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Spice Girls Axed from Live
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The Spice Girls have been axed from this summer's star-studded
charity concert - because the event's organisers fear the band's music
undermines the show's serious political message about world poverty.
The Wannabe stars - Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Melanie
Chisholm, Melanie Brown and Emma Bunton - hoped to reform the band and
perform together for the first time since 1998, when Halliwell quit the
group.
But bosses for TV giant the BBC - which is broadcasting the event -
have snubbed the fivesome, insisting the pop act is too
trivial for the historic fund-raising event, which aims to persuade
politicians to cancel Third World debt, double the aid budget and rewrite
global trade laws so developing countries can protect their economies.
The corporation also believes there wouldn't be enough time for the
Spice Girls to perform at the show, because 16 major acts, including Paul
McCartney, Sting and U2 have already agreed to sing at the London leg of
the July event in the capital's Hyde Park.
A BBC spokesman explains: "Many of the biggest rock stars in the world
have agreed to take part, and the Spice Girls just don't fit.
"It's a political rally to put pressure on world leaders and their kind
of pop act didn't seem right for this kind of event.
"There was also a practical problem that with so many great
international rock stars and bands wanting to do their bit, there just
won't be time for the Spice Girls. Perhaps if five or six bands pulled out
it would be different, but the truth is it's just not going to happen."
An insider
tells British newspaper The Sun: "The girls will be gutted by the decision."
(Shenzhen Daily ) | 
Updated: 2005-06-01 14:18
