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The Return of the Spice Girls Tour

The Return of the Spice Girls Tour was the third concert tour by English girl group the Spice Girls, running from December 2007 to February 2008. It was the group's first tour since Christmas in Spiceworld in 1999, and their first with all five members since the Spiceworld Tour in May 1998. Across 45 shows (out of 47), the tour sold 581,066 tickets for a box-office gross of $70.1 million,[1] and earned an additional $100 million from merchandising.[2] Overall, the tour was the eighth-highest-grossing concert tour of 2008. The 17-night sellout stand at London's O2 Arena was the highest-grossing engagement of the year, taking in $33.8 million and drawing an audience of 256,647, winning the 2008 Billboard Touring Award for Top Boxscore.[3][4] This was the last tour to feature Victoria Beckham.

The Return of the Spice Girls Tour
World tour by Spice Girls
Associated albumGreatest Hits
Start date2 December 2007 (2007-12-02)
End date26 February 2008 (2008-02-26)
Legs2
No. of shows47
Attendance581,066 (45 shows)
Box office$70.1 million (45 shows)
Spice Girls concert chronology

Background Edit

On 28 June 2007, the Spice Girls held a press conference at the O2 Arena in London, formally announcing their intention to reunite as a group,[5] a plan that had long been speculated by the media.[6] During the press conference, the group laid out their plans to embark on a world concert tour that would be seen as a celebration of the group's history and to tour as a quintet for the last time.[7] Initially, eleven dates were announced and spanned North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and South America and fans were informed that they had to pre-register for tickets on the group's website. On 30 September, the successful applicants for the Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Vancouver and London concerts were informed of how they could purchase their tickets, via email and text alerts, from valid ticket vendors. Demand was so high that many dates quickly sold out and new dates in London were immediately announced after the first date at the O2 Arena sold out in only 38 seconds.[8] Sixteen additional dates in London were eventually added, all selling out within one minute.[9]

Concert synopsis Edit

 
The Spice Girls performing "Spice Up Your Life" as the opening number of their Return of the Spice Girls tour, at the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto; wearing tight metallic coloured outfits designed by Roberto Cavalli.

The show begins with a video introduction of five young girls playing inside a house when they find a magic box. When they open it fireworks appear, the five girls all wish to become pop stars when they grow up, then an instrumental of "Spice Up Your Life" begins as various music videos and press headlines about the Spice Girls are shown, as the video ends the Spice Girls enter the stage on five platforms and perform "Spice Up Your Life" they then perform a mashup of their 1998 hit "Stop" and "It's Like That" by Jason Nevins and Run-DMC, which famously blocked "Stop" from the number 1 position on the UK Singles Chart. After the girls introduce themselves at the end of the second song they perform "Say You'll Be There" remixed with "Fix" by Blackstreet. Their reunion single "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" is the last song in the first act. The second act begins with a jazz theme for "The Lady Is A Vamp" having a showgirl-style performance. An up-tempo jazz version of "Too Much" is performed with the group dressed in tuxedos, while doing a striptease behind neon pink-coloured, heart-shaped doors.[10][11] "2 Become 1" is performed next while each of the girls emerged from a cocoon of oversized swan wings and danced around a set of barber's poles while singing the song.[12]

The third act begins with a video of falling money and the titles Baby, Posh, Sporty, Scary and Ginger appear on the screen with their signature themes. Geri Halliwell then enters the stage wearing a sequin Union Jack dress, while Emma Bunton wears a small pink coat, and Melanie C appears wearing a sports track suit. Victoria Beckham then appears wearing a little black lace dress, while Mel B wears her trademark leopard print catsuit, and the group perform "Who Do You Think You Are". The song symbolises the height of the Spice Girls in their heyday. Beckham is then left on stage giving a Catwalk / Runway dance to a remix of "Like a Virgin" by Madonna and "Supermodel (You Better Work)" by Ru Paul. Mel B then performs solo, taking a male member of the audience and subsequently chains him to a ladder as she performs a cover of "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz. Bunton gives a 1960s-inspired performance of her 2004 hit "Maybe".

