Spice World – 2019 Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:Spice World – 2019 Tour
Landscape:yes
Artist:Spice Girls
Location:Europe
Type:Continental
Number Of Legs:1
Number Of Shows:13
Attendance:697,357
Gross:US$78,203,580
Support Act:Jess Glynne
Last Tour:The Return of the Spice Girls Tour
(2007–08)
This Tour:Spice World – 2019 Tour
(2019)

Spice World – 2019 UK Tour was the fourth 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 "Posh Spice" 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.[1]

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.[2] [3]

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.[4] 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.[5] [6] More dates were soon announced to take place in Coventry and Cardiff due to further demand.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

  1. "Spice Up Your Life"
  2. "If U Can't Dance"
  3. "Who Do You Think You Are"
  4. "Do It"
  5. "Something Kinda Funny"
  6. "Move Over" (interlude)
  7. "Holler"
  8. "Viva Forever"
  9. "Let Love Lead the Way"
  10. "Goodbye"
  11. "Never Give Up on the Good Times"
  12. "We Are Family"
  13. "Love Thing"
  14. "The Lady Is a Vamp"
  15. "Too Much"
  16. "Say You'll Be There"
  17. "2 Become 1"
  18. "Stop"
  19. "Mama"
  20. "Wannabe"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
Europe[11] [12]
24 May 2019DublinIrelandCroke ParkJess Glynne74,186 / 74,186 $8,070,740
27 May 2019CardiffWalesPrincipality Stadium50,215 / 50,215$4,716,720
29 May 2019ManchesterEnglandEtihad Stadium150,955 / 150,955$16,507,300
31 May 2019
1 June 2019
3 June 2019CoventryRicoh Arena69,748 / 69,748$7,168,390
4 June 2019
6 June 2019SunderlandStadium of Light45,429 / 45,429$4,512,900
8 June 2019EdinburghScotlandMurrayfield Stadium55,211 / 55,211$6,038,050
10 June 2019BristolEnglandAshton Gate Stadium29,642 / 29,642$3,618,380
13 June 2019LondonWembley Stadium221,971 / 221,971$27,571,100
14 June 2019
15 June 2019
Total697,357 / 697,357 (100%)$78,203,580

Personnel

Vocals
Band
Creative team[13]
Production crew[13]
Dancers
House of Scary
House of Baby
House of Ginger
House of Sporty

Notes and References

  1. News: P!nk Accepts Legend of Live and Tour of the Year Award at Billboard Live Music Summit. Chris . Eggertsen. Billboard . 6 November 2019. dead. https://archive.today/20200820012052/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/billboard-live-music-summit/8542860/pink-legend-live-tour-year-award-live-music-summit. 20 August 2020. 22 February 2021.
  2. News: The Spice Girls are reuniting for a UK tour, without Victoria Beckham. Corrodus. Corrine. 2018-08-28. The Telegraph. 2018-08-31. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  3. Web site: Spice Girls reunite at Olympics closing ceremony. . 12 August 2012. 10 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Spice Girls Ticketmaster fan FURY as site crashes... but there is an incredible theory behind chaos. . 10 November 2018. 10 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Spice Girls tour tickets: First tour dates sell out in minutes as extra dates are added. 10 November 2018. 10 November 2018.
  6. Web site: Spice Girls 2019 tour tickets on sale TODAY - EXTRA dates added. . 10 November 2018. 10 November 2018.
  7. News: Michallon . Clemence . Spice Girls reunion tour: Group announce additional show in 2019 after nine dates sell out . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/spice-girls-reunion-tour-2019-additional-dates-extra-cardiff-show-tickets-where-to-buy-a8632216.html . 2022-05-24 . subscription . live . 13 November 2018 . . Independent Print Limited . 13 November 2018 . United Kingdom .
  8. Web site: Spice Girls on Twitter. 16 November 2018. 16 November 2018.
  9. News: P!nk Accepts Legend of Live and Tour of the Year Award at Billboard Live Music Summit. Chris . Eggertsen. Billboard . 6 November 2019. dead. https://archive.today/20200820012052/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/billboard-live-music-summit/8542860/pink-legend-live-tour-year-award-live-music-summit. 20 August 2020. 22 February 2021.
  10. Web site: Roffman . Michael . Sound issues ruin Spice Girls' first reunion show in 7 years . . 25 May 2021 . 25 May 2019 . live. https://archive.today/20210525015925/https://consequence.net/2019/05/the-spice-girls-sound-issues/. 25 May 2021.
  11. Web site: The Spice Girls Tour Dates For 2019: See Them Here . Billboard . 2018-11-05 . 2019-01-29.
  12. Current Boxscore Billboard. 27 June 2019. Billboard. https://web.archive.org/web/20190627152544/https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. 27 June 2019. 27 June 2019.
  13. Spice Girls: Spice World 2019. Mark. Cunningham. Total Production International. July 2019. 239. 41–54. 25 May 2021. live. https://archive.today/20210525031726/https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpijul19_digitallr/s/122233. 25 May 2021.

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