Spice Girls to headline closing ceremony entertainment

A Spice Girls reunion is set to headline the entertainment for the closing ceremony with rumours Adele and One Direction will also perform.

Rumours around the return for the Spice Girls looks to be true after the '90s girl band was spotted rehearsing for Sunday's end to the London Olympics.

The group - Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, and Geri Halliwell — is famous for hits like Wannabe, Say You'll Be There and 2 Become 1. All five members of the pop group were snapped holding microphones on top of traditional black London taxis.

Others rumoured to perform are the Pet Shop Boys, Annie Lennox and George Michael.

There are no such rumours around acts people might actually enjoy like a reprise from Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones or Coldplay.

The closing ceremony director David Arnold said it would be based around 30 pieces of home-grown music.

The musician, who has written for Bond movies, said it will be very British. It is also reported the showcase will feature models of London landmarks including Tower Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral.

"We're trying to have moments where someone from the Cotswolds watching it on TV and someone from a tower block overlooking it in the East End will be able to find something in it of which they can say 'that's us'," he said.

It's a shame the "us" probably won't refer to Oasis and the Stone Roses.