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"Behind Cinderella's Eyes" is now available to pre-order on CD! https://www.plasticpop.co.uk/cd/behind-cinderellas-eyes-double-cd

Yeah, I ordered from the official site! I feel like Spiceworld 25 could open up some more options to explore in terms of extra content if they really dig into it. There's some alternate versions of their songs from the movie that were surely recorded at one point, and maybe some studio recordings of their covers from the Spiceworld tour exist as well.

I'm on the fence about purchasing the Nicola vinyl. I have a very limited collection, and CD is still my preference, so I hope it comes out digitally or on CD eventually too! The person that runs Plastic Pop said they couldn't do digital themselves due to licencing, but appeared open to exploring the idea of CD (although vinyl is their focus so we shouldn't expect it). I assume the label themselves (Polydor?) could do something with digital or CD, or their own version of the vinyl, if they wanted to though.

My 2CD arrived, and it's really cute. Shame about the lacklustre tracklisting but I'll get over it I hope we see Spiceworld 25 next year.

To be confirmed, but I'd imagine it'll be Spring 2022 due to all the usual vinyl delays.

Looks like it'll be out digitally October 15. We can pre-save here already: https://ffm.to/thespiritroom20th Assume it'll be the vinyl editions that are delayed to March 2022, which makes sense, since pressing plants are so overwhelmed by the demand.

Melanie's released a video for Touch Me, and a deluxe edition of the album for streaming and download. Nothing new unfortunately, but it adds Touch Me and Into You from the physical deluxe edition (excludes Self Love for some reason), and brings all the acoustic versions she released recently into one place, along with remixes of the album's singles.

Looking forward to seeing what they do, but imagine it'll be stuff like competitions and live chats for the most part. Perhaps a new vinyl variant to be announced before release week too?

Really looking forward to the 20th anniversary re-recording. You Get Me sounds great, I wasn't expecting this to be as fully produced when she was first teasing it as it sounded like the idea then was to create an acoustic version.

Melanie C released an acoustic version of "I Turn To You" for it's 21st Anniversary a couple weeks ago. I wasn't expecting the beat to come in, lol. I thinks she's done a good job of stripping it back with a slight nod towards the dance element of the song.

It's cute, and would have been a great b-side or album track (though probably in the lower part of the album quality wise, lol!) Still fantastic to hear it after so long, and I hope there is more to come. Biff, the producer of Wannabe, was on IG live last week and spoke about some of the other demos he has with the Spice Girls. No new titles, but he described Go Go Go as a "feisty/spicy uptempo" and Overnight and Treasure as "mid-tempo ballads". He mentioned having a demo of WOMAN which isn't finished but he thinks it is good. And that C U Next Tuesday (aka Likely Stories) couldn't be released at the time because of the title which we knew already. He did caveat all of this by saying he doesn't have much unreleased material with the girls, but he doesn't know how much there is with other producers.

I have a lot of sympathy for Jamie Lynn as well to be honest, even though that's probably not a popular position to take and many people don't. I see fans pushing an argument that Jamie Lynn has had 13 years to speak up for Britney, or even file a petition to terminate the conservatorship as an interested party herself, and I just think that outlook is maybe a bit too simple? She was 16 or 17 years old when the conservatorship was put in place in 2008 and in her early-20s during the period of time we now know Britney began seeking an end to it in 2014 according to a recent NYT article. With hindsight, it may be clear what we would've liked her to have done, but I think this expects a lot of someone who for the most part has been a teenager/young adult (and is only 30 years old now) throughout like many of us were too.

So incredibly sad but I'm glad Britney has been able to speak out in her own words and that it's on record at her request. I remember being very sceptical in 2019 when things started to erupt again after the voicemail received by the Britney's Gram podcast was shared because the way things were unfolding reminded me of a time no fan wants to repeat and I still have a problem with the way some people behaved under the guise of concern for Britney's wellbeing - specifically those who swarmed her Instagram comments with unhelpful remarks or just used the situation to create clout-chasing content on TikTok - but through that year and with each revelation that has come since there's just no way to remain neutral on this. Her conservators and the systems that have kept it in place can't hide from scrutiny any longer and I hope this is a turning point for Britney. I suspect this is going to continue for some time yet though I hope we start to see some indication that steps are being taken to begin honouring what Britney wants soon!

Same! I'm so pleased it's being released, especially after the producer shared that clip on instagram a few years ago. I hope we see a few more releases like this culminating in a "Spice 25" deluxe edition.