The Spice Girls are back! Well, most of them.

As they prepare for their global reunion tour next year (excited doesn't cover it), Victoria Beckham (aka 'Posh Spice') and Melanie Chisholm (aka 'Sporty Spice') have apparently refused to participate.

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And according to Life & Style, rather than cancel the tour, the group have decided to recruit for two ladies to replace them!

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“The girls are going to be making a formal announcement about tryouts for their spots in the next few weeks,” a source told Life & Style.

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As exciting as the prospect is of ladies across the UK auditioning to sing with the actual Spice Girls, Spice Girls just won't be the same without Posh and Sporty Spice!

The rest of the group, Geri Horner, née Halliwell ('Ginger Spice'), Melanie Brown and Emma Bunton have already started preparing for the world tour, and are even working on some new material, which they're planning to release later this year.

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It's been 21 years since their hit single Wannabe, but we have a suspicion they'll manage to top the charts again.

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