Brace yourself for this bit of news. The Spice Girls greatest hits album is on hold - reportedly because the ever sensible Melanie C refused to take part in the promotional reunion gig that Virgin Records insisted went with the best of release.
The Sun quotes a source as saying: "Mel refuses to join the girls on stage because she still dreams of making it big by herself. But she's on her smallest tour ever - and that's struggling. She told the others she was happy to do TV interviews to plug the album but that was it. The money men at Virgin said a big concert was the only way to guarantee massive publicity, so they pulled plans for a release in the first week of November. They have agreed to release the greatest hits in 2006. It's billed as ten years of the Spice Girls since they released their first single Wannabe in 1996."
The source continues: "The girls reckon Mel will be back with her tail between her legs by then. Her solo career will be a distant memory so she'll have no choice but to jump on the bandwagon." If ever there was a reason to support Mel C's solo releases that is surely it.