Melanie C will be in Koln tomorrow at Viva Interactiv

Sorry this post is so late, just got the news.

Reminders:

Melanie Cwill be on the Brit Awards that is to air in Canada this Saturday Night...check your local listings.

Melanie C will also be on Select in Germany as a guest host this Friday.

Finally, rumour has it that Melanie will be in Spain around March 23rd for a few gigs including the Miss Spain competition. More information will be posted as soon as it's confirmed.

Melanie will perform for the second time as a solo artist at club G.A.Y.

The Spice Girls first played their first few gigs at club G.A.Y...then they went back as solo artists respectfully.

"Melanie will be performing live at G.A.Y at the Astoria club on Saturday 12 April. This will be her second appearance at London's most popular gay night having first played there back in Nov 2000."

HICA is out now and Melanie jumps up from the 22 spot to the 11 spot this week in the UK Airplay chart.

The first day sales of the single show it coming it at number 4. Fans now what to do, purchase your singles this week so we can make this great song enter at the top of the charts (single charts tend not to ever rise after the first week, they drop very rapidly).

You can catch the full webcast at MelanieC.net now, it's in real audio and windows media formats. The audio will work well on the real audio incase you had trouble with it Monday...I sure did.

Reminders:

Here It Comes Again is out this week, singles charts fluctuate a lot, and decline rather rapidly. Purchase your copies this week so we can bring the single into the top 3 easily. At the moment it's likely to be a number 2 since X-tina fans are being very good about their "promo" part.

Remember to check out the accoustic set and live webchat right after starting 6 pm GMT (UK Time) at MelanieC.net .

Vote for Melanie C at the Radio1 website , she is currently neck to neck with X-tina.

Check out Melanie's article in the UK magazine The Big Issue, she's even got the cover! Never seen this picture before and I like it a lot...she's one hot lady.

Check Melanie on Top

TOTP has taken over CD:UK and GM:TV on the ratings which means this is a great way to start and predict what will happen on the 29th of February.

*incase you didn't notice this was a way to make sure you vote, and we all thank you very much for doing so.

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Melanie C
Interview by Will Hodgkinson
Friday February 21, 2003
The Guardian

Nothing fades into history quicker than a pop sensation, and the Spice Girls already seem like a distant memory. The biggest phenomenon in popular music since the Beatles only happened a few years ago, but the times when the girls had to be on stage at Wembley Arena by six o'clock to fit in with their audience's bedtime schedule belong to another age. Pop years are so much like dog years, in fact, that, in the wake of Victoria Beckham's dinner party for the five of them, there's already talk of a grand Spice Girls reunion. "It was like living in a dream," says the artist formerly known as Sporty Spice. "Up to a point, everything we touched turned to gold and we couldn't do anything wrong. There's no way that we made it happen; at the end of the day, no one could have guessed that it would get so big. It's hard to come to terms with that part of my life now, but without it, I couldn't be doing what I'm doing today."

Melanie Chisholm, Mel C, the Spice Girl who could really sing, has matured into a proper solo artist, give or take the odd misguided festival appearance. "Going on stage at V99 was one of the worst experiences of my life," says Chisholm, who announced her solo career by sharing a bill with the Manic Street Preachers and Supergrass in front of a mob of drunken students, and was promptly showered with bottles. "I don't think any of them were filled with piss, at least. I remember someone throwing a box of Weetabix. Every song felt like it was an hour long."

Being part of the disposable generation, Chisholm keeps a collection of CDs with her at all times, but they generally get lost sooner or later, and, as she listens to music in the gym or in the car, she chucks the CD cases away. She owns no vinyl. "My mum, who's a singer, had records by the Beatles, Motown and some heavy-rock stuff like Led Zeppelin, so she was quite cool until the 80s arrived and Dire Straits came along," she says. "But what she really loved was black soul music. Through my mum, I got into Motown, especially Stevie Wonder." Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life is her favourite album. "I am a fan of some rap music and I can appreciate the expression from the street and all that, but I think Stevie did it with class," she enthuses. "Beautiful songs, beautiful lyrics and a wonderful voice. Whenever I don't know what to listen to, I remember that Songs in the Key of Life is the one for me."

