Imagine this story is like your best mate from school, your best mate who always had your back and introduced you to booze, and held your hair back when you puked half a pint of vodka into a wheelie bin, and sussed out which blokes you should snog, and always bunked off with you during RE and you’d talk about life and the universe and the ever-after till it was time to go home for tea.
Well guess what? This best mate of yours has the BEST news for you today, and she’s on MSN Messenger yelling at you to pick up your goddamn Nokia 3210 right now.
Why? Because THE SPICE GIRLS AND BACKSTREET BOYS MIGHT BE TOURING TOGETHER NEXT YEAR.
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We know! How utterly, utterly incredible this would be. Turns out there’ve been talks between the two bands for the last 18 months, and AJ McClean off Backstreet Boys is especially keen to do it.
Speaking to the Daily Star, he said: “The Spice Girls tour has been this idea bouncing around for the past year and a half, and it’s something we’re still talking about.”
The only tiny thing – and this might actually put a bit of a spanner in the works, now we think about it – is that the tour would only take place in the States. ☹☹☹☹☹
“America had a different relationship with the Spice Girls,” a source told the tabloid.
“They were big but their success didn’t last quite as long, so teaming with another act is a way of booking bigger venues.”
BUT don’t cry just yet – all five Spices may well tour the UK before they, minus Victoria Beckham, jet over to the US to team up with the lads.
As yet, there’s been no official confirmation from either of the groups, but let’s cross everything we’ve got and pray to the gods of the late-90s that this happens.
90s fashion you wore but probably shouldn't have
90s fashion you wore but probably shouldn't have
1 of 20Bindis
Extra points for teaming with multiple buns
2 of 20Anything with a Yin and Yang
Extra points for wearing with Jamaican flag-inspired beads
3 of 20Baja hoodies
Extra points for wearing while lighting incense sticks
4 of 20Tattoo chokers
Extra points if you had glow in the dark versions
5 of 20Bandanas
Extra points for wearing as a boob tube
6 of 20Zig zag hair bands
Extra points if you're David Beckham
7 of 20Black PVC macs
Extra points if you were light as a feather, stiff as a board
8 of 20Shag bands
Extra points if your parents didn't confiscate the black ones
9 of 20Buckets hats
Extra points if you're named after a type of tree
10 of 20Scrunchies
Extra points for wearing during a modern dance competition
11 of 20Butterfly clips
Extra points if your scalp didn't bleed while removing these guys
12 of 20The 'Rachel' haircut
Extra points if you lived in a lilac apartment in New York
13 of 20Cat eye sunglasses
Extra points if these had absolute no chance of protecting your corneas from the sun
14 of 20Mood rings
Extra points for it constantly being a murky brown colour
15 of 20Curtains
Extra points if they were greasy
16 of 20Flowery hats
Extra points if teamed with a suede waistcoat and/or double denim
17 of 20Buffalo boots
Extra points if you didn't end up in A&E while wearing these
18 of 20Flannel shirts
Extra points if teamed with shell chokers and/or Converse
19 of 20Long denim skirts
Extra points if they dragged in puddles
20 of 20Dungarees
Extra points if you were not a painter and decorator