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  Spice Girls Unofficial Blog
The Spice Girls have announced the result of a "Spice City" competition where they had asked people to vote for a chance to turn their hometown into a venue for a extra reunion tour performance.
Posh, Ginger, Scary, Sporty and Baby Spice will apparently perform in Vancouver - Canada on 2 December, San Jose - USA on 4 December and in Beijing - China on 8 January and in Shanghai - China on 10 January 2008 bringing the total number of performances on their globe-trotting sprint to fourteen.
It is being reported that the Spice Girls are in talks to add up to 25 more dates to their world tour.
blog.spicegirls.com   (498 words)

  
 Spice Girls biography
The Spice Girls took the mid-1990s pop world by storm, their first four singles breaking records at the time by all grabbing the no.1 spot, and achieving huge global with irresistibly catchy singles and a slickly marketed 'Girl Power' image.
They made the most of what they had, and to boot, the Spice Girl merchandising and record-sales blitzkrieg was based hugely on their barefaced cheek, their ability to do whatever it took to get themselves noticed, and some slick marketing from the svengaliest of all svengalis, Simon Fuller.
The girls stated that the shows would go on (on the forthcoming US leg of their tour no less), and their next release, their first as a foursome, was 'Viva Forever' - the promo for which still featured Geri, as they had no time to shoot another, being on tour.
www.tiscali.co.uk /music/biography/spice_girls_biog.html   (1861 words)

  
 Do the Spice Girls Suck? (NY Rock)
Should you be interested, the Spice Girls’ rocket ship to fame goes something like this: In 1993 (or ’94, according to some sources), Geri Halliwell, Victoria Aadams, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm met via an ad for a girl group in The Stage ("R.U. 18-23 with the ability to sing/dance.
The Spice Girls are an eyeful to behold and not altogether unpleasant on the ears.
Furthermore, as mentioned, the Spice Girls harmonize quite nicely: their voices are tuneful, if not dynamic, and clearly in sync.
www.nyrock.com /spicegirls.htm   (611 words)

  
 Spice Girls - Pop Musicology
Under the tutelage of Simon Fuller, the girls officially became the Spice Girls and were signed to a recording deal with Virgin Records.
Spice Girls became the first british group to score a No.1 debut single and debut album in the US - a feat that not even the legendary Beatles could manage.
Spice Girls are currently on the US leg of their World Tour.
www.popmusicology.com /spice-girls   (795 words)

  
  Spice Girls | Music Artist | Videos, News, Photos & Ringtones | