Spice Girls tipped for Olympics

The Spice Girls are being tipped to re-form to help kick off the start of the 2012 Olympics in London.

The flamboyant British girl group, which split in 2000, have been in talks with their former manager Simon Fuller about performing at the opening ceremony of the Games.

"They stand for so much in British music history and I can't think of a better time for them to get back together for another performance," he told the Sunday Mirror newspaper.

"The demand for them as a band is as strong as ever."

Fuller also hinted that the girls - Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell - could embark on a farewell tour about the time of the Olympics.

"They will not want to be performing hits like Wannabe in their 40s, but it's amazing how often people talk about another reunion," he said.

"And I think if they do it, it's going to be in 2012."

The Spice Girls, who released their debut single Wannabe in 1996, disbanded two years after Halliwell suddenly quit.

They re-formed in late 2007 for a world tour and released a greatest hits album.

- AAP