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FANS FLOG SPICE TICKETS AFTER HEARING SINGLE

THE bubble has burst for the Spice Girls as fans sell off their tour tickets on the cheap.

They are being unloaded online for as little as £22 – a third of the face value. The desperate sale comes after disappointed fans heard the band’s new single.

The Spices’ first London night at the 23,000-capacity O2 arena on December 16 sold out in just 38 seconds. Tickets for extra dates in London and Manchester’s MEN arena were also snapped up.

But a pair for the January 3 show, which should have cost £170, have gone for £50 on eBay. And a ticket for the first UK night went for just £22.19 – more than £40 less than face value.

Scores more have been flogged on the cheap and prices are now expected to fall even lower. A source said: “It’s really quite embarrassing.

“There was a lot of buzz about their big comeback but so far it hasn’t lived up to the hype.

“The single and album haven’t done as well as expected, and now there’s a big question mark over the live shows.”

The Spice Girls’ comeback single Headlines only scraped into the midweek pop charts at No 10.

The Children In Need charity track has so far sold less than 6,000 copies and is being trounced by X Factor stars Leona Lewis, 22, and Shayne Ward, 23.

Source: The Daily Star