Spice Girls reconsidered for Live 8

The Spice Girls are being reconsidered for this summer's star-studded Live 8 charity concert - after the event's organisers axed the band from the event over fears they would undermine the show's serious political message about world poverty.

The Wannabe stars hoped to reform the band and perform together for the first time since 1998, when Halliwell quit the group.

But bosses for TV giant the BBC - which is broadcasting the event - snubbed the fivesome, insisting the pop act is too trivial for the historic event, which aims to persuade politicians to cancel Third World debt, double the aid budget and rewrite global trade laws so developing countries can protect their economies.

The corporation also claimed there wouldn't be enough time for the Spice Girls to perform at the show, because 16 major acts, including Paul McCartney, Sting and U2 have already agreed to sing at the London leg of the July event in the capital's Hyde Park.

But the co-organiser of the concert, Bob Geldof says the Spice Girls will perform at the event, if they manage to overcome their differences.

He says: "I spoke to them this morning and it's looking very good.

"There's a lot of stuff they have got to sort through. They are trying to resolve differences of many years."