The Return of the Spice Girls Tour

Return of the Spice Girls

Tour by Spice Girls
The Spice Girls performing on their 2007 world tour
Start date	December 2, 2007
End date	February 26, 2008
Legs	2
No. of shows	25 in North America 22 in Europe 47 Total
Spice Girls concert chronology
Christmas in Spiceworld (1999) The Return of the Spice Girls (2007-2008)

The Return of the Spice Girls was the fourth global concert tour by British girl group The Spice Girls. This reunion tour visited five countries in both North America and Europe. ^[1] This tour marked the group's first tour since 1999's Christmas in Spiceworld tour of the United Kingdom, and the first as the original five-piece since May 1998.

On June 28, 2007 the Spice Girls held a press conference at The O₂ in London, formally announcing their intention to reunite as a group,^[2] a plan that had long been speculated by the media.^[3] 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 a final farewell to fans.^[4]

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 September 30, 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 three new dates in London were immediately announced after the first date at The O₂ sold out in only 38 seconds.^[5] Fans who had pre-registered for tickets were given 48 hours to purchase their tickets, after which they went on sale to the general public. In total, a further eighteen dates were announced in Britain and twenty in the United States and Canada.

The Spice Girls' biggest international audience on the tour was in New England. The girls performed three shows in the New York area (two in Long Island - Nassau Coliseum, and one in Manhattan - Madison Square Garden), and three shows in the New Jersey area (two in Newark - Prudential Center, and one in East Rutherford - Izod Center), marking this the first time an act has ever played both the Prudential Center in Newark and the Izod Center in East Rutherford at one time, on the same tour. The girls were also scheduled to play the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall near the end of the tour but those plans were later scrapped.

Due to the expansion of the British and North American legs of the tour, it was announced on 1 February that the end of the tour would take place in Toronto, on 26 February 2008. Dates in Asia, South America, Africa and Australia were canceled due to touring logistics and personal commitments.^[6]

The tour was one of the highest grossing tours in history – and the London dates they played topped the list of concerts that made the most money in 2007-2008 anywhere in the world. The bands sell-out shows at London’s O2 Arena made a massive £16.5 million and, according to business magazine Forbes, all 17 shows in London sold out in one minute when tickets went on sale.

Act 1: The Power of Five

• "Spice Up Your Life"
• "Stop"
• "Say You'll Be There"
• "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)"

Act 2: Seduce Me

• "The Lady Is A Vamp"
• "Too Much" (Jazz Version)
• "2 Become 1"

Act 3: Bittersweet

• "Who Do You Think You Are"
• "Catwalk" (Dance Interlude) (contains elements and excerpts from "Like A Virgin and Supermodel (You Better Work)") (Victoria Beckham solo)
• "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Melanie Brown solo)
• "Maybe" (Emma Bunton solo)
• "Viva Forever"
• "Holler" ¹
• "It's Raining Men" (Geri Halliwell solo)
• "I Turn to You" (Melanie Chisholm solo)

Act 4: Celebration

• "Let Love Lead The Way"¹
• "Mama"
• Disco Medley:
  • "Celebration"
  • "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
  • "That's the Way (I Like It)"
  • "We Are Family"
• "Goodbye" ²

Act 5: Encore

• "If U Can't Dance"
• "Wannabe"
• "Spice Up Your Life" (Reprise)

¹ Performed without Geri Halliwell.
² Performed with Geri Halliwell.

"BBC Radio 2" recorded shows on December 15 & December 16. An hour-long "highlights special" was broadcast on December 22 and December 31, 2007, that included eleven of the twenty-two songs performed. To the dismay of many fans, it was confirmed on April 2, 2008 on the Spice Girls official website confirmed that there will be no DVD release, putting an end to circulating rumours.

• Creative Director: Jamie King
• Video Director: Dago Gonzalez for Veneno, Inc.
• Costume Design: Roberto Cavalli
• Manager: Simon Fuller
• Executive Producer: Spice Girls and 19
• Global Transport : Virgin Atlantic

• Guitar: Greg Hatwell and Paul Gendler
• Bass Guitar: Scott Firth
• Keyboards: Nick Nasmyth and Simon Ellis
• Drums: Vinnie Lammi
• Percussion: Sudha Kheterpal
• Dancers: Gus Carr, Scotty Nguyen, Alex Larson, Antonio Hudnell, Cassidy Noblett, Dougie Styles, Ivan "Flipz" Valez, Leo Moctezuma, Victor Rojas and Vinh Bui

• Spice Girls Official Site