News of the World Mobile Headline TEXT service See the Spice Girls reunion pics and topless dancing. After a moment, a startled Mel C added that the only topless dancers would be those in the crowd. Richard E Grant, who starred as the girls' sleazy impresario in their 1997 mock rock-umentary Spiceworld, introduced the reunited group promising they would save the music scene from "underfed boys with guitars".
Looking relaxed and giggling almost constantly, they took 45 minutes of questions from the mass of journalists who had gathered from all around the world to attend the launch. Questions deemed 'unhelpful' were cheerfully batted away with one reporter from Heat magazine forced to strip after suggesting that the five - all now in their 30s - may not be fit enough to perform their original dance routines. "You don't look so fit yerself," giggled Mel B.
A reporter from the Daily Mail who had suggested in a story last week that the concerts would feature pre-recorded vocals was told this was "s**t". When asked by a US reporter whether the comeback was motivated by money they replied in unison: "This is about the music.
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