Di. Melanie said:
"We don't have Princess Diana to follow around anymore, so people have picked on her. The obsession with David and Victoria is now out of their control, the media's control
and out of the nation's control. Poor Victoria is just being a mother and a wife, not a girl power activist."
Melanie also commented on rumors that Victoria wears the pants in the relationship, and about David missing soccer practice to be with his son while he was ill:
"She's got no control over David's actions. Victoria is one of my best friends and The Spice Girls have all become very close to David as well. We know that David and Victoria
will be OK. The attention is something she is used to, you can't say the Spice Girls' lives have been normal for the last four years. I know Victoria. She wouldn't put any
pressure on David. He is his own person and makes his own decisions. He's not a puppet. There are lots of footballers who are married with children. But no matter what, you
can't put your job in front of your family so David did the right thing.
Melanie talked about Victoria's weight:
I know that Victoria has lost a lot of weight. I spend a lot of time with Victoria and we go socialising and eating. Victoria's state of mind is good, there is nothing wrong with her.
If there was a problem we would be the first to say it, but she is just completely rushed off her feet with the baby. She has a lot of pressures on her with being followed by the
paparazzi. The nervous energy that she burns up through all that doesn't help her. She's lost a lot of weight since the birth of Brooklyn but the doctors have said that it's her
metabolism. As a friend, I say she is very healthy."
Princess Diana's mother has spoken out and labelled the comments and comparisons between her daughter and Victoria as "an insult". She said:
"I think these comparisons are poor taste of the lowest order. I appreciate Victoria has her problems and I wish her well in coping with those.But to compare herself to my
daughter is totally insensitive to all her immediate family. There is a great difference between being a showbusiness personality and a princess. Anything that cheapens her
memory is not only not helpful but also very hurtful to those who were closest to her. I do not think for one moment Victoria and her husband know what my daughter
experienced over a great many years. But it is not to say I do not understand that Mr and Mrs Beckham have difficulties which need compassion and understanding."
Melanie C recently told British Tabloid News Of The World:
"I'd love Geri to appear onstage with us when we get our Brit Award.
I'm only one quarter of the group and one-fifth of the equation, but I'd like Geri to be there because she was part of our success story. Anyway, I don't bear her any ill feelings."
She also denied rumored "serious row" with group member Mel B saying:
"I've not even had the chance to see Mel B face to face in the last couple of weeks because I've been so busy promoting my new solo single and she's been on holiday."
Mel also commented on the Spice Girls' Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award:
"I was gobsmacked. I thought, 'Aren't we a bit young to pick up a Lifetime Achievement award?' Then I discovered that this year they're calling it an Outstanding Contribution
Award instead. That makes more sense, at 26 I hope I still have a lot more achivements to come."
The release date for Melanie C's next single "Never Be The Same Again" has been pushed back to March 20th.
Rumour
Melanie C's upcoming single "Never Be The Same Again" was going to be her first single. Left-Eye from TLC, featured on the song, remixed it almost
immediately after it was finished. The remix contained swear words that Melanie deemed not fit for her fan-base. She asked Left-Eye to clean up the edit, which seems to have upset Left Eye.
Check out the cover in the discography page.
Melanie C did a quick interview on UK show CD:UK. She revealed plans that the Spice Girls would not perform a medley at the Brits this year.
Northern-star.co.uk has posted a revised schedule of when the Sporty one will be on which shows. These are all UK of course:
http://c3.vmg.co.uk/spicegirls reports that Melanie C will be doing an exclusive live interview at the website on March 9th at 5pm UK Time(thats 9am West Coast / Noon East Coast America). Visit http://c3.vmg.co.uk/spicegirls/melcchat2/questionspop.html and submit questions for her there.
Visit http://www.mtve.com/eve/run/voteweekend/view_me.shtml and vote for the Spice Girls for MTV Europe viewer's choice weekend.
In the news section of Northern-Star.co.uk there is a new post that says:
A once in a lifetime opportunity to get up close and personal, not to mention getting yer plugholes round the new single ! Melanie C will be performing on the Pepsi chart Show for Channel 5 on Tuesday 7th March. Melanie will be performing the soon-out single "Never Be The Same Again" at the sound republic, Swiss Centre, Leicester Square, London. Doors open at 7pm and the recording will be between 8.30-11pm. Unfortunately, due to the legal restrictions of the club, you must be over 18. (ID maybe be required). Call Rachael for free tickets on 0171 287 0045 EXT 212
The court hearing between the Spice Girls and an Italian motorcycle manufacturer ended at the High Court on Monday. Mrs Justice Arden reserved her judgment to a date to be announced later after hearing almost five days of testimony and evidence.
