By Michelle Nichols 27 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) -
The Spice Girls would love to perform
for former South African President Nelson Mandela, but said on
Monday they had not yet been formally asked to be part of his
planned 90th birthday celebrations in June.
Britain's Daily Mirror reported last week that Mandela was
eager for the Spice Girls, who reunited late last year for a
greatest hits album and world tour, to perform at a planned
concert in London's Hyde Park.
"We're great friends of Mr. Mandela and we would love to
perform for him again," said Chisholm, a.k.a. Sporty Spice.
The Spice Girls met Mandela in 1997 when the then-president
invited them to his Pretoria residence for a chat and photos.
They were in South Africa to perform in a Johannesburg charity
concert.
The pop stars reportedly had to turn down an invitation to
perform at Mandela's 89th birthday celebrations last year as
Bunton was heavily pregnant with her first child.
The Spice Girls were one of the biggest pop acts of the
1990s, selling 35 million albums worldwide with such catchy
hits as "Wannabe" and "Say You'll Be There."
Despite extending their tour for a month, the Spice Girls
canceled plans for performances in several countries, including
Australia, South Africa and China, blaming "family and personal
commitments." They plan to finish their tour in Toronto on
February 26.
"We have seen as many fans as we can, but we have never
said anything other than our families are our priority and we
all have children who need to go back to school," said Beckham,
a.k.a. Posh, who has three sons with soccer star David Beckham.
But they have left the door open for future concerts.
"You can never say never because if you had asked me 10
years ago whether there was going to be a Spice Girl reunion, I
would have said, 'No way,"' said Halliwell. "We might say no,
it's never going to happen again, but you just never know."
(Additional reporting by Sharon Reich)
(Editing by Peter Cooney)
No comments:
Post a Comment