Victoria Beckham reveals Elton John inspired her to avoid Spice Girls reunion as she poses on Vogue cover

Victoria Beckham has revealed that watching Elton John perform live inspired her not to reunite with the Spice Girls.

The 44-year-old businesswoman opened up on the cover of Vogue Australia about how she has left her Posh Spice persona in the past.

Speaking to the publication about the decision, she explained: “I was with Elton John this weekend and I told him.

“You’re the reason why I stopped the Spice Girls. I went to see him in Vegas in doing The Red Piano, where David LaChapelle curated the most incredible show with him.

“And I remember sitting there very near to the front and looking at him singing those songs he’d sung time after time, year after year, and his passion and his enjoyment was incredible, even after all that time.

“And a few nights later, I was on stage at Madison Square Garden with the Spice Girls and I thought ‘It’s almost like a waste that I’m given this opportunity. I appreciate the time I’ve had with the girls, but I don’t have what Elton can have after all these years.

“There was nothing there, other than that my kids were in the audience and I wanted them to see Mummy doing the Spice Girls."

The mother-of-four added that the media attention around the Spice Girls reunion reminded her how “awful” the industry can be.

Beckham said: “Every day someone says, ‘Are you going on tour? You’re the one who’s stopping it.’

“I had a lunch with the Spice Girls a few months ago to see how everybody was, things spiralled out of control.

“I had my lawyer trying to beat down stories that were completely ludicrous. It was a reminder of how awful that was.”

Asked if there was ever a moment in the past 10 years when she felt she’d made it the fashion designer admitted: “I still don’t think the penny has dropped. There have been great moments along the way, winning awards, selling well, but for me, getting success is one thing and maintaining it is something completely different.

“I’m always head down, focused, on to the next thing.”

For the full cover shoot and interview with Victoria Beckham head to vogue.com.au.