Spice GirlsDespite abandoning the last leg of their reunion tour in order to return to their family commitments, the Spice Girls may regroup one more time later this year.

The five women have just eight shows left to perform across the US and Canada on their Return of the Spice Girls tour before they hang up their microphones and Geri Halliwell told Billboard magazine recently that the final show in Toronto on 26th February will probably be “the last time you will ever get to see this Girl Power, the five Spices on the stage as one.”

But according to the Mirror, they are considering a one-off performance as part of Nelson Mandela’s birthday celebrations in the summer. An event to celebrate the former South African president’s birthday will take place in London’s Hyde Park with Queen and U2 both already agreeing to take part. Organisers are said to have approached Rihanna, Jay-Z and the Rolling Stones but are keen to snag the Spice Girls too.

A source told the newspaper: “Nelson is desperate for them to perform one last time - and he’s confident it will happen. He first met the Spices in 1997 and called them his ‘heroes’, so he has deep admiration for them.”

“This concert is going to be the talk of the decade. Nelson is a hero and thousands of fans will turn out to support him - as well as the biggest names in showbiz.”