Spice World – 2019 Tour

Spice World – 2019 Tour was the fourth concert tour by English girl-group the Spice Girls. It was the group's first tour as a four-piece without Victoria Beckham, and included performances in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Spice World commenced on 24 May 2019 at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, and ended on 15 June 2019 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Across the 13 sold-out dates, the tour produced almost 700,000 spectators and earned $78.2 million in ticket sales.^[1]

Spice World – 2019 Tour

Tour by Spice Girls
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	United Kingdom, Ireland
Start date	24 May 2019 (2019-05-24)
End date	15 June 2019 (2019-06-15)
Legs	1
No. of shows	13
Supporting act(s)	Jess Glynne
Attendance	697,357
Box office	US$78,203,580
Spice Girls concert chronology
The Return of the Spice Girls Tour (2007–08) Spice World – 2019 Tour (2019)

The three-night sellout stand at Wembley Stadium was the highest-grossing engagement of the year, winning the 2019 Billboard Live Music Award for Top Boxscore.^[2]

Background

Spice World was the fourth concert tour by the Spice Girls, and marked the group's first performance together since the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. It was also the group's first tour without Victoria Beckham, who declined to take part due to other commitments.^[3][4]

On 10 November 2018 several ticket-selling websites, such as Ticketmaster and See Tickets, crashed due to the overwhelming volume of people attempting to buy tickets.^[5] Ticketmaster later stated that at one point, over 700,000 fans were simultaneously attempting to purchase tickets, making it their busiest sale ever. The six original dates sold out within minutes, prompting the group to add additional dates in Manchester and London.^[6][7] More dates were soon announced to take place in Coventry and Cardiff due to further demand.^[8] On 16 November, a show in Dublin's Croke Park was announced, the band’s first in Ireland in 21 years. Consequently, the tour was renamed to Spice World – 2019 Tour.^[9]

Accolades

The three-night sellout stand at Wembley Stadium was the highest-grossing engagement of the year, winning the 2019 Billboard Live Music Award for Top Boxscore.^[10]

Set list

This set list is representative of the 24 May 2019 show in Croke Park, Dublin. It may not represent all dates of the tour.^[11]

1. "Spice Up Your Life"
2. "If U Can't Dance"
3. "Who Do You Think You Are"
4. "Do It"
5. "Something Kinda Funny"
6. "Move Over" (interlude)
7. "Holler"
8. "Viva Forever"
9. "Let Love Lead the Way"
10. "Goodbye"
11. "Never Give Up on the Good Times"
12. "We Are Family"
13. "Love Thing"
14. "The Lady Is a Vamp"
15. "Too Much"
16. "Say You'll Be There"
17. "2 Become 1"
18. "Stop"
19. "Mama"
20. "Wannabe"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
Europe^[12]^[1]
24 May 2019	Dublin	Ireland	Croke Park	Jess Glynne	74,186 / 74,186	$8,070,740
27 May 2019	Cardiff	Wales	Principality Stadium		50,215 / 50,215	$4,716,720
29 May 2019	Manchester	England	Etihad Stadium		150,955 / 150,955	$16,507,300
31 May 2019
1 June 2019
3 June 2019	Coventry		Ricoh Arena		69,748 / 69,748	$7,168,390
4 June 2019
6 June 2019	Sunderland		Stadium of Light		45,429 / 45,429	$4,512,900
8 June 2019	Edinburgh	Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium		55,211 / 55,211	$6,038,050
10 June 2019	Bristol	England	Ashton Gate Stadium		29,642 / 29,642	$3,618,380
13 June 2019	London		Wembley Stadium		221,971 / 221,971	$27,571,100
14 June 2019
15 June 2019
Total					697,357 / 697,357 (100%)	$78,203,580

Personnel

Vocals Mel B Emma Bunton Geri Horner Melanie C Band Ricci Riccardi – Musical Director, drums Louis Riccardi – Guitars Dave Troke – Bass guitar Ayo "Ayce" Oyerinde – Keyboards Karlos Edwards – Percussion Creative team^[13] Lee Lodge – Creative Director Jason Sherwood – Set Designer Paul Roberts – Choreographer and Stage Director Tim Routledge – Lighting Director Aries Moross – Art Director Gabriella Slade – Costume Designer Production crew^[13] Tony Gittens – Production Manager David Odlum – Music Producer

Dancers House of Scary Jo Dyce (Dance Captain) Shay Barclay Billy Sawyer Kane Horn Robyn Laud House of Baby James Mulford Josh Huerta Michael Naylor Channelle George Maya King House of Ginger Jake Leigh Kieran Daley-Ward Che Jones Dani Hampson Demi Rox House of Sporty Mason Boyce Oli Metzler Mike Fellows Erin Dusek Majella Fitzgerald

References

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11. Roffman, Michael (25 May 2019). "Sound issues ruin Spice Girls' first reunion show in 7 years". Consequence. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
12. "The Spice Girls Tour Dates For 2019: See Them Here". Billboard. 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
13. Cunningham, Mark (July 2019). "Spice Girls: Spice World 2019". Total Production International. No. 239. pp. 41–54. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.