Spice World – 2019 Tour was the fourth and last concert tour by English girl-group the Spice Girls, and the group’s first large-stadium tour. It was the group's only tour without Victoria Beckham, and only visited cities in Great Britain and Ireland. Spice World commenced on 24 May 2019 at Croke Park, Dublin, to a sold-out crowd of over 74,000 people, and ended on 15 June 2019 at Wembley Stadium, London, after three dates performed for over 220,000 fans. Across the 13 sold-out dates, the tour produced almost 700,000 spectators and earned $78.2 million in ticket sales.
The three-night sellout run at Wembley Stadium was the highest-grossing engagement of the year, winning the 2019 Billboard Live Music Award for Top Boxscore.
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.
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. 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. More dates were soon announced to take place in Coventry and Cardiff due to further demand. 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.
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.
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.
"Spice Up Your Life" "If U Can't Dance" "Who Do You Think You Are" "Do It" "Something Kinda Funny" "Move Over" (interlude) "Holler" "Viva Forever" "Let Love Lead the Way" "Goodbye" "Never Give Up on the Good Times" "We Are Family" "Love Thing" "The Lady Is a Vamp" "Too Much" "Say You'll Be There" "2 Become 1" "Stop" "Mama" "Wannabe"
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue Europe 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 Halliwell Melanie C
Band Ricci Riccardi – Musical Director, drums Louis Riccardi – Guitars Dave Troke – Bass guitar Ayo "Ayce" Oyerinde – Keyboards Karlos Edwards – Percussion
Creative team 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 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
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