Editing Victoria Beckham (section)

===2007–2012: Return of the Spice Girls===
[[File:Victoria Beckham and the Spice Girls in Las Vegas 2007.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Beckham performing with the Spice Girls in Las Vegas in December 2007]]
In 2007, the Spice Girls reformed and announced plans to embark upon [[The Return of the Spice Girls|a reunion tour]],<ref name="fifty-five">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6246448.stm |title=Spice Girls announce reunion tour |work=BBC News |date=13 July 2007 |access-date=14 July 2007 |archive-date=15 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715173821/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6246448.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> from which they were said to have earned £10&nbsp;million each (approximately $20&nbsp;million).<ref>{{cite news  |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/16/bmspice216.xml  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217112326/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F12%2F16%2Fbmspice216.xml  |url-status=dead  |archive-date=17 December 2007 |title=A decade on, Spice Girls rock in London gig  |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]  |access-date=20 December 2007 |first=Roya  |last=Nikkhah  |date=16 December 2007 }}</ref> Beckham had previously stated that she and her former Spice colleagues were enjoying their solo careers in various fields, saying "We're all still doing our own thing."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Victoria-Beckham-Confident-In-Spice-Girls-Reunion-5937.shtml|title=Victoria Beckham Confident in Spice Girls' Reunion|publisher=[[Softpedia]]|access-date=5 August 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051115182938/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Victoria-Beckham-Confident-In-Spice-Girls-Reunion-5937.shtml|archive-date=15 November 2005}}</ref> Their ''[[Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)|Greatest Hits]]'' album was released in early-November 2007 and the tour began on 2 December 2007. At its advent, Beckham said "I wanted my children to see that Mummy was a pop star. It was the last opportunity for them to stand in a crowd full of people screaming for the Spice Girls."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22885089-23109,00.html |title=Shock! Horror! Posh Spice sleeps naked |work=news.com.au |access-date=22 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208144532/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22885089-23109,00.html |archive-date=8 December 2007 }}</ref> When Beckham had her hair coloured brown for the tour, she stated that her sons immediately reacted by saying "Oh my goodness, it's Posh Spice. She's back."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10473694  |title=Victoria Beckham's kids tell her: 'Posh Spice is back!' |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=2 November 2007|access-date=2 December 2007}}</ref>

Film-maker Bob Smeaton directed an official film of the tour titled ''[[Giving You Everything|Spice Girls: Giving You Everything]]'', which was first aired on [[Fox8]] in Australia. It later aired in the UK, on 31 December 2007 on BBC One.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/10_october/19/spice.shtml |title=New Spice Girls documentary on BBC One on 31 December |work=BBC Press Office |date=19 October 2007 |access-date=4 December 2007 |archive-date=24 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024012509/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/10_october/19/spice.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> As well as their sell-out tour, the Spice Girls were contracted to appear in [[Tesco]] advertisements, for which they were paid £1&nbsp;million each.<ref name="tesco">{{cite news  |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nspice112.xml  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113101048/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F11%2F12%2Fnspice112.xml  |url-status=dead  |archive-date=13 November 2007 |title=Spice Girls front Tesco advertising campaign  |work=The Daily Telegraph  |access-date=20 December 2007 |location=London  |first=Megan  |last=Levy  |date=12 November 2007 }}</ref>

In October 2009, reports suggested that the Spice Girls were to star in a reality show in which they would cast female actors to play their roles in a musical.<ref>{{cite web|first=Luisa|last=Metcalfe|url= http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/10/the-truth-about-the-spice-girls-reunion/ |title= The Truth about the Spice Girls Reunion |work=OK!|date=23 October 2009|archive-date=3 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102327/http://www.okmagazine.com/news/truth-about-spice-girls-reunion}}</ref> The following year, Judy Craymer teamed up with the Spice Girls and Simon Fuller to start developing a Spice Girls musical titled ''[[Viva Forever! (musical)|Viva Forever!]]''. On 26 June 2012, all five Spice Girls were in attendance at a press conference in London to promote the launch of ''Viva Forever!''<ref name="West End">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18576789 "Spice Girls unveil West End show"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626163031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18576789 |date=26 June 2012 }}. BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2012</ref> The musical opened at the West End's [[Piccadilly Theatre]] on 11 December 2012.<ref name="West End" /> On 12 August 2012, after much speculation, Beckham and the [[Spice Girls]] performed a medley of "Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life" at the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]], reuniting solely for the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spice Girl Mel B Dishes on New Musical|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/spice-girl-mel-dishes-musical-16872574|work=27 July 2012|publisher=ABC News|access-date=29 July 2012|archive-date=28 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728182650/http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/spice-girl-mel-dishes-musical-16872574|url-status=live}}</ref> Their performance was the most tweeted moment of Olympics closing ceremony with over 116,000 tweets on Twitter per minute.<ref>{{cite web |last=Anker |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/08/13/olympics-twitter-most-discussed-athletes-and-moments |title=Bolt's fast, but he can't outrun the Spice Girls! |publisher=HLN |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=19 February 2013 |archive-date=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015002643/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/08/13/olympics-twitter-most-discussed-athletes-and-moments |url-status=live }}</ref>

The band reunited again for a [[Spice World - 2019 UK Tour|2019 tour]], however Beckham opted not to participate in the reunion choosing to focus on her fashion label instead.<ref>{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Rob|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/spice-girls-announce-2019-reunion-tour-support-act-and-ticket-details__24649/|title=Spice Girls announce 2019 reunion tour – support act and ticket details|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=5 November 2018|access-date=7 November 2018|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107121029/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/spice-girls-announce-2019-reunion-tour-support-act-and-ticket-details__24649/|url-status=live}}</ref> When the American television presenter [[Ellen DeGeneres]] asked her why she chose not to join with the other Spice Girls for the reunion tour, she said "It just didn't feel like the right thing to do. [But] I'll always be Posh Spice, always."<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria Beckham's Son Used His Mom's Girl Power to Get More Instagram Followers| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fKSLB84z58| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/8fKSLB84z58| archive-date=28 October 2021|access-date=26 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>