Melanie C will have a song on the soundtrack to Ben Elton's new film "Maybe Baby". Others on the soundtrack include Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Iggy Pop and George Michael. It is not yet known which song of Mel's will be on the soundtrack.
The video for Melanie C's song "Never Be The Same Again" is out!Be on the look out, visit Spicenews.com for the video.
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell will not be joining her former Spice Girls colleagues when they receive their outstanding achievement award at next month's Brits.co.uk Awards. Geri released a statement today which reads:
"I'm delighted and honoured that the Brits committee should choose the Spice Girls as recipients of the outstanding contribution award. The Spice Girls were and are a remarkable band, and I will always be proud of our achievements. I do not, however, feel it would be appropriate for me to join the girls to
receive the award as I am no longer an active member of the band. This is their moment in the spotlight and they deserve it."
A spokeswoman for the Spice Girls said tonight there had been no dialogue between the group and Geri about the possibility of her joining them to
receive the award.
Yesterday the Spice Girls launched a high court action against Italian motor scooter manufacturer Aprilia. Spice Girls made an agreement with Aprilia to do an advertisement campaign for them in 1997 and the company launched a special edition "Spice Sonic" motor scooter. In return Aprilia agreed to sponser the girls' 1998 world tour. When Geri Halliwell left the group, Aprilia got into an argument with the Spice Girls. Aprilia says that the Spice Sonic's publicity was geared around the entire five member group. Spice Girls decided to sue Aprilia for £212,500 when Aprilia refused to pay the final instalment of the £400,000 sponsorship deal. Aprilia has decided to counter-sue the Spice Girls for £1.1 million on a charge of counter-claim for misrepresentation and breach of contract. Aprilia claims that £1.1 million was the lost profits caused by the logos of the five girls on their scooters not matching up to the four girls left in the group. The hearing was set to start yesterday but was adjourned until today. Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is expected to be called upon during the 8 day case. Current Spice Girls members may be called upon as well.
Rumour
Mel B is furious that Melanie C has resolved any issues with former Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell. Melanie C wants to receive the award for the Outstanding Music Acheivement at the Brits with all five original members, but Melanie B wants the fab four alone. It seems since then both girls have not been speaking.
Melanie C presented the Best Male award at the Danish Grammys.
British Soap star Paul Byatt denied that he is going out with Melanie C. Paul claims they are "just good friends".
Hey, you can catch up with just what exactly happens on my(Melanie C) video shoots cos I've snuck you all a very special behind-the-scenes bootleggy-vid from the shoot of my Never Be The Same Again video... as you'll see, it was a birrovalaff!!
Melanie C UK television appearances:
The Spice Girls plans for a show at this year's Olypic games in Sydney, Australia was cancelled. The performance was rumoured to have been the first of many to be broadcast live over the Internet.
BBC Radio 1 asked Melanie C what she thought of being a nominee for Best British Female at the Brits.co.uk. Melanie said excitedly:
"I can't believe it, it's so fantastic. It's tough, tough competition, you know. I think that's a very tough section. There's some great female artists there."
Mel was then asked what she thought of running against former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell in the catagory. Mel said
"Good luck to her. She's been very successful with the album, you know, so obviously people like her stuff, so good luck to her. It's nice to see two Spice Girls there. We should be proud of ourselves, and I'm proud to be in there with that lot."
Mel C also said that Mel G is now going back to being called Mel B!
thanks Joz
Ronan Keating of boy band Boyzone and Melanie C are in the new issue of NOW Magazine(UK). When asked if they'd ever duet together Ronan said:
"I'd love it. It's always interesting working with other people and you learn so much. I really admire Mel for what she's doing. To go from the biggest band in the world to a solo career is not an easy thing to do. Somewhere down the road we might get the time to do something, to maybe record a single."
Melanie said:
"I've got a lot of respect for Ronan. He's so young and he's done so much. I think he's fantastic, he even manages Westlife."
Rumour
After Music For Life, Melanie C attended trendy Manchester night spot, The Living Room. She was accompanied by Paul Byatt, and they were over friendly.
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