Spice Girls set to battle it out with Britney

The Spice Girls are said to be leaving no stone unturned when it comes to battling it out with Britney Spears for the opening slot of an esteemed music concert.
The all-girl band is vying to open the Fashion Rocks concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, one of the biggest events in the music and fashion industry.
While the vivacious five are eying the October extravaganza to make their long-awaited comeback, organizers of the event are desperately trying to rope in Britney to open the concert, her first official appearance since her troubles.
The organizers have asked the ‘Toxic’ singer to perform, but her record label has yet to decide as they are worried her songs aren’t strong enough.
But people from Spice Girls' manager with Simon Fuller’s camp are doing their best to try and get the Girls on the line-up which already includes Kasabian, Alicia Keys and Beth Ditto.
"People around the Spice Girls think it's the perfect place for their first gig in years. They're keeping their fingers crossed, but they know there are some big names in the mix,” the Mirror quoted a source, as saying.
The October 18 event, which is held every two years to raise money for the Prince's Trust, will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman.

Spice Girl Brown is Married since June!

Spice Girl Melanie Brown, who gave birth to Eddie Murphy's daughter in April, married her boyfriend, Steven Belafonte, in June, according to Clark County marriage records.
Murphy acknowledged his paternity of Brown's daughter, Angel, last week, one day after the 32-year-old singer took legal action to establish him as the parent.
Belafonte is a movie producer whose recent credits include "Sisters" and "Thank You for Smoking." Brown was known as Scary Spice when she performed with the Spice Girls, whom she'll join for the band's reunion tour in December and January.
A marriage certificate filed with Clark County, which encompasses Las Vegas, lists the date of the couple's nuptials as June 6. It does not state exactly where they were married.
An email to Brown's publicist was not immediately returned.

Spice Girls May Add Baghdad to Tour!

Spice Girls' decision to ask fans to choose the locations for extra shows may actually take them to Baghdad, for fans have started an Internet campaign for a gig in the war-struck Asian city.
Last week, the reunited band of five had asked fans to choose the cities they would want them to cover in the world your, with a promise that the city with the maximum votes will be named the Spice City.
"It's impossible for us to perform everywhere but we thought why not let our fans decide where we play? This is your chance to turn your city into 'Spice City'! All you need to do is tell us where you want to see us. We are literally in your hands," the Sun quoted them, as saying.
"The city with the most votes will become 'Spice City' and we'll definitely come and play there as part of our tour," they added.
The five member band are all set to kick-off their world tour on December 2 in Vancouver, Canada and the tour will end at Buenos Aires, Argentina.