I added a lot of new images to the Photo Gallery again. Check them out:

27.02.2008 MuchMusic - Toronto, Canada
07.05.2008 MuchMusic - Toronto, Canada
05.07.2008 AWD 20th Anniversary Party - Hannover, Germany

Please support Melanie C and vote for her music video "Understand" on the following charts: MuchMoreMusic Daily Top 10, Musique Plus (click "soumettre") and Musique Plus Anglo Top 5 (type in "Melanie C - Understand" at the bottom and then click "soumettre"). Understand is currently at #3 both on the MMM Daily Top 10 and the Musique Plus Charts. Thanks to ivana_sw for the information!

Melanie was featured in last sunday's UK magazine "Mirror Celeb Magazine", where you could see a bit of "Mel C's Spicy Love Life". Check the scans below (thanks to ajbob).

"STARS including F1 driver Lewis Hamilton and acclaimed actress Dame Judi Dench are supporting a Liverpool cancer charity – by donating their shoes.
The Roy Castle Lung Foundation, based in the city, has brought celebrities from the worlds of sport, music, film and television together to take part in De-Feet Lung Cancer campaign.
Stars including Spice Girl Mel C, Take That’s Gary Barlow, actress and presenter Terri Dwyer, Fearne Britton and glamorous WAG Alex Curran, have all pledged a pair of their favourite shoes for an online auction."
Read on: Liverpool Daily Post.

"On Friday 12th September 2008 we will be launching a Celebrity Shoe Auction to kick-start our 'De-Feet' Lung Cancer Campaign.
Here's your chance to bid for the shoes of stars such as Formula 1's Lewis Hamilton, Spice Girl Melanie C, Dame Judi Dench (aka 'M' in James Bond), Take That's Gary Barlow and Hatty Potter star Daniel Radcliffe."
Source: www.roycastle.org/de-feet

I added more images to the Photo Gallery: 3 photos from the Closer Magazine photoshooting in 2007 and 36 from the concert in the MacEwan Ballroom in Calgary, Alberta in Canada last May. Click the thumbnails below to view them.
Special thanks to Veli and Dennis "mcrulesme" for sharing the images!

I added a few images to the Photo Gallery today from various performances and appearances in 2007 and from this year. Click here to view all the latest additions at once. Make sure to visit my new affiliates as well.

13.03.2007 Pressconference - Hamburg, Germany
18.05.2007 Rix FM Festival - Stockholm, Sweden
06.06.2007 This Time Live in the Mean Fiddler Venue - London, UK
15.11.2007 Victoria's Secret Show Arrivals/Red Carpet - LA, USA
27.02.2008 MuchMusic - Toronto, Canada
28.06.2008 Pride Concert - Toronto, Canada

Here's an exclusive video of Melanie's performance of "Never Be The Same Again" and "I Turn To You" at the Summer Festival on the Faroe Islands. Download it in the media section or watch it on YouTube or Dailymotion.
According to this news article Mel performed songs like Northern Star, Never Be The Same Again and I Turn To You. She also will be in Germany and the UK later this summer for more concerts.

I added new photos to the Photo Gallery today, from Melanie's performance at yesterday's Summer Festival in Klaksvík on the Faroe Islands. Read also a news article (in Faroese) here.

Want to see your photo of Melanie in print? On display in fan's homes around the world? Then why not take part in creating the Melanie C Fans' Charity Calendar for 2009?
All for a good cause, our 5th calendar will be extra special this year and we want you to join us.
For more information and details on how to submit your picture, visit: Melanie C Board
Alternatively go to Melanie's official forums at www.melaniec.net and check out the announcement thread at the top of the main forum.
And if you're successful, not only will your photo be one of the 12 for the year, but Melanie may just make a comment on your picture for all to see!
Visit www.myspace.com/charitynetwork to read about what we do.
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Our friends from Portal Melanie C had the opportunity to have an exclusive interview with the directors of the Understand music video, Avi Diamond and Jamie Milligan. They talked about how it was to work with Melanie, about her involvement in the storyline and about some backstage gossip! Read the full interview here.

Watch a Making of video below of Melanie's latest musicvideo Understand taken from MuchMusic.com. You can watch the final version of the music video here. Don't forget to vote for it on MuchMoreMusic!

Last week the music video to "Understand" debuted at number 1 of the daily MuchMoreMusic Top 10 countdown. Please keep on voting for the video: Vote. Mel's video was on number 5 on the last show.

This week the British Fabulous Magazine features an interview with Melanie. Mel is even on the cover of the magazine. She speaks about her time with the Spice Girls recently, the tribute concert in Liverpool for Rhys Jones and that she doesn't want a baby right now. Read the full interview here and click the scans below (by L.Lady).

As you can see the site has a brandnew layout. But not only that! We renamed the site to Melanie C Base, following the word fanbase.
Take a look around to find new things and keep an eye on the Photo Gallery, which will have major updates within the next few days. I hope you enjoy the new look and don't forget to tell me what you think via the comments or the chatbox!