 
The show ends with the slogan "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED – SPICE"

Following a cape dance interlude, "Viva Forever" is performed with a Latin theme and tango/fan dance break, the song ends with Halliwell exiting the stage early, acknowledging her leaving the band in 1998. "Holler" is then performed by the four remaining members, with a dominatrix theme similar to the video of the song. Halliwell then returns solo to perform her single "It's Raining Men", followed by Melanie C who performs her song, "I Turn to You". Mel B, Melanie C, Bunton, and Beckham then perform "Let Love Lead the Way" dressed in white and silver. Halliwell returns from under the stage at the end of the song. The five girls come together holding hands and walk to the center stage, raising their hands to signify the reunion as a five piece and their bond. They then perform "Mama" with personal photographs of themselves with their mothers and children.[10][11] For the British shows, fifty young girls from the Capital Children's Choir dressed in white came out from a platform and lined the stage against the backdrop screens to sing with the Spice Girls.[13] This was then followed by the "Celebration Medley", a mash-up of "Celebration", "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", "That's The Way (I Like It)", and "We Are Family". The girls then perform "Goodbye".

The encore begins with a "Humpty Dance" interlude by the dancers as it segues into "If U Cant Dance" with the girls wearing a different coloured robe. The girls then take off their robes to reveal glittery outfits: Mel B in gold, Halliwell in blue, Melanie C in orange, Beckham in green, and Bunton in pink. They then perform their biggest hit and debut single "Wannabe". Finally they perform a heavily remixed version of "Spice Up Your Life". At the end, a cannon exploded showering the stage with pieces of gold, white and black paper strips, while flags from different countries flashed across the backdrop screens.[11][12]

Controversy Edit

 
The group performing a remix of "Spice Up Your Life" at the Air Canada Centre, during the encore.

In late 2007, a fake email was posted by blogger Perez Hilton on his site, stating that the Spice Girls had cancelled the Buenos Aires date,[14] causing an official statement to be released saying that Buenos Aires and the other world tour dates were being finalized.[15] Due to the expansion of the British and American legs of the tour, it was finally announced on 1 February 2008 that the tour would end in Toronto, on 26 February 2008, meaning that the dates in South America, Asia, Australia and Africa were cancelled.[16] Many media outlets reported that it was due to Melanie C and Mel B leaving the group,[17] but this was denied in an official video message.[18] The band suffered fan backlash, with some fans creating Facebook hate groups speculating that the official announcement was "indirect" and that "the Spice Girls and their management knew the dates were cancelled even before they added 16 dates at the O2, deciding to announce it near the end of the tour to minimize controversy."[19]

Broadcasts and recordings Edit

BBC Radio 2 recorded the shows in London on 15 and 16 December 2007. An hour-long "highlights special" was broadcast on 22 and 31 December 2007, that included eleven of the twenty-two songs performed.[20] It was confirmed on the Spice Girls official website that there would not be a DVD release.[21] The lack of an official DVD released caused negativity.[22] After many e-mails from fans to the management, it was officially announced that no official DVD had been recorded at all. However, Mel B confirmed on her website that footage of the tour was recorded but the quality was poor and they felt it was wrong to release a DVD for local distribution.[22] In 2017, Melanie C clarified in a YouTube interview that although the concerts had recording for the on-stage video-screens and promotional purposes, a DVD was never recorded due to "poor organization". Because the tour sold out quickly, it was impossible to have empty seats and make room for cameramen and extra lighting, making it impossible to film a high-quality DVD.[23]

In May 2020, two previously unseen video-screen recordings in New York and Philadelphia were uploaded online by Ivan "Flipz" Valez, who was one of the dancers.[24][25]

