Spice Girls to release 25th anniversary edition of ‘Spiceworld’

nme.com:

Spice Girls have announced a new and expanded 25th anniversary edition of their 1997 album ‘Spiceworld’.Curated by the band themselves, ‘Spiceworld 25’ apparently brings together the original chart-topping record with some of their favourite bonus tracks and B-Sides, along with previously unreleased live recordings from the Virgin Records archive.“The ‘Spiceworld’ era was such a fun time for us,” said Spice Girls in a statement. “We’d just had a number one album with Spice, we were travelling all over the world and meeting our amazing fans, we released our second album AND we had our very own movie!

Who would’ve thought it? It’s crazy to think that 25 years have passed.”The digital deluxe version of the album features a series of live songs from their 1997/1998 tour of North America, Europe and the UK as well as a new “ambient” remix of ‘Viva Forever’ from John Themis who went on to co-write Emma Bunton‘s ‘What Took You So Long’.Also included in the digital album is the demo version of ‘Step To Me’, a track originally recorded for a soft drinks campaign.