Mel C: Happy Spice

Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm aka Mel C is glad she overcame her reluctance and agreed to a reunion of the hit group.

Nearly a decade after the five-member group became four - when Geri Halliwell left Chisholm, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham - and seven years since the release of their third and supposedly final album, the Spice Girls are back with a greatest hits album and a world reunion tour.

But Mel said it was not the beginning of a new chapter, but rather "our final bow" to celebrate a career that has seen the group sell more than 55 million albums and rack up 10 No. 1 singles around the world.

She’s told Reuters: "We all hoped the reunion would be successful, but we're all quite overwhelmed by the actual response."

"That has just made us more determined to make the show the best show any British pop band has ever put on."

She added: "For years I always thought I would never go back. It's a very personal thing to me. I had a lot of things to deal with after the Spice Girls, I had a lot of personal issues, and I have been very happy being a solo artist."