Set list Edit

The following set list is representative of the show on 2 December 2007. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.[26]

Tour dates Edit

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
North America[27][28]
2 December 2007 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
4 December 2007 San Jose United States HP Pavilion
5 December 2007 Los Angeles Staples Center 24,502 / 24,502 $2,673,311
7 December 2007
8 December 2007 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
9 December 2007
11 December 2007
Europe[27]
15 December 2007 London England The O2 Arena 256,647 / 256,647[a] $33,829,250[a]
16 December 2007
18 December 2007
20 December 2007 Cologne Germany Kölnarena
23 December 2007 Madrid Spain Madrid Arena
2 January 2008 London England The O2 Arena [a] [a]
3 January 2008
4 January 2008
6 January 2008
8 January 2008
9 January 2008
11 January 2008
12 January 2008
13 January 2008
15 January 2008
16 January 2008
18 January 2008
20 January 2008
22 January 2008
23 January 2008 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena 41,323 / 41,323 $5,388,122
24 January 2008
26 January 2008
North America[27]
30 January 2008 Boston United States TD Banknorth Garden
31 January 2008 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
3 February 2008 Toronto Air Canada Centre 58,368 / 58,368[b] $6,396,302[b]
4 February 2008
6 February 2008 Uniondale United States Nassau Coliseum 22,622 / 24,207 $2,427,714
7 February 2008
10 February 2008 Newark Prudential Center 23,430 / 25,143 $2,565,726
11 February 2008
13 February 2008 East Rutherford Izod Center
15 February 2008 Chicago United Center
16 February 2008 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
18 February 2008 New York City Madison Square Garden
19 February 2008 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
21 February 2008 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
22 February 2008 Hartford XL Center
24 February 2008 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
25 February 2008 Toronto Air Canada Centre [b] [b]
26 February 2008
Total 581,066[1]
(45 shows)
$70,100,000[1]
(45 shows)

Cancelled dates Edit

List of concerts, showing date, city and country
Date City Country
Asia[27]
10 January 2008 Beijing China
12 January 2008 Hong Kong
Oceania[27]
17 January 2008 Sydney Australia
Africa[27]
20 January 2008 Cape Town South Africa
South America[27]
24 January 2008 Buenos Aires Argentina

Personnel Edit

Vocals Edit

Band Edit

  • Simon Ellis – Musical Director / Keyboards
  • Paul Gendler – Guitars
  • Greg Hatwell – Guitars
  • Nick Nasmyth – Keyboards
  • Scott Firth – Bass
  • Sudha Kheterpal or Thomas Dyani – Percussion
  • Vinnie Lammi – Drums

Dancers Edit

  • Gus Carr (Dance Captain)
  • Scotty Nguyen (Dance Captain)
  • Alex Larson
  • Antonio Hudnell
  • Cassidy Noblett
  • Dougie Styles
  • Ivan "Flipz" Valez
  • Leo Moctezuma
  • Victor Rojas
  • Vinh Bui

Main crew Edit

  • Musical Director: Simon Ellis
  • Creative Director: Jamie King
  • Production & Lighting: LeRoy A. Bennett
  • Assistant Director: Carla Kama
  • Supervising Choreographer: Stefanie Roos
  • Video Director: Dago Gonzalez for Veneno, Inc.
  • Costume Design: Roberto Cavalli
  • Manager: Simon Fuller
  • Executive Producer: Spice Girls and 19

Notes Edit

  1. ^ a b c d This score data is combined from all shows at The O2 Arena, London
  2. ^ a b c d This score data is combined from all shows at Air Canada Centre, Toronto

