by "5" contributor Jeff Kent
People of the world! Spice up your life! Baby, Scary, Sporty, Posh, and, yes, even Ginger Spice announced a dozen dates for a full Spice Girls reunion tour this morning at London's 02 Arena, according to various reports. Spanning six continents (better luck next time, Antarctica ), the tour doesn't go down until December, presumably due to Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton's pregnancy. Wow, Babymama Spice!
Tickets for the tour will be sold via the Spice Girls website. You have to register first, and then get picked at random for the privilege of buying tickets. It's that special! Maybe they're playing, like, the Troubadour and the Knitting Factory?
Apparently, there's a greatest hits album in the works, as well as a documentary, which the gals promise will show their "gritty side." I always thought the bathroom scene in the Spiceworld film was gritty enough, but I guess maybe they swear a lot or something.
This reunion marks the first time the five Spice Girls have performed together since Geri Halliwell's departure from the group in early 1998. The remaining members, as you may or may not recall, continued on as a foursome for a short time—issuing the unfortunately-titled Forever album in 2000—before parting ways to focus on various solo projects.
According to their website, "girl power is back and stronger than ever." Thank god for that.
Say you'll be there (all venues TBA):
12-07 Los Angeles, CA
12-08 Las Vegas, NV
12-11 New York, NY
12-15 London, England
12-20 Cologne, Germany
12-23 Madrid, Spain
01-10 Beijing, China
01-12 Hong Kong, China
01-17 Sydney, Australia
01-20 Cape Town, South Africa
01-24 Buenos Aires, Argentina