Being from Liverpool, Chisholm would be in trouble if she didn't like the Beatles. Her flat in the city is over the Albert Dock, which houses the Beatles museum. "Revolver is my favourite Beatles album," she says. "The whole city is still very, very proud of them, and growing up, you would hear the Beatles in pubs and shops the whole time. I like Revolver because it's an album of pop songs, but they were experimenting with the old Indian vibe as well. Unfortunately, I grew up a bit and got into the whole pop thing after the Beatles, which for me was Wham."

At Chisholm's school, you were allowed to like Wham or Duran Duran, but not both. Wars were waged over whether Fantastic or Planet Earth was the better album, and she had the misfortune to live next door to a Duranie girl. "Duran Duran just put too much make-up on; at least George Michael was subtle about it," she says. "Then Madonna came along. I didn't like Like a Virgin at first because I was embarrassed by it, but then everyone at school listened to it so I had to like it."

Dusty Springfield, Annie Lennox and Kate Bush are Chisholm's favourite female singers, and she also likes the American singer Fiona Apple. "I was listening to her a couple of years ago when I was going through depression and it sounded right," she says. "It just sucked me in, really - she plays piano, she's got a very deep voice, and it's quite tortured and great for when you're feeling a bit down. The same as PJ Harvey, who I love for sounding so tough and so vulnerable at the same time."

After a quick blast of PJ Harvey's Kamikaze on the stereo, Chisholm moves on to some of the nu metal she listens to at the gym, including System of a Down and Linkin Park. "There's a part of me that likes this manic energy boost, and nu metal is that. The other thing is that these bands are really quite comical: it's all about jumping up and down in a really emotive, let's-get-a-nosebleed way. You can't take it too seriously. I mean, my mum likes Papa Roach. Next time I go to Reading, I'll take her down to the moshpit."

It's all a long way from the Spice Girls, and while Chisholm's new album, Reason, isn't quite as ferocious as System of a Down, it does show traces of the rock music she's been listening to. She certainly seems happy to be doing her own thing. "I had a great time being in a band, but I was just tired of the bullying and the ego battles you inevitably get," she concludes of her Spice Girls days. "Sometimes we would work 20-hour days. We were with each other 24 hours a day, and it was absolutely crazy for three years. I think I've come out of it quite well, all things considered."

According to a recent interview, Melanie C was asked how successful she was in the US.

Melanie replied back to the Radio DJ by telling him that her last album, 'Northern Star', out sold Robbie Williams last album.

Listen to to Melanie's new Radio 2 Interview about the Spice dinner.

Thank you to SoloSpiceNews.com for hosting the interview.

If you haven't done so yet, head over to MelanieC.net and listen to Melanie's new album.

Melanie C has reached the top of the Amazon pre-release chart. Her single is the hottest pre-order at the moment. She also at number 3 on the Pre-release play chart. Xtina is at number 1 followed by DJ Sammy at number 2.

Reports have been pouring in about last nights Spice Girls reunion as the quintet reformed for the first time since 98 at the Beckhams mansion.

As Victoria Beckham stated on her website, the dinner was about them getting together but not bussiness. Melanie C's spokesperson was quoted on having said Melanie C would not return to the group as she is getting ready to promote her new album and the promotion will consume most of the next year.

An "insider" to the tabloids added a lot of fuel to the flame which alarmed and made Spice Girls fans a bit angry. It seems that an "insider" said Melanie C told the girls that reforming, no matter how nice the idea, would burden her "healthy" solo career and perhaps not allow her to become the "Robbie Williams" of the Spice Girls.