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c Frankenberg, Eric (27 June 2019). "Spice Girls Earn $78 Million On 2019 Reunion Tour". Billboard. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ Beech, Mark (25 May 2019). "Spice Girls Defy Music Business Logic With Record-Breaking Tour". Forbes. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ Waddell, Ray (11 December 2008). "Bon Jovi Scores 2008's Top-Grossing Tour". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  4. ^ . Billboard. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Spice Girls Set Date to Reveal Plans". The Washington Post. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
  6. ^ Finn, Natalie (8 June 2007). "Spice Girls Reunion a Well-Seasoned Rumor". E!. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Spice Girls announce reunion tour". BBC News. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Fans snap up Spice Girls tickets". BBC News. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  9. ^ Randall, David K. (11 August 2008). "Spice Girls, Prince Rake in Concert Cash". ABC News. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  10. ^ a b Derdeyn, Stuart (2 December 2007). "Spice Girls kick off world tour in Vancouver – fans get what they really, really want". National Post. Postmedia Network Inc. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  11. ^ a b c Hudson, Polly (4 December 2007). "The Spice Girls are back!". The Mirror. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  12. ^ a b Sinclair, David (4 December 2007). "Spice Girls review: 'they remain consummate entertainers'". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  13. ^ Bray, Elisa (17 December 2007). . The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  14. ^ "Perez Hilton: Las Chicas Picante Cancelan". PerezHilton.com. 24 November 2007.
  15. ^ "Perez Hilton: They Were Hacked!". PerezHilton.com. 25 November 2007.
  16. ^ "Spice Girls Official Website". Spice Girls LLP. 1 February 2008.
  17. ^ "Spice Girls cancel world tour 'after Mels quit' – Entertainment – NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald. 1 February 2008.
  18. ^ "Spice Girls Official Website". Spice Girls LLP.
  19. ^ "Spice Girls Hate Groups Online: Spice Girls Reunion Tour Cancellation Internet Hate Campaign". PopCrunch.com.
  20. ^ "Spice Girls in Concert". BBC Radio 2. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  21. ^ . TheSpiceGirls.com. 2 April 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  22. ^ a b Daly, Bridget (8 April 2008). "The Spice Girls Disappoint". HollyScoop. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  23. ^ "MEETING MELANIE C! The 004 VLOG #2". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  24. ^ "Spice Girls – The Return Of The Spice Girls Tour Live at New York (2008) (4K)" – via YouTube.
  25. ^ "Spice Girls – The Return of the Spice Girls Philadelphia [Remastered]" – via YouTube.
  26. ^ Jane Stevenson. "CANOE – JAM! Music – Artists – Spice Girls – Concert Review: GM Place, Vancouver – December 2, 2007". Jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  27. ^ a b c d e f g . thespicegirls.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  28. ^ "Concert Boxscore for the 2008-04-02 issue". Reuters. 2 November 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

