Emma Bunton has said she would love the Spice Girls to be given the opportunity to perform at Glastonbury Festival.
The group recently announced they would be releasing a new and expanded edition of their 1997 album Spiceworld, in celebration of the band’s 25th anniversary.
Speaking on The One Show, 46-year-old Bunton, whose nickname in the band was Baby Spice, was asked by host Jermaine Jenas whether there was a chance the Spice Girls would perform at the music festival, to which Bunton replied: “I would love it, I mean I really hope so.
“I haven’t had that email from Glastonbury asking yet – but it would work.
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“I want to go to Glastonbury to have fun, so if I could perform there as well that would be very nice.”
Bunton’s bandmate Mel C has also expressed a desire to play at Glastonbury.
While at the festival earlier this year, she told BBC Breakfast it would be “the dream” for them to play at Worthy Farm and that they “would love to do it”.
The singer, known as Sporty Spice, said: “The girls and I, we have chatted about it, it’s the biggest stage in the world, we have the best festival in the world right here.”
She said she has a “good feeling” that Victoria Beckham, known as Posh Spice, would join them for the gig.
Bunton also gave fans a taste of what to expect from the Spiceworld re-release, which is due out on November 4, saying: “We have our album coming out, SpiceWorld 25, and it’s got some new stuff that you’ve not heard, live tracks.
“It’s got a track actually that the fans have been asking for for years, which is a track called Step To Me, which back in the day we did for Pepsi. So that’s on there and just lots of new stuff.”
The confirmation of a new release has delighted fans after a social media teaser suggested a Spiceworld 25 release could be on the way.
The group teased the forthcoming album anniversary on Twitter, posting a picture of a spinning globe with a banner that said “Spiceworld 25”.
Earlier in the show Bunton also said she occasionally has friends over for Spice Girls sleepovers.
She told host Alex Jones: “They try things on, I’ve got a mic that I love from a tour so they go around the house singing in the mic and holding the awards.
“I mean it’s really lovely, and we have to take pictures and video them and it is lovely.”
In 2019, the band – minus Victoria Beckham – got back together for a string of tour dates across the UK and Ireland.
It was the first time the Spice Girls had performed together since the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony.