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Mutya Buena To Reform Original Sugababes Line-Up?

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 07:00 PM PDT

The last week has seen the Sugababes lose their last original member in the form of Keisha Buchanan, who left after a ruckus with Amelle Berrabah. Eurovision singer Jade Ewen promptly joined the group, leaving her, Amelle, and Heidi Range as the Sugababes, at least in name. But can they really call themselves the Sugababes when none of them helped found the group back in the day?

The Sugababes originally formed way back in 1998, with Buchanan, Mutya Buena, and Siobhan Donaghy teaming up to become the Sugababes. But Donaghy left in 2001, Buena left in 2005, and now Buchanan has left in 2009.

So, the name is the same but none of the girls are, and the sound has also changed completely. The Sugababes latest single, Get Sexy, is an instantly forgettable dance/pop song which bears little resemblance to the group’s early releases.

Talking to GMTV about Buchanan leaving, original member Mutya Buena, now a solo artist, put forward a very interesting possibility: reforming the original line-up. She said:

“Personally, I just don’t think the Sugababes is the Sugababes anymore. I mean, it would be different if Keisha had stayed in it and someone else had gone – then it would be the Sugababes. But wow, I suppose now there’s no original Sugababes we should just all reform again.”

“I’m actually quite disappointed. Obviously the brand name of Sugababes will always carry on. But to say like there’s no original in the Sugababes, it just kind of puts it down a bit.”

“You know, we’re all grown up. I haven’t been with the Sugababes for so long, and you know, I’ve had my years of growing up and learning about what I want in life and getting to look after my daughter. So hooking up with the rest of the girls – I think that could be an amazing idea, definitely.”

I very much doubt this will happen but I for one would love to see it. Overload still stands up for me as the best Sugababes song, so to see the original line-up back recording again would be brilliant.

But if it did happen, despite what Buena says about them all having grown up, I can see the old arguments surfacing again. So maybe it’s best to leave it where it is. Dead.

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Now Geri Halliwell Teases New Spice Girls Reunion

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:48 AM PDT

Oh man, this is now getting serious. While just one of the former Spice Girls was talking about a new reunion it seemed nothing more than wishful thinking. Now, two of them have mentioned getting back together to do something, and Geri Halliwell spoke openly about it on a TV show rather than Twitter as Mel B did. Damn, you just know this is going to happen.

CD30075972@THE SPICE GIRLS AT THE O2 Press Conference

At the end of last week, four of the five Spice Girls – Victoria being the one missing – met for dinner. The next day, Mel B aka Scary Spice tweeted about the possibility of a new reunion and stadium tour.

Now, Geri Halliwell aka Ginger Spice (or more accurately Old Spice these days) has spoken about the possibility of a new reunion on This Morning, a British daytime television show.

According to Digital Spy (because I didn’t actually watch it, not being a student or an old person), she said:

“Fundamentally we are friends first and foremost. We started out that way, that very strong friendship, and whatever happens afterwards is a bonus.”

“We always talk about creative plans and possibilities, definitely. And yes, right now, we are gathering information and thinking about possibilities. But when you’re evolving a plan you don’t share it to the world until it’s concrete.”

There have, of course, been times when the girls haven’t been “friends first and foremost.” Like when Geri left the group, or when the first reunion went pear-shaped amid rumors of in-fighting and tension between all the girls.

The thing is, I was keen to see the first reunion happen but that ended so badly, with the Spice Girls cutting their world tour short and splitting again as soon as they’d been paid that I’m totally against it happening again. But it clearly is going to happen.

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