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The Return of the Spice Girls Tour was the third concert tour by English girl group the Spice Girls running from December 2007 to February 2008 It was the group s first tour since Christmas in Spiceworld in 1999 and their first with all five members since the Spiceworld Tour in May 1998 Across 45 shows out of 47 the tour sold 581 066 tickets for a box office gross of 70 1 million 1 and earned an additional 100 million from merchandising 2 Overall the tour was the eighth highest grossing concert tour of 2008 The 17 night sellout stand at London s O2 Arena was the highest grossing engagement of the year taking in 33 8 million and drawing an audience of 256 647 winning the 2008 Billboard Touring Award for Top Boxscore 3 4 This was the last tour to feature Victoria Beckham The Return of the Spice Girls TourWorld tour by Spice GirlsAssociated albumGreatest HitsStart date2 December 2007 2007 12 02 End date26 February 2008 2008 02 26 Legs2No of shows47Attendance581 066 45 shows Box office 70 1 million 45 shows Spice Girls concert chronologyChristmas in Spiceworld Tour 1999 The Return of the Spice Girls Tour 2007 2008 Spice World 2019 Tour 2019 Contents 1 Background 2 Concert synopsis 3 Controversy 4 Broadcasts and recordings 5 Set list 6 Tour dates 7 Cancelled dates 8 Personnel 8 1 Vocals 8 2 Band 8 3 Dancers 8 4 Main crew 9 Notes 10 ReferencesBackground EditOn 28 June 2007 the Spice Girls held a press conference at the O2 Arena in London formally announcing their intention to reunite as a group 5 a plan that had long been speculated by the media 6 During the press conference the group laid out their plans to embark on a world concert tour that would be seen as a celebration of the group s history and to tour as a quintet for the last time 7 Initially eleven dates were announced and spanned North America Europe Asia Oceania Africa and South America and fans were informed that they had to pre register for tickets on the group s website On 30 September the successful applicants for the Los Angeles Las Vegas Vancouver and London concerts were informed of how they could purchase their tickets via email and text alerts from valid ticket vendors Demand was so high that many dates quickly sold out and new dates in London were immediately announced after the first date at the O2 Arena sold out in only 38 seconds 8 Sixteen additional dates in London were eventually added all selling out within one minute 9 Concert synopsis Edit nbsp The Spice Girls performing Spice Up Your Life as the opening number of their Return of the Spice Girls tour at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto wearing tight metallic coloured outfits designed by Roberto Cavalli The show begins with a video introduction of five young girls playing inside a house when they find a magic box When they open it fireworks appear the five girls all wish to become pop stars when they grow up then an instrumental of Spice Up Your Life begins as various music videos and press headlines about the Spice Girls are shown as the video ends the Spice Girls enter the stage on five platforms and perform Spice Up Your Life they then perform a mashup of their 1998 hit Stop and It s Like That by Jason Nevins and Run DMC which famously blocked Stop from the number 1 position on the UK Singles Chart After the girls introduce themselves at the end of the second song they perform Say You ll Be There remixed with Fix by Blackstreet Their reunion single Headlines Friendship Never Ends is the last song in the first act The second act begins with a jazz theme for The Lady Is A Vamp having a showgirl style performance An up tempo jazz version of Too Much is performed with the group dressed in tuxedos while doing a striptease behind neon pink coloured heart shaped doors 10 11 2 Become 1 is performed next while each of the girls emerged from a cocoon of oversized swan wings and danced around a set of barber s poles while singing the song 12 The third act begins with a video of falling money and the titles Baby Posh Sporty Scary and Ginger appear on the screen with their signature themes Geri Halliwell then enters the stage wearing a sequin Union Jack dress while Emma Bunton wears a small pink coat and Melanie C appears wearing a sports track suit Victoria Beckham then appears wearing a little black lace dress while Mel B wears her trademark leopard print catsuit and the group perform Who Do You Think You Are The song symbolises the height of the Spice Girls in their heyday Beckham is then left on stage giving a Catwalk Runway dance to a remix of Like a Virgin by Madonna and Supermodel You Better Work by Ru Paul Mel B then performs solo taking a male member of the