For those of you who missed the announcement before the world’s media at the 02 Arena in London (formerly the Millenium Dome) in June, here is news. They are back with bang-bang-bang. And lots of spice too! Yeah! The Spice Girls are back! The whole bunch– Victoria, Emma, Mel B, Mel C and Geri.
The concert at Vancouver kick-started their reunion world tour and coincided with the group’s Greatest Hits album. Spice girls fans, it’s time to rejoice. The Spice Girls would perform for the first time since 1998 in the Canadian gig. Hopefully, they would be able to pick up from where they left off-at Birmingham shortly before Geri Halliwell’s departure from the band.
In a final dress rehearsal meant only for family, friends and select members of the press, the girls swirled in co-ordinating copper-coloured Roberto Cavalli outfits, singing Spice Up Your Life and Stop and Say You’ll Be There in perfect tune. Mel C cautiously warned the audience of possible ‘wardrobe malfunctions’.
The girls, contrary to media reports, seemed delightfully pally-pally. They announced that they were glad to be back and hugged each other after the performance. New mom, Emma, looked the happiest.
They are all set to perform a 22-song set, with the show lasting around two hours and including multiple costume changes, with spectacular video sequences and a stunning split-level stage thrown in.
In their peak form ,the Spice Girls sold 55 million albums and had nine UK number one singles. Even after a decade, the Spice Girls haven’t lost their craze. What better proof of the fact than all 15,800 seats in the 02 Arena, where they will perform on 15th December, having been sold out? They even had to add and reschedule some shows in response to public demand. The tickets in the UK concerts sold out in 38 seconds flat.
In the coming months, the five have plans to put stages in cities across the world, from London to Cape Town, as well as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, San Jose, Shanghai, Madrid and Beijing, on fire with their scintillating performance.
A minor stumbling block came in the form of a fake e-mail saying that the Spice Girls group were having to pull out of their gig in Buenos Aires in Argentina in January due to the level of demand in Britain and the US. The girls, however, confirmed that the dates have just been postponed, not canceled.
Source: Daily Mail