This "insider" is a complete lot of bullocks and you shouldn't believe what the tabs have to report, as official word was that the girls were to meet in order to reignite old friendship and Ms. Beckham had no plans to make the dinner business, and that from her official website.

It's a shame that the tabs would use such a great story to try to create drama where there is none. If the girls decided to join up for dinner, it was because they still have room in their hearts for each other, and it was not a cat fight. It's even sadder that fans would begin to point and slander one of their idols, no matter how many times we've seen how the tabloids manipulate stories or create stories without truth within them. So before you point a finger, or get disappointed by any "insider" stories, remember they are in the business to sell, and creating drama where there is none makes for a better read.

Check out some great new pics of Melanie C over at the EMI Finland page.

Reports have been sworming in all around Europe about a possible Spice Girls reunion. As always, our darling Melanie has managed to confuse everyone with her "out of context" quotes from the media.

Melanie C joined Spice Girls Victoria Beckham, Melanie B, Emma B, and ex-Spice Geri Haliwell today at Victoria's house for a reunion dinner! The news has been posted on Victoria's official website.

Official reports from Melanie's PR have not been made, BUT Victoria's website has been updated with the report that the dinner is true and that the reunion is not meant to be for planning any Spice reunion but rather to buildup the bonds that have been weakened.

I'm glad to hear that the Spice Girls still care for each other. I'd like them all to be friends, and a reunion would be greatyl welcome by myself BUT I wouldn't want them to put on hold their solo careers. If anything a few live appearances as the 5 piece would be nice...but their solo work is so good that it'd be nice to see them continue their solo work aswell.

If you haven't done so yet, head over to MelanieC.net and listen to Melanie's new album.

Clips of the songs Reason, Positively Somewhere and Yeh Yeh Yeh are up right now, more clips are to come.

This album is so , as a friend put it, the "perfect complement" to Northern Star. It def. isn't the same type of album nor does it try to be Northern Star part 2, it's an entirely new album and it's just gorgeous. I'm glad Melanie didn't try to redo Northern Star...a good thing should be left untarnished. I think creating a new album which is it's own thing is the better way to have gone.

Congrats to Melanie C on a great new album.

Melanie C's going to be uploading clips from 'Reason' onto MelanieC.net starting next week.

The lyrics to Reason are now available at Melanie-C-News.com in the 2003 music section. Enjoy!

If you do happen to get a hold of the Reason promo, please don't forget to support Melanie and purchase a copy of her cd on March 10th.

Please take some time and visit the voting section. Melanie needs our support. She's fallen in the Italian TRL show(just to mention one). We've gotta act now since "Here It Comes Again" will be out very shortly. Let's make it happen.

I've updated the Voting booth section, you can visit that area to get to the links and vote for Melanie C at tv and radio.

The "dates to watch for" was updated today in the morning. Enjoy.

SPICE UP YOUR MEL

Melanie C is the only one who has made it outside of the Spice Girls, and this, her second solo album, is a much more confident affair

3 February 2003

The cynics and music critics scoffed very loudly at the prospect of solo albums from every member of the Spice Girls back in 1995. The pop market just wouldn't welcome five spin-offs from the waning Spice brand, they claimed, and they instantly began speculating on which spice would come out on top. Now almost eight years it appears there is indeed only one Spice Girl that retains credibility in the music industry Š Mel C. But the former Sporty Spice hasnÕt always been the odds on favourite.

On the back of a credible Number 1 single collaboration with Missy Elliot shortly after their breakup, Mel B was thought most likely to emerge as the biggest star. She was closely followed however, by Victoria Beckham, formerly Posh Spice in the success ratings and Geri whoÕd already had a couple of hits already under her belt was carrying the underdog flag to boot.