audience and subsequently chains him to a ladder as she performs a cover of Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz Bunton gives a 1960s inspired performance of her 2004 hit Maybe nbsp The show ends with the slogan MISSION ACCOMPLISHED SPICE Following a cape dance interlude Viva Forever is performed with a Latin theme and tango fan dance break the song ends with Halliwell exiting the stage early acknowledging her leaving the band in 1998 Holler is then performed by the four remaining members with a dominatrix theme similar to the video of the song Halliwell then returns solo to perform her single It s Raining Men followed by Melanie C who performs her song I Turn to You Mel B Melanie C Bunton and Beckham then perform Let Love Lead the Way dressed in white and silver Halliwell returns from under the stage at the end of the song The five girls come together holding hands and walk to the center stage raising their hands to signify the reunion as a five piece and their bond They then perform Mama with personal photographs of themselves with their mothers and children 10 11 For the British shows fifty young girls from the Capital Children s Choir dressed in white came out from a platform and lined the stage against the backdrop screens to sing with the Spice Girls 13 This was then followed by the Celebration Medley a mash up of Celebration Shake Your Body Down to the Ground That s The Way I Like It and We Are Family The girls then perform Goodbye The encore begins with a Humpty Dance interlude by the dancers as it segues into If U Cant Dance with the girls wearing a different coloured robe The girls then take off their robes to reveal glittery outfits Mel B in gold Halliwell in blue Melanie C in orange Beckham in green and Bunton in pink They then perform their biggest hit and debut single Wannabe Finally they perform a heavily remixed version of Spice Up Your Life At the end a cannon exploded showering the stage with pieces of gold white and black paper strips while flags from different countries flashed across the backdrop screens 11 12 Controversy Edit nbsp The group performing a remix of Spice Up Your Life at the Air Canada Centre during the encore In late 2007 a fake email was posted by blogger Perez Hilton on his site stating that the Spice Girls had cancelled the Buenos Aires date 14 causing an official statement to be released saying that Buenos Aires and the other world tour dates were being finalized 15 Due to the expansion of the British and American legs of the tour it was finally announced on 1 February 2008 that the tour would end in Toronto on 26 February 2008 meaning that the dates in South America Asia Australia and Africa were cancelled 16 Many media outlets reported that it was due to Melanie C and Mel B leaving the group 17 but this was denied in an official video message 18 The band suffered fan backlash with some fans creating Facebook hate groups speculating that the official announcement was indirect and that the Spice Girls and their management knew the dates were cancelled even before they added 16 dates at the O2 deciding to announce it near the end of the tour to minimize controversy 19 Broadcasts and recordings EditBBC Radio 2 recorded the shows in London on 15 and 16 December 2007 An hour long highlights special was broadcast on 22 and 31 December 2007 that included eleven of the twenty two songs performed 20 It was confirmed on the Spice Girls official website that there would not be a DVD release 21 The lack of an official DVD released caused negativity 22 After many e mails from fans to the management it was officially announced that no official DVD had been recorded at all However Mel B confirmed on her website that footage of the tour was recorded but the quality was poor and they felt it was wrong to release a DVD for local distribution 22 In 2017 Melanie C clarified in a YouTube interview that although the concerts had recording for the on stage video screens and promotional purposes a DVD was never recorded due to poor organization Because the tour sold out quickly it was impossible to have empty seats and make room for cameramen and extra lighting making it impossible to film a high quality DVD 23 In May 2020 two previously unseen video screen recordings in New York and Philadelphia were uploaded online by Ivan Flipz Valez who was one of the dancers 24 25 Set list EditThe following set list is representative of the show on 2 December 2007 It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour 26 Spice Up Your Life Stop Say You ll Be There Headlines Friendship Never Ends The Lady Is a Vamp Too Much 2 Become 1 Who Do You Think You Are Like A Virgin Supermodel You Better Work Victoria Beckham solo interlude