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Spice Girls are back together again

Are you ready for some more Girl Power? All five Spice Girls appeared in public together for the first time in six years today as they announced an 11-date, eight-country world tour.

The tour will take in the USA, Britain, Germany, Spain, China, Australia, South Africa and Argentina. To register for tickets go to www.thespicegirls.com

Straddling Christmas, the tour will begin in Posh Spice Victoria Beckham’s new home Los Angeles on December 7, before visiting Las Vegas, New York City, London, Cologne, Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires.

They will appear in London on December 15. Extra dates may be added.

The Nineties girl group, who parted ways in 2001, said they would not be performing at this weekend's Concert for Diana.

Princes William and Harry were said to have asked them to attend the anniversary event but the band said they could not take to the stage so soon because Baby Spice Emma Bunton is heavily pregnant.

Melanie Chisholm said: "We would have loved to be there this weekend. It's just unfortunate timing."

At a packed press conference at London’s 02 arena, formerly the Millennium Dome, the band were introduced by “Old Spice” Richard E Grant, who promised that the Spice Girls would “bring some colour back to your lives.”

In a typically tongue-in-cheek half hour of banter with the press, the band promised a tour featuring “five girls, lights, dancing, the dark side of the Spice Girls and topless dancing”.

The group stressed that unlike Take That, their comeback tour show will be truly international.

“The thing that was different about the Spice Girls is that we were truly global” said Chisholm.

Looking relaxed and clearly enjoying themselves enormously, there were few signs of tension until Geri Halliwell promised to be “on my best behaviour” and Beckham responded with a heavily loaded “or else”.

Asked if they were worried about tensions and infighting on tour, Chisholm said “we used to have our spats, but we were kids then and we’re woman now”

They described their comeback as “a collective decision made at different times” and rubbished suggestions they wouldn’t be fit enough to perform.

Asked why she had taken so long to make up her mind about a reunion, Chisholm said “a girl’s allowed to change her mind. [The reunion is] something we’ve only been seriously discussing this year. The time is right. We want to have some fun and wanted to keep this announcement mysterious. We’re all very excited.”

Beckham said there would be a creche on the tour to accommodate the seven Baby Spices the band members will have between them once Bunton gives birth.

Beckham said: "We're definitely going to have a huge creche. Our priority is going to be our families. We want to have fun.

"That's one of the many reasons for this, for our children to see what we used to do."

Halliwell said of the reunion: "Obviously it's nostalgic. But equally, if new fans want to come along, that's fantastic.

"I like to think our songs are universal and they are timeless. Hopefully, the kids will like it too."

Halliwell revealed she had recently met new Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

“He seemed a nice enough fellow, when you peel away the layers a bit” she said.

The band relished bashing representatives of the Daily Mail and the Mirror, but claimed they were big fans of Channel 4 news anchor Jon Snow.

They revealed that preparations for their comeback tour will be captured in a television documentary directed by Beatles Anthology film-maker Bob Smeaton.