Mel C on the other hand was instantly dismissed despite possessing easily the best voice out of the five. A disastrous appearance at 1999's V Festival singing the Sex Pistols' Anarchy In The UK certainly didn't help matters ("I am an antichrist, I am a Sporty Spice!" and the singer's image at the time - all nose studs and trendy combat pants - looked like an irony gone too far. With her debut album Northern Star the choice for a lead-off single, the Bowie influenced Going Down, was a brave but bewildering one and, with it's raucous synth noises and utter tuneless ness, certainly alienated the star from her natural fan base who'd arrived expecting pop fabulousness, not such an obvious grab for indie credibility.

But the public loves a fighter and, slowly but surely, everyone came to love Northern Star. Like a Now That's What I Call Music! mish-mash of contemporary pop trends, it boasted a host of strong tunes in rock, ballad, trance and R&B styles and, as the old millennium turned into a new one, Northern Star started to throw up some seriously big pop hits that kicked Geri's and Mel B's current efforts into touch and were never surpassed in either quality or sales, by later releases by Emma Bunton or Victoria Beckham. Both the soulful collaboration with (now departed) Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, Never Be The Same Again and the Ibiza-tastic I Turn To You were two of 2000's better Number 1 singles and, a year after its release, Northern Star had become the first (and, so far, the only) solo Spice album to exceed UK sales of 1 million plus.

Three years down the line and a small selection of the UK's music retailers are gathered at one of London's trendier members clubs for an airing of Ms. Chisholm's latest album, Reason. Most have already heard the forthcoming single, Here It Comes Again, and some have seen the Box/MTV-aired video, featuring a slimmed-down, raven-haired Mel in full Natalie Imbruglia/Madonna in 'Frozen' fashion style. Produced by Marius De Vries, and co-written by De Vries, Mel and Robert Howard, Here It Comes Again kicks off the Reason campaign and indeed the new album in fine style. A hugely positive piece of grown-up pop (the singer hits 30 in 2004), it's followed by four other strident stormers in a similar vein - Reason (Mel's favourite), Lose Myself In You and On The Horizon - any one of which could certainly follow Here It ComesÉ and be plucked from the album as a potential hit single.

At this point it becomes instantly clear that Reason is a much more confident and self-assured proposition than Northern Star. While many of the first album's collaborators are still there (mixer Pat McCarthy, writers Rhett Lawrence and Robert Howard), the new record has a much more cohesive and consistent sound that its predecessor. Without the cut 'n' paste grab bag of styles of Northern Star, the music here flows from one track to another, and while the pace alters considerably throughout, from ballad, to soft rock, to rock to club track, it's obvious that Mel and her production team no longer see the need to chuck loads of genres against the wall and hope that something sticks.

At its mid-point, Reason turns a corner, and the upbeat, soft rock of Positively Somewhere (look out Sheryl and Alanis), gives way to the gorgeous Melt, which in turn gives way to a clutch of luxuriously produced ballads. The best of these is the plaintive Soul Boy, and, with its reflective: "I don't wanna kiss no-one else," lyric, it could be the album's best example of how far Mel's vocal style has developed from powerful Scouse belter to expressive, understated white soul.

Finally, the album ends in upbeat mode with the defiant Garbage/Avril Lavigne sounding rocker Let's Love. Possibly, when the singer asks: "Did ya see me coming?" she's making a reference to the days a few years ago when everyone wrote off her solo career before it had even begun: possibly she means something else entirely, but when you can hear the album only once, in a crowded room, and with no prospect of EMI Virgin letting any advance copies slip out in case of piracy, we won't known until the promos are finally released a couple of weeks in advance of Reason's release on 10 March. Last up is a club track, Yeh, Yeh, Yeh, another contender for a single and one that reminded many people in the room of '90s rave-punk popsters, Republica, currently residing in the What Happened To? category.

After the playback, Mel appeared in person to gather the response from the retail pundits. She worked the room with cheerful grace, chatting frankly and charmingly, looking great in dark suede and tan trouser suit, topped off with (she tells us) Cristian Dior boots. She also announced she's planning a tour of UK theatres in the spring, says she hopes to be in town to attend the Brits on 20 February. Most revealingly, she admitted she's really thankful she isn't launching her career now, in these days of Pop Idols/Popstars/The Rivals and Fame Academy. Almost wistfully, and with disarming honesty, she says, "I don't think we'd have made it, if we had to win all these competitions."

