{"id":539201,"date":"2026-04-19T10:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/539201\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T10:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:08:07","slug":"spice-girl-to-visit-wiltshire-town-in-surprise-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/539201\/","title":{"rendered":"Spice Girl to visit Wiltshire town in surprise announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Mel C, or Sporty Spice, rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the Spice Girls, the best-selling female group of all time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She has since embarked on a solo career and is launching her new album \u2018Sweat\u2019 at a series of launch events across the country.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  An intimate performance and Q&amp;A session at Marlborough College\u2019s Memorial Hall has now been announced as an addition to this tour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets for the event, which will take place on September 2, are on sale from \u00a321.50.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Full access to all of our articles online and on the app, fewer adverts, a better reading experience, exclusive competitions and more &#8211; all for less than the price of a cup of coffee. \u2615\ufe0f<br \/>Subscribe now! &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQ9XF2gcO2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/AQ9XF2gcO2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bYvsD2lw5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/bYvsD2lw5e<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Gazette &amp; Herald (@wiltsgazette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wiltsgazette\/status\/2043684562341970325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 13, 2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson said: \u201cWe can reveal we&#8217;ll be hosting Melanie C for a short performance and Q&amp;A in the stunning environs of Marlborough College&#8217;s Memorial Hall at 8pm on Wednesday, September 2.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cBefore she became Mel C of the Spice Girls, Melanie Chisolm found herself swept up in the UK&#8217;s burgeoning &#8217;90s rave scene.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cMelanie C&#8217;s new solo album &#8216;Sweat&#8217; is a love letter to those heady and formative days; an invitation to party, to find community on the dance floor and joy in a dark world.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cRecorded between London, Stockholm and Sydney, &#8216;Sweat&#8217; fuses her past and present &#8211; the sport and the spice, the forgotten teenage raver and the accomplished DJ.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mel C, or Sporty Spice, rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the Spice Girls,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-539201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}