SPICE GIRLS
It has been rumoured that the decision to reform was made in December
2006. In January the Spice Girls managements started a "fan" campaign
to bring "Stop" back to the charts. The date chosen for this was the
same week the press conference was booked. On 28 June 2007, the group
held a press conference at The O2 Arena revealing their intention to reunite. The plan to reform had long been speculated by the media, but the group finally confirmed their intention to embark upon a world wide concert tour, starting in Vancouver on 2 December 2007. Filmmaker Bob Smeaton, directed an official documentary on the reunion. It was entitled Spice Girls: Giving You Everything and was first aired on Australia's Fox8 on 16 December 2007, followed by BBC One in the UK, on 31 December.
Ticket sales for the first London date of "The Return of the Spice Girls" World Tour sold out in 38 seconds.
It was reported that over one million people signed up in the UK alone
and over five million worldwide for the ticket ballot on the band's
official website. Sixteen additional dates in London had been added
and sold out. In the United States, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Jose
shows also sold out, prompting additional dates to be added.
It was announced that the Spice Girls would be playing dates in Chicago
and Detroit (Auburn Hills) and Boston, as well as additional dates in
New York to keep up with the demand. On the first concert in Canada,
they performed to an audience of 15,000 people, singing twenty songs and
changing a total of eight times. Along with the tour sellout, the Spice Girls licensed their name and image to Tesco's UK supermarket chain. The band have reportedly been paid £5 million for their appearances in Tesco advertisements.
The group's comeback single, "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)", was announced as the official Children in Need charity single for 2007 and was released 5 November. The first public appearance on stage by the Spice Girls was made at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, where the group performed at the Victoria's Secret
Fashion Show. They performed two songs, 1998 single "Stop" and the lead
single from their greatest hits album, "Headlines (Friendship Never
Ends)". The show was filmed by CBS on 15 November 2007 for broadcast on 4
December 2007. They also performed the song live for the BBC Children in Need telethon on 16 November 2007 from Los Angeles,[76] in Roberto Cavalli gowns. The release peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the groups lowest charting British single to date. However, the album fared better, peaking at number two on the UK Albums Chart.
On 1 February 2008, it was announced that due to personal and family
commitments their tour would come to an end in Toronto on 26 February
2008, meaning that tour dates in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires were cancelled. In March 2008, the group won the coveted "Icon Awards" at the 95.8 Capital Awards; Bunton and Chisholm collected the award. In June, they captured the Glamour Award
for the Best Band; Bunton, Brown and Halliwell received the award at
the event. In September, the Spice Girls won the "Best Live Return
Award" at the 2008 Live Vodafone Music Awards, beating acts such as Led Zeppelin and the Sex Pistols. Bunton was there to collect the award.
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