Spice Girls tired before they start

LONDON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Bickering has begun among the Spice Girls with just a month remaining before the launch of their $23 million sold-out world tour.

London's Daily Mail reports the reunion is like "patching a broken egg back together: a delicate operation which requires infinite reserves of patience, and loads and loads of glue."

The tour starts Dec. 2 yet the four Spice Girls have been together, for a video shoot, only two days since they announced the tour in June.

Spice Girl Emma Bunton has been seen in tears, tired of the tension and from caring for her 10-week-old baby, while Geri Halliwell needed so many "meditation" breaks the recent video shoot didn't end until 3 a.m., the Mail reported Saturday.

Victoria Beckham, wife of soccer star David Beckham, is constantly on her cell phone while Melanie Chisholm is jet lagged from weekly appearances on ABC's Dancing With The Stars.

"There is a big potential area of conflict when you look at all the hangers-on -- the family and boyfriends. They could well fuel the embers of any old grudges," said a source close to the Spice Girls.