Global InformationList of the Spice Girls live performances information
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The British girl group the Spice Girls, consisting of Melanie Brown, also known as Mel B ("Scary Spice"); Melanie Chisholm, or Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"); Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"); Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice"), has headlined five concert tours, and performed at several TV and award shows.
They first promoted their debut album, Spice (1996), in 1996 and 1997, through performances at several award ceremonies and television shows, including the Brit Awards 1997[1] and Top of the Pops;[2] and their two-night concert Girl Power! Live in Istanbul.[3] They the girls promoted their second studio album, Spiceworld (1997), throughout 1997 and 1998, performing many times on television, in both Europe and the US, in shows such as An Audience with..., Top of the Pops, All That, The Jay Leno Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.[4][5][6][7][8]
On 24 February 1998 they embarked on their first world tour Spiceworld Tour,[9] and in May 1998, Halliwell left the Spice Girls, citing exhaustion and creative differences.[10] The group carried on as a four-piece with the tour, which was attended by an estimated 2.1 million people to become the highest-grossing concert tour by a female group.[11]
In April 1999 after a period of hiatus, during which the members of the group launched their solo careers and focused on their personal lives, they announced a UK Christmas tour for that year, Christmas in Spiceworld Tour, which was held between 4–15 December.[12]
Forever (2000), the only Spice Girls album without Halliwell, achieved weaker sales.[13] At the end of 2000, the Spice Girls entered a hiatus to concentrate on their solo careers. They reunited for two concert tours, The Return of the Spice Girls Tour (2007–2008), and Spice World – 2019 Tour, both of which won the Billboard Live Music Award for highest-grossing engagements, making them the top touring all-female group from 2000 to 2020, grossing nearly $150 million in ticket sales across 58 shows.[14]
- ^ De Klerk, Amy (22 February 2017). "It has been 20 years since Geri Halliwell wore the Union Jack dress". Harper's Bazaar. Hearst Magazines. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Barrett, Christopher (10 November 2007). "Spice Girls: From Wannabes to World Beaters". Music Week. p. 13. ISSN 0265-1548. Retrieved 3 January 2023 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "'Tens of thousands of tots empty their lungs': relive the Spice Girls' first tour". The Guardian. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Wright, Matthew (10 November 1997). "We're Spice Boys!; Fab Five make celebrity Wannabes stars of their TV show". The Mirror. ISSN 9975-9950. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Producers: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert (3 January 1998). "Spice Girls". All That. Season 4. Episode 64. Hollywood, California. Nickelodeon.
- ^ Sawyer, Miranda (28 December 1997). "We've Too Much Passion to Stop; the People Gets Close to the Spice Girls as They Reach No 1". The People. ISSN 0307-7292. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Jae-Ha, Kim (15 January 1998). "Spice Girls take their act on the road". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 31. ISSN 1553-8478. Retrieved 3 January 2023 – via NewsLibrary.
- ^ Longino, Miriam (19 January 1998). "The Spice Girls make 'cheesy, mindless music'—and they're a red-hot hit with the preteen crowd". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. D01. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved 3 January 2023 – via NewsLibrary.
- ^ "Girl Power coming to Wembley". BBC News. BBC. 18 September 1998. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Spice Girls Become a Foursome as Ginger Quits". The New York Times. 1 June 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Savage, Mark (8 July 2021). "The Spice Girls at 25: Here's the story from A to Z". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Spice Girls announce tour". BBC News. BBC. 14 April 1999. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Smith 2019, p. 206
- ^ Allen, Bob (27 March 2020). "Ladies Might: Box Office Triumph By Top Female Earners". Pollstar. Oak View Group. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.