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Monday 17 December 4:39 p.m.
By Megan Slovak
MELANIE CHISHOLM has blasted reports suggesting
VICTORIA BECKHAM is set to be ousted from the SPICE GIRLS in preparation for a
new reunion.
Bandmates
Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Geri Halliwell are allegedly keen to
get back together and launch a new assault on the pop charts with fresh music
and an accompanying tour without Beckham, who has established herself as a top
fashion designer since the group split in 2000.
The Wannabe
hitmakers are rumoured to be considering replacing Posh Spice with a new
member, and Sugababes singer HeidiRange has already been
linked to the job thanks to her close friendship with Bunton.
A source tells
DailyMail.co.uk, "The girls are going it alone without Victoria. They are keen to get back together
and were trying to work out if they could do it as a four-piece. I think they
know this is the last chance for them to get the band going again. But the
Spice Girls as a foursome is not going to get them another record deal or sell
out big venues. They need an extra cherry on the cake. And the cherry on the
cake would be if they replaced Victoria.
''And that
leads to the next question: who do they replace her with? At the moment it's
all being done in a very cloak-and-dagger way and not through official
channels."
A
representative for Beckham appeared to fuel the tabloid claims by saying:
"Victoria
respects all of the girls and will always support them all personally and
professionally."
However,
Sporty Spice Chisholm has moved swiftly to dismiss the allegations, insisting
the reports are unfounded - although she stopped short of addressing talk of
new Spice Girls music.
Taking to her
Twitter.com page on Sunday, she writes, "It seems there has been some
Spice related nonsense written today. None of the Spice Girls would ever or
could ever be replaced #justsayin."
The Spice
Girls staged a casual reunion at the London
premiere of their new West End musical Viva
Forever! last Tuesday, but Beckham did not join her old pals for pictures and
opted to pose for the cameras with her soccer star husband David and their
children instead.
The band last came together to perform at the Closing Ceremony of the
2012 London Olympics over the summer.