'Tell me this is a mistake!' Australian Spice Girls fans are left devastated after the band excludes the nation from highly-anticipated reunion tour
Australian fans of the Spice Girls have been left devastated after the band announced a reunion tour that will only include six shows across the UK.
On Monday Geri Horner, Emma Bunton, Mel B and Mel C released a video on their social media channels, revealing the much-anticipated reunion - which will go ahead without Victoria Beckham.
'Breaking Spice news,' the band said on Twitter. 'Tickets on sale Saturday 10.30am.'
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'Friendship never ends': Australian fans of the Spice Girls have been left devastated after the band announced a reunion tour that will only include six shows across the UK
But Australian fans of the iconic 1990s girl-group were left outraged that the country will again miss out on the action.
The group's 2007-08 world tour famously fell apart before they reached the country, despite the band announcing a Sydney date.
Fans took to Twitter to express their disappointment.
'@GeriHalliwell Spice Girls in all their band history have never had tour dates in Australia ever, that's one thing that has hurt me,' wrote one user.
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What you really, really don't want: Aussie fans were left devastated by the annoucment
'And what about Australia @Spicegirls? Or is the UK the only bloody country in the world?' asked one fan.
'Literally been waiting for the Spice Girls to announce their tour. AND IT'S ONLY IN THE UK?!?! Tell me this is a mistake,' another fan Tweeted.
Another concurred: 'I'm gunna cry if @Spicegirls don't come to Australia! Us Aussies need some spice in our life!'
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'I need this': Many fans have been waiting decades for the band to tour Australia
'I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want... the Spice Girls to tour Australia... and to win the lotto #dreambig,' said one hopeful fan.
However, there does appear to be a chance Australian fans won't miss out on seeing the band perform Down Under thanks to a recently comment made by Mel B on British Panel Loose Women.
When asked whether the band was planning a world tour she said: 'We are. The hopes are that we go everywhere else in the world, but right now it's just the UK.'
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Why not us? While the Spice Girls have never performed a show in Australia, the band did enjoy a brief pit-stop in late 1997 to promote their cinema classic Spiceworld: The Movie
While the Spice Girls have never performed a show in Australia, the band did enjoy a brief pit-stop in late 1997 to promote their cinema classic Spiceworld: The Movie.
To the fury of fans across the globe the group pulled out of their 'world tour' in 2008, announcing that they would not be visiting Australia, China, South Africa or Argentina due to 'family commitments.'
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A no show: Victoria Beckham has announced that she will not be joining the band on tour as she is too busy with her fashion label
'Sadly the tour needs to come to an end by the end of February due to family and personal commitments,' they said in a statement.
'Due to the phenomenal demand for tickets in the UK and the US along with the touring logistics for such a massive production it was not possible to fit everything in.'
Tickets for the UK dates will go on sale on Saturday.
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Never Australia: The group's last world tour famously fell apart before they reached Australia
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