No rush to rehearse for the Spice Girls

Anticipating a blitz of promotional appearances by the Spice
Girls for their upcoming tour? Think again. We hear the gals will only do one
exclusive television performance and no other U.S. press of any kind. Which may
be a good thing considering the trek kicks off on December 7, and, according to
Melanie Brown (AKA Scary Spice, and now, a major contender on Dancing With
The Stars), rehearsals have yet to start. Well, choreographer Jaime King,
who’s directed many a Madonna tour, is already hard at work, but using
stand-ins. All five Spice Girls are expected in Los Angeles in the next week or two to
practice in earnest, which means Mel B. will be pulling double-duty as she
continues to compete with her Dancing partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.