According to reports, Simon Fuller says that it's Mel C who is standing in the way of a Spice Girls reunion. The band's ex-manager says they are planning a retrospective world tour, but that Chisholm is still disinclined to get involved because she still wants to pursue her solo career.
Fuller is quoted by The Evening Standard as saying: "All of the girls are up for it and the reunion will definitely happen in the next 18 months. The only person showing any reluctance is Mel C. She thinks her solo career is bigger than the band, which is just not the case. She needs to wise up and realise a reunion would be amazing for everybody concerned. Emma and Geri are meeting her soon to discuss everything and convince her to finally sign a deal".
He went on to say that the reunion would only be a temporary greatest hits type thing, and not a proper comeback a la Take That, because the girls "all lead very separate lives now". He continued: "Victoria is moving to LA, Geri and Mel B go over and back to the States a lot, and Emma is pregnant so a Take That-style comeback wouldn't be practical. The girls never wrote their own songs like Gary Barlow so it wouldn't make sense for them to record a new album or anything. The Spice Girls will come back with a big bang, they'll do a whirlwind tour for six months and they'll be gone again".