By Mark Wood

Melanie C requests and begs any fans that have access to the Reason promo not to upload the album to the internet.

Virgin has told Melanie that they will their best to keep the album under wraps but if the album is uploaded to the internet they will pull the plug on the album for fear that they will lose money.

This does sound like a irrational reaction from the record company, but Virgin has suffered a lot of money lose throught the last 3 years, like Melanie C said, the people who were there for her when she released Northern Star are no longer working at Virgin. They lost loads of money when Forever was uploaded, and sales declined rapidly.

So please, listen to Virgin and Melanie's request. If you have the promo album, you can critic it, you can comment about it...but please do not use it illegally and post it online...it's a promo it's not meant to be posted online...it's meant so journalists and critics can hear the album and do their job.

Heather: Melanie, Welcome to the show. How are you this morning?
Mel: IÕm fine. IÕm a little bit tired this morning but IÕm sure IÕm not as tired as you guys. (laughs)
Des: No, WeÕve been up since 4am, I bet you canÕt beat that.
Mel: IÕm sorry, errÉ No I canÕt! (Everyone laughs)
Heather: So listen, how are you, youÕre looking really, really well just now. How are you doing?
Mel: IÕm good actually! IÕm really excited. The new recordÕs coming out soon and everyoneÕs saying really nice things about it whoÕve heard it so far, so itÕs a very exciting time.
Heather: Ok, IÕll tell you what weÕre gonna do. WeÕre going to offer you a tea, coffee, hot chocolate or cuppa soup, so what would you like (We hospitable Scots eh? Lol)
Mel: Err Hot chocolate would be nice.
Heather: Right, IÕll go and pop the kettle on, two seconds, cheers Melanie! (They then proceed to play a horrendously repetitive dance song with no lyrics that lasts for ages)
Heather: ItÕs the beat106 Breakfast show with Heather and Des and today weÕre being joined by Melanie C. Melanie are you still ok?
Melanie: Still fine, thank you!
Heather: Good, quick question, weÕve had an email from one of our listeners, Stephanie Malcolm in Newton Mearnes (near Glasgow) and she says, ŅAny plans for an autobiography a la Geri and Melanie B?
Mel: ErrÉ. No! Er.. IÕm not really interested in doing that. You knowÉ IÕm not reallyÉ. Maybe IÕll do it when IÕm a bit older and I have more stuff to talk about but erÉ Right now IÕm just happy making music.
Heather: And how long did it take you to record your new album, Reason?
Mel: ErrÉ I started writing in November 2001 and ItÕs just finished now so thatÕs about err 14 monthsÉ 15 months.
Heather: Yeah and is it true that you recorded most of the album in LA?
Mel: Yeah this right, I did most of the record out there
Heather: Any showbiz mates out there?
Mel: ErÉ No
Heather: (Laughs) None that you want to share?
Mel: Actually, no. I errÉ kept myself to myself quite a bit really. I was on a bit of a mission. I was really focussed on the record and I didnÕt really do a lot of socialising. I had some visitors, like my parents came over to stay with me for a while and my boyfriend came over to stay. So I was kinda being a bit private.
Heather: Kewl! ThatÕs Good.
Des: So you mention a boyfriend there! Obviously youÕve disappointed my hopes for a relationship with you Mel!
Mel: (Sarcastically) YeahÉ. Sure I did! (giggles)
Des: No, IÕm gutted, but is that you happy, settled in life, is this the one?
Mel: Who knows? You never know whatÕs around the corner, but we are very happy at the moment.
Des: And you always know that youÕve got me to fall back on! (Melanie giggles and Heather joins in)
Heather: Des, youÕre such a flirt!
Des: Well I think youÕve got to be, I mean if you donÕt buy a ticket you wont win the lottery will you. (Melanie Giggles)
Des: Well itÕs been a while since we last seen you, since the last album, what have you been upto since then?
Mel: Well I mean we were on the road for a long time With Northern Star. We did some dates in America, we went to the Middle East, we went to South East Asia, all over Europe and the UK of course. I had a couple of months off, chilling out and then just straight back into the studio. So IÕve not really been doing anything else.
Heather: So, Like what do you do when youÕre not working. Do you have like a favourite TV program or something?
