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| Spices scrap Strictly |
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| Friday, 14 December 2007 | |
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It's all gone Strictly shambolic for The Spice Girls - after Emma Bunton sprained her ankle just days before the UK leg of their reunion world tour. Poor Baby, 31, has her left foot in a cast and is hobbling around on crutches after falling over during their Vegas gig on Tuesday. The band aim to go ahead with tomorrow's gig at London's O2 Arena, but have scrapped a performance on the semi-finals of Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC1 dance show was thrown into chaos after the Girls pulled out of today's recording at the last minute. James Blunt gallantly stepped in to sing instead and bosses hope the Spices will now appear on the final on December 22. Emma slipped during Spice Up Your Life. Although in a lot of pain - as their song Wannabe might put it, "zig a zig ahhhh!" - she battled through till the end of the song. She was then whisked to a Vegas hospital for an X-ray. The accident has left her barely able to walk - she even needed help from a burly bodyguard. Gamely, she still wore a stiletto on her good foot as the group arrived at LA International Airport, where a Virgin Atlantic plane was renamed Spice One in their honour. Emma said: "I had a tumble onstage and unfortunately I have sprained my ankle, so I'm hobbling around on crutches. I am doing everything I can to get better. I am even seeing David Beckham's doctor! "I am keeping my fingers crossed for the weekend. Even if I have to come out on crutches I will be there." The injury is terrible timing for The Spice Girls, who arrived in London on Thursday for the start of their 17-date stint at the O2. A spokeswoman for the group said: "We'll have to see how Emma feels on Saturday as to what she is going to be able to do." A source close to the group added: "The dance routines are quite demanding. The band hope they won't have to make any changes but they might have to." This must all be horribly familiar to Emma, who broke her ankle in June 1997 after falling off her towering platforms while filming for a Turkish TV show. Baby clearly has problems with grown-up shoes... Source |
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