'Spice Girls' may make 'Take That' kind of comeback

Speculations are rife that girl band ‘Spice Girls’ may make a ‘Take That’ kind of comeback later this year, by shutting their separate businesses and opening a new company for their reunion.

Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell had kept 250,000 pounds for herself before closing down her company Wonderful Productions in October.

Although it was a decent amount of money, it was yet a fraction of the 6.2 million pounds each Spice Girl used to earn in a single year during their heyday.

On the other hand, Scary Spice MEL B’s company ‘Money-spider Productions’ lost 5,000 pounds last year, and was worth just 12,000 pounds. Her accounts also show that she did not make a penny from the Spice Girls last year.

“Obviously the girls aren’t doing too badly as things stand, but the money won’t last for ever and some of them need to cash in while they still can. All of them have agreed to do it — they are just waiting for the deals to be sorted around the world,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

“Simon Fuller is masterminding the comeback and they have even hired a top publicist to help them. They want it to be massive — bigger than Take That. The Spice Girls were huge worldwide and they want the reunion to reflect that. But it is fair to say some of them need it rather more than others,” added the source.

Four of the five Spice Girls met discussed their comeback plans in London last month. Geri and Baby Spice Emma Bunton were later spotted emerging from a Brighton studio, sparking rumors of a group bid for this year’s Xmas No1.

The group is also said to have been offered 1million pounds each to perform a one-off Las Vegas-style show this winter.