--- title: Melanie Chisholm 'Sporty Spice' Explains Why She Said No To Spice Girls Reunion Tour description: Sporty Spice (otherwise known as Melanie Chisholm) reveals why she said no to a Spice Girls reunion tour. canonical: https://time.com/4472801/sporty-spice-spice-girls-reunion-tour/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-30T18:20:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:01.555Z og:title: Why Sporty Spice Said No to a Spice Girls Reunion Tour og:description: "Something didn't feel quite right." og:url: https://time.com/4472801/sporty-spice-spice-girls-reunion-tour/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32bfa2b68fa64073/6988a43b0a4a22deb79cb166/mel-c-sporty-spice-spice-girl-reunion-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mel C Takes Part In The London Triathlon - Photocall og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Sporty Spice Said No to a Spice Girls Reunion Tour twitter:description: "Something didn't feel quite right." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32bfa2b68fa64073/6988a43b0a4a22deb79cb166/mel-c-sporty-spice-spice-girl-reunion-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Why Sporty Spice Said No to a Spice Girls Reunion Tour  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 30, 2016 6:20 PM UTC  Mel C attends for a Photocall before The London Triathlon at ExCel on August 6, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Luca Teuchmann/Getty Images) Mel C attends for a Photocall before The London Triathlon at ExCel on August 6, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Luca Teuchmann/Getty Images)Luca Teuchmann—Luca Teuchmann / Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 30, 2016 6:20 PM UTC [Melanie Chisholm, otherwise known as Mel C or Sporty Spice](http://time.com/4398171/the-spice-girls-tease-a-major-reunion-in-new-video/), has revealed why she called it quits on a [Spice Girls reunion tour](http://time.com/4393317/spice-girls-wannabe-un-global-goals-girl-power/). The track suit aficionado revealed in an recent essay for [_The Love_ Magazine](http://www.thelovemagazine.co.uk/posts/6886/a-good-sport-mel-c-aka-sporty-spice-tells-love-about-fame-therapy-and-why-she-won-t-be-joining-the-spice-girls-reunion) why she said no to another Spice Girls reunion. Apparently, Mel C didn’t feel that a reunion felt quite right without all the Spice Girls present ([Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham](http://motto.time.com/4405055/victoria-beckham-kissed-daughter-parenting-controversies/) opted out because of her commitments with her fashion line and her family.) “Unfortunately something didn’t feel quite right and I had to follow my gut,” Chisholm wrote. Sporty also addressed the pressure for the Spice Girls to continue to reunite especially with [the anniversary of their legendary hit, “Wannabe.”](http://time.com/4391945/spice-girls-wannabe-20-years-anniversary/) **Quiz**: [_Are You Really Ready to Send Your Kid Back to School?_](http://time.com/4457305/back-to-school-quiz/) “Look, I will be a Spice Girl until I die,” Chisholm wrote. “But the continuous speculation on whether we will reform to celebrate 20 years of Wannabe has been particularly exhausting. Don’t get me wrong – I totally get it. But is it a new rule that bands have to reform? Why can’t we just be remembered for our incredible achievements in the nineties.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4472801/sporty-spice-spice-girls-reunion-tour/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4472801/sporty-spice-spice-girls-reunion-tour/"},"headline":"Here's Why Sporty Spice Said No to a Spice Girls Reunion Tour","datePublished":"2016-08-30T18:20:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:01.555Z","description":"\"Something didn't feel quite right.\"","url":"https://time.com/4472801/sporty-spice-spice-girls-reunion-tour/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Spice Girls","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32bfa2b68fa64073/6988a43b0a4a22deb79cb166/mel-c-sporty-spice-spice-girl-reunion-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32bfa2b68fa64073/6988a43b0a4a22deb79cb166/mel-c-sporty-spice-spice-girl-reunion-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mel C Takes Part In The London Triathlon - Photocall","caption":"Mel C Takes Part In The London Triathlon - Photocall","creditText":"Luca Teuchmann—Luca Teuchmann / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4472801/sporty-spice-spice-girls-reunion-tour/","name":"Here's Why Sporty Spice Said No to a Spice Girls Reunion Tour"}}]}] ```