Mel: I love all the soaps. I love Corrie at the mo! (Coronation Street)
Des: Have you been watching it eh, heÕs a nasty piece of work isnÕt he?
Heather: HeÕs so funny though.
Mel: I canÕt wait Ōtil he gets caught and theyÕll all be so sorry! TheyÕll be so apologetic to Audrey and IÕll be so chuffed. (Everyone laughs) (TheyÕre referring to the First Ever Coronation Street Storyline featuring a serial Killer, Richard. So far heÕs getting away with it. Audrey is his mother in Law and the first person to suspect him but everyone thinks sheÕs insane!)
Des: So Mel, youÕve got the UK your coming up and youÕre playing at Glasgow Academy on the 25th April. How are you looking Forward to that?
Mel: IÕm very excited, and I love to play Glasgow actually. ItÕs a really, really good gig, great fans up there. So yeah IÕm very excited! WeÕre gonna be playing some stuff from Northern Star, but doing some new stuff as well, So IÕm really excited! IÕve got three new members of the band, so ItÕs rocking! WeÕre gonna rock! (I get the tiniest impression that Mel is excited)
Heather: Listen Melanie, weÕll be back in two seconds after this! (Two seconds my arse! They played TATU, then the news, a detailed west central Scotland traffic report, and then played Big BrovaÕs Š Nu Flow!)
(Finally) Heather: ItÕs the Breakfast Show on Beat106 and Melanie C is still with us. Are you still a Liverpool fan Mel?
Mel: Yeees! Still a Liverpool fan!
Des: YouÕre always a fan of a football team
Mel: Always A Liverpool Fan (Everyone Laughs)
Des: (To Heather) IÕve been trying to explain this to you!
Heather: What?
Des: When you have a team, thatÕs your team for life
Heather: But I É Well I donÕt know! Is it not ok to switch allegiance from one team to another?
Mel: (Fakes a Shocked Gasp) No!
Des: No it certainly is not! Ok Mel, you say youÕre a huge Liverpool fan, lets test that theory out. HereÕs a cheesy question for you. What would you rather have, Liverpool win the League or youÕre new Single, ŅHere It Comes Again,Ó Go to Number one?
Mel: My new single go to Number one! (Everyone laughs)
Des: ThatÕs the right answer
Mel: Come on! I thinkÉ I donÕt know how much of a chance I haveÉ. But I think IÕve got more of a chance than Liverpool have eh?
Des: ItÕs not looking good at the momentÉ youÕre right! (Melanie laughs) IÕve got a question from Paula Thomson in Kircaldy, ŅHow are you liking being a solo artist now?Ó CozÕ you were in the band for quite a long time. How do you feel about being up there on your own? Are you proud thatÕs itÕs your music and youÕre representing yourself now?
Mel: I love it yeah! What can I say? I mean the Spice Girls were wicked! We had a fantastic time, but you know being a solo artist, and totally having the freedom to do what you wanna do (Whispers) ItÕs better!!!!
Des: Yeah itÕs better being up there on your own Do you feel any pressure to follow up what was a really, really successful start to your solo career, a really successful first solo album?
Mel: ErrÉ I only feel the pressure that I put upon myself, because I rally want this record to be successful. I truly believe in it, I think ItÕs great. IÕm gonna work really hard and hopefully people are gonna enjoy it.
Des: Can I ask you as well, a question here from Helen Mackateer, ŅWhat do you make of the whole controversy surrounding TATU?Ó Coz Richard and Judy want them Banned (Mel Laughs) Well I think most people might want Richard and Judy banned
Mel: Well actually I think itÕs a fabulous song!
Heather: ItÕs Brilliant IsnÕt it?
Mel: Great songÉ. Yeah wellÉ oh gosh itÕs a tough one isnÕt it?
Des: Yeah it is!
Mel: hmmÉ ItÕs very controversialÉ but are all the Media blowing it out of proportion?
Heather: ItÕs a great song at the end of the day.
Mel: Yeah
Des: (Satcastically) It wouldnÕt be like Richard Meadley to blow anything out of proportion, would it? (The girls laugh)
No heÕd never put his foot in it!
Heather: Listen Melanie we wish you all the very best with your brand new album Reason and of course youÕre single which is gonna be out on the 24th on February and we look forward to welcoming you to Glasgow in April ok!
Des: Here is youÕre new single ŅHere It Comes AgainÓ ItÕs Melanie C on beat 106 (Intro to HICA starts)
Mel: Thank you very much
Heather: Cheers Mel!
Mel: See ya!!!

