"Before the Spice Girls return to the USA, you can catch them live on ABC’s Good Morning America on Thursday (24 January, 8am), speaking about the forthcoming shows. The girls will appear via satellite link-up from Manchester, England, where they are performing this week.

See Emma, Geri, Mel B, Melanie C and Victoria talking about The Return Of The Spice Girls tour, which begins its second US run in Boston on 30 January."
Source: TheSpiceGirls.com

From ABC News:

Yesterday The Sun published an Article about Liverpool, written by our most famous Scouser Melanie C herself!
"LIVERPOOL’S year as European City of Culture burst into life this week with Beatle Ringo Starr performing on top of the city’s St George’s Hall.
There will be 350 more events over the year – including Sir Paul McCartney headlining a huge gig at Anfield football ground on June 1.
Here, Spice Girl Melanie C explains why her home city deserves this wonderful honour.
I WAS over the moon when Liverpool was named European City of Culture because, like every Scouser, I’m very proud of my home city..."
Read the full Article here

Melanie C has a support act for her Acoustic Gig in New York: Hayley Sales from Canada (check her MySpace).
You can preorder tickets for the Gig on the Live Nation Website. Tickets go on sale today at 10 am (New York time). You can get the tickets earlier than others by using this Special Link and using the password 'TIME'.

From MelanieC.net: "There has been some speculation about whether Melanie would do another acoustic gig on a Spice day off. Well, we are now happy to confirm the details.

Date: Saturday 9th February
Venue: The Grand Ballroom, Manhattan Center, 311 West 34th St, NY 10001
Ticket Price: $35 in adv ($40 on door)
Capacity: 1200
Melanie C on stage: 9.15pm

Melanie and the full band will perform an acoustic set. There will be a local support act. Tickets will be available via Ticketmaster and Live Nation from 10am (New York time) on Friday 18th January.
We will provide a link tomorrow."

From TheSpiceGirls.com: The Spice Girls launched Sport Relief today by modelling this year’s t-shirt. Our fab five took time out from their sell-out, 17-night run at London's O2 Arena to pose for this picture, and Melanie C even found an ingenious way to show off the official socks… on her hands!
Melanie C told us: "Signing up to do a mile for Sport Relief is such an easy thing to do especially after the post Christmas excesses."
The girls added: "Whether you're young or old, fit or unfit, most people can do a mile in one way or another and help poor and vulnerable people in the process.”

From TheSpiceGirls.com:
"Birthday girl Melanie C got a surprise on stage at London’s O2 Arena this evening when, just after they had finished singing Mama, the girls were joined on stage by the Spice dancers and asked the entire audience to sing Happy Birthday.
Meanwhile, a huge chocolate cake came up through the stage floor, bearing the message “Happy Birthday Melanie” in icing and topped with a trademark pair of Sporty trainers.
Melanie was thrilled to share the special night with her family, including her mum and dad, who were in the audience at The O2 to watch The Return Of The Spice Girls show. It has truly been a Spice birthday to remember."

Melanie C did a small Video Interview for 4music (Channel 4 UK) back in Spring 2007, when she promoted her Single "I Want Candy". You can download the video in the Video Section.

Today is Melanie C's birthday! Melanie, we wish you all the best - good luck, success and a lot more! May all your wishes and dreams come true! This is your special day, enjoy it with your family and friends.

Finally after 6 months BBC Radio 2 is going to broadcast the new series "Jammin' " starting this month with Melanie C in the first episode.
The Radioshow with Rowland Rivron was recorded July 20th last year in London and "attempts to prove that rock 'n' roll is the new comedy. The simple premise is that a lot of comedians are frustrated musicians and vice versa and, each week, Rowland assembles a different five-piece band [...] special guests Melanie C and Jackie Clune complete the band, with the Spice Girl lending her vocal talents to a pop song about curry." (Source).
Make sure to tune in to BBC Radio 2 on January 24th at 23:30 GMT (until midnight) to hear Melanie C sing on the show!

According to WWD.com the Spice Girls will attend Roberto Cavalli's Men's Wear Fashion Show in Milan, Italy next Monday in between two London Gigs. They'll be in Italy just for the show.
Roberto Cavalli and his team designed the Stage Costumes for the Spice Girls World Tour.

Read the latest Blog Entry on TheSpiceGirls.com written by Melanie C:
Woo hoo!! 2008, Happy New Year everybody, it's going to be a good one.
Myself and all the Spiceys had a great Christmas. We caught up with our families, ate lots of mince pies and got some well-needed sleep!
We got together for a New Year’s Eve dinner at Gordon Ramsay's fabulous restaurant in Claridges. We got dressed up and had a great night. It was really lovely to see in the New Year with all the girls. We celebrated all the fun times from 2007 and raised a glass (or seven) to the ones to come and to the people who make them possible… especially you guys. THANK YOU!
Although we all really needed some rest we couldn't wait to get back on stage. The first show back was quite scary after not performing for a few days, but it was a blinder! In fact, the show has got even more exciting, we are having a ball and our audiences seem to be getting better and better.
It's lovely to be at home, even though it's freezing! I'm really looking forward to the show on the 12th because it's my birthday and I've never performed on my birthday before and I can't think of a better way to spend the evening. We're of to Manchester in a couple of weeks and we're really excited to take the show up north… so it's happy days in Spiceworld.
Hope you're all well and are avoiding that miserable flu. See you soon.

Lots of love...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

Melanie C x x x

Check this message from the mod of the Official Melanie C Message Board:
"As I’m sure you are all aware it’s Melanie’s birthday next week so, as a forum, we’re putting together a collection of your best wishes to pass on to her. If you’d like to be a part of the birthday book, please send your message – no more than 50 words please – with your name (it can be your username or real name) and country to charity_network@hotmail.com with the subject title ‘Birthday Book’. The closing date will be Wednesday 9th January at midday GMT. Thank you - and a Happy New Year to you all too!"

The German Magazine "Bunte" published some backstage pictures with the Spice Girls at their World Tour. You can view the 7 pages in the Press Section.