Are You Gonna Go My Way Mel B solo Maybe Emma Bunton solo Viva Forever Holler It s Raining Men Geri Halliwell solo I Turn to You Melanie C solo Let Love Lead the Way Mama Celebration Shake Your Body Down to the Ground That s the Way I Like It We Are Family disco mix Goodbye Encore If U Can t Dance Wannabe Spice Up Your Life reprise Tour dates EditList of concerts showing date city country and venue Date City Country Venue Attendance RevenueNorth America 27 28 2 December 2007 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place 4 December 2007 San Jose United States HP Pavilion5 December 2007 Los Angeles Staples Center 24 502 24 502 2 673 3117 December 20078 December 2007 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center 9 December 200711 December 2007Europe 27 15 December 2007 London England The O2 Arena 256 647 256 647 a 33 829 250 a 16 December 200718 December 200720 December 2007 Cologne Germany Kolnarena 23 December 2007 Madrid Spain Madrid Arena2 January 2008 London England The O2 Arena a a 3 January 20084 January 20086 January 20088 January 20089 January 200811 January 200812 January 200813 January 200815 January 200816 January 200818 January 200820 January 200822 January 200823 January 2008 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena 41 323 41 323 5 388 12224 January 200826 January 2008North America 27 30 January 2008 Boston United States TD Banknorth Garden 31 January 2008 Montreal Canada Bell Centre3 February 2008 Toronto Air Canada Centre 58 368 58 368 b 6 396 302 b 4 February 20086 February 2008 Uniondale United States Nassau Coliseum 22 622 24 207 2 427 7147 February 200810 February 2008 Newark Prudential Center 23 430 25 143 2 565 72611 February 200813 February 2008 East Rutherford Izod Center 15 February 2008 Chicago United Center16 February 2008 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills18 February 2008 New York City Madison Square Garden19 February 2008 Philadelphia Wachovia Center21 February 2008 Washington D C Verizon Center22 February 2008 Hartford XL Center24 February 2008 Montreal Canada Bell Centre25 February 2008 Toronto Air Canada Centre b b 26 February 2008Total 581 066 1 45 shows 70 100 000 1 45 shows Cancelled dates EditList of concerts showing date city and country Date City CountryAsia 27 10 January 2008 Beijing China12 January 2008 Hong KongOceania 27 17 January 2008 Sydney AustraliaAfrica 27 20 January 2008 Cape Town South AfricaSouth America 27 24 January 2008 Buenos Aires ArgentinaPersonnel EditVocals Edit Mel B Emma Bunton Geri Halliwell Victoria Beckham Melanie CBand Edit Simon Ellis Musical Director Keyboards Paul Gendler Guitars Greg Hatwell Guitars Nick Nasmyth Keyboards Scott Firth Bass Sudha Kheterpal or Thomas Dyani Percussion Vinnie Lammi DrumsDancers Edit Gus Carr Dance Captain Scotty Nguyen Dance Captain Alex Larson Antonio Hudnell Cassidy Noblett Dougie Styles Ivan Flipz Valez Leo Moctezuma Victor Rojas Vinh BuiMain crew Edit Musical Director Simon Ellis Creative Director Jamie King Production amp Lighting LeRoy A Bennett Assistant Director Carla Kama Supervising Choreographer Stefanie Roos Video Director Dago Gonzalez for Veneno Inc Costume Design Roberto Cavalli Manager Simon Fuller Executive Producer Spice Girls and 19Notes Edit a b c d This score data is combined from all shows at The O2 Arena London a b c d This score data is combined from all shows at Air Canada Centre TorontoReferences Edit a b c Frankenberg Eric 27 June 2019 Spice Girls Earn 78 Million On 2019 Reunion Tour Billboard Archived from the original on 26 May 2021 Retrieved 26 May 2021 Beech Mark 25 May 2019 Spice 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August 2010 a b c Hudson Polly 4 December 2007 The Spice Girls are back The Mirror Retrieved 12 August 2010 a b Sinclair David 4 December 2007 Spice Girls review they remain consummate entertainers The Sunday Times Retrieved 12 August 2010 Bray Elisa 17 December 2007 Girl Power back to give fans what they really really want The Independent Archived from the original on 4 November 2012 Retrieved 5 August 2010 Perez Hilton Las Chicas Picante Cancelan PerezHilton com 24 November 2007 Perez Hilton They Were Hacked PerezHilton com 25 November 2007 Spice Girls Official Website Spice Girls LLP 1 February 2008 Spice Girls cancel world tour after Mels quit Entertainment NZ Herald News The New Zealand Herald 1 February 2008 Spice Girls Official Website Spice Girls LLP Spice Girls Hate Groups Online Spice Girls Reunion Tour Cancellation Internet Hate Campaign PopCrunch com Spice Girls in Concert BBC Radio 2 Retrieved 30 May 2020 SPICEY THANK YOU TheSpiceGirls com 2 April 2008 Archived from the 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