Melanie C Chat

Chat to Melanie via your tv scrfeen on Monday from 5pm!

Get your questions in early for Melanie C. Yes, our favourite ex-Spicer will be in the studios to answer your questions live in ou interactvie txt chat.

Tune into MTV Hits on Monday, February 10 at 5 pm and join in with the live chat!

Click on the link to leave a comment if you wanna be an early-bird, if not then get interactive by pressing the all important little red button on your digital remote.

Early birds, get your questions in now-
MTV.co.uk get your questions in today!

Please do not forget to support Melanie C. Here are a couple webpages that are important to visit and vote for Melanie. They are from several different bing influence sites world-wide. Some are radio, some are tv...either way it's exposure and the more exposure the better received the song and single will be. Lets get voting and show the world what they could be missing.

Italian MTV Show
England MTV Show
Latin MTV Show
Ztv.se
Radio Fama
Radio Plus
Canadian YTV

MelanieC.net has just been updated with loads of goodies, dates to Jo Whiley's Live Lounge and much more. Check it out.

Don't forget, register at Melanie's official site (no fees) and get access to tickets for the spring tour today! Tickets go on sale to the general public tomorrow February 8th.

Check this out! Listen to the Plymouthsound FM radio interview and watch out for Melanie-C-News mention, Angie has pointed this out to me...and I'm so so excited.

Mel C will launch her new single 'Here It Comes Again' with a special live performance at HMV Oxford Circus on Wednessday 26th february at 6 pm. Her appearance will be a performance only.

Calling all fans. Now is the time to help Melanie C get HICA into the charts, and high....the more she is played on MTV TRL and the Radio, the more the promo and hopefully the more sales she'll get on the release date of the single.

Here is a list of Online Shows to vote for Melanie:

Italian MTV Show
England MTV Show
Latin MTV Show
Ztv.se
Radio Fama
Radio Plus
Canadian YTV

Some fans have had a brilliant idea and have decided to request a Melanie C day from MTVE. Please help and request the special day.

Email MTVE

"Reason" will be released in Italy March 7th and March 10th in England.

No other release dates are availble yet,(that means US aswell).

In other news, please vote for Melanie C at the TRL websites,
Italian MTV Show
England MTV Show

Melanie's "Here It Comes Again" video is now playing on MTV Latino, so latin fans can start to request that baby!

MTV has only played a number of solo Spice Girls videos, and they have been "Look At Me", "Me Chico Latino" and "It's Raining Men".

Please request Melanie's video so we can get more and more Melanie C on latin tv.

Promo albums have been sent out to critics and reviews are starting to pop up. Most reviews have faired Melanie and branded her album quality. From time to time promo albums fall into hands of fans. Emma was able to get her hands on Reason and here is her track by track review. She really delved into looking at the album from a non fans point of view, so bare with us.

