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Spice Girls bust up backstage as Posh steals the show

There's trouble in Spice paradise.

While it was billed as their triumphant return home, the group's first London concert was marred by a huge row backstage.

Geri Halliwell, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton weren't best pleased with the special treatment Posh was receiving.

Every time Victoria Beckham took to the microphone the crowd in the O2 Arena burst into insane applause, despite the fact she didn't have very many lines to sing.

Posh's microphone was turned down lower than the rest of the girls' and every time she tried to speak to the crowd nobody could hear what she had to say.

Victoria, whose husband David and three sons were in the audience, wore the highest heels which meant she towered over the rest of the girls, and during the encore she did not wear her cape with her hood up, as was part of the ensemble, preserving her perfectly groomed hair.

She also managed to upstage the other girls' with a slick solo strip-style pole dance.

A source said: “All of these silly petty things just got on the nerves of the other girls. And to top it off when Victoria kept getting the loudest applause and cheers, it really grated on the others.

"The fact Posh probably had the least to do but was getting the best reception was a bit disheartening. It all blew up backstage afterwards and there were some very stern words and evil looks exchanged."

When the girls, who are doing a 17-date run in the O2 Arena, went to afterparty together with their families and friends, the tension was still palpable, according the source.

Source and Pictures: Daily Mail