The Review

1. Here It Comes Again
you know this one....it's one of my favorites from the album. It's also one of the more rocky ones.
The version on the cd is a bit different from the one we've heard on the radio though. The intro is a little longer and some more guitar.

2. Reason
a very beautiful ballad. A real piano song. Only Melanie's beautiful voice and a piano and a choir every once in a while. This is the album's "Northern Star" track. The ballad. Melanie sings things like "maybe when I'm older I'll understand the reason why."

3. Lose Myself In You
to be honest with you I think this one is quite boring. It's a little slow. It's sweet and nice chill out track, but also too boring I think. the beat is a little like Be The One from NS. Melanie's voice is cute on this one, but not an interesting track in my oppinion.

4. On The Horizon
a very happy track. I love is one. It's a good sing along track. can be compared with Ronan Keating acutally lol...Well, honestly the beginning sounds like him. Melanie's voice is so sweet on this one. Its a good track for the car. It's a happy song and Melanie sings "all I see is love, oh yeah, on the horizon"

5. Positively Somewhere
this is one of my favorite tracks. It's the perfect summer snog song. It's more rocky in the chorus. I can really hear everyone sing along to this one to a gig! Some of the lyrics"like the feeling when you win, it's a beautiful day" A happy song with a happy Melanie singing it.

6. Do I
this one can also be compared a little with Be The One from NS. It's a nice slow song. A love track...not of my faves, but it's nice and sweet.

7. Soul Boy
this is a cover as you know already. Her voice on this one sounds like it does on "Angel On My SHoulder". It's a slow song. Good to fall asleep tooo. It's sweet.

8. Water
this is one of my favorites. It's a mystical intro. Melanie's first sentence "I've been waiting all my life, to fly so high". It's a happy song, a fab concert song. Love it. Melanie's voice is beautiful.

9. Home
another slow one....it had a good mysterious sound to it. I like it a lot. But in the chouse there's a bit more guitar on there.

10. Yeh Yeh Yeh
this is "Reason's" Go! song. It can be compared with Go! from NS. I love the intro. A good song to start with at a concert. Some of the lyrics: "Yeh yeh yeh, I'm on a mission, yeh yeh yeh, raise your hands, we're gonna have a good time" la la la la!! a perfect concert song! I love it.

11. Melt
this is very beautiful...I don't know if I'm too sensitive, but this one can bring tears to my eyes if I have a sad day. It's a slow very beautiful song. It's also one of my favorites! a good radio tune and a concert song too! It gets more poppy in the chorus. Some of the lyrics: "Have a little trust in the way you feel" "watch your heart, feel your heart melt"

12. Let's Love
"now that we're here, we're on our own!" This is one of the most rocky songs on the album. I love it. It reminds me of another song. I don't know which one yet though...one of my favorites. I'm sure you'll love it too!

13. Wonderland
Well, we all know this won't make it on the album. But that doesn't really matter I think. It's quite boring. It's very long. It's a nice chill out track, but not very interesting. It's good, don't get me wrong, but not album material...Melanie's voice is very deep here.

So what's the the outcome?
Ok, I've listened to the album about five and six times now. And slowly it's gorwing on me. I can feel and hear that it's an album with a lot of quality.
It's more poppy than "Northern Star" and more happy in message. But that doesn't mean that it's cheesy.
It's beautiful, and I think it's lovely that we can hear a happy Melanie here!
I'm so happy to have new Melanie C material in my hands.
I think it's just as good as "Northern Star"m but Melanie has changed the sound a bit(or chosen one a that).
I love all the songs on the album. And I don't do that with a lot of albums. I also liked all the songs on Northern Star. So I'm sure this will do good too.
Melanie is the best. She still is with this album. Look forward to it guys cause it's awesome, it's nice, it's sweet, it's more mature, it's great it's wicked, it's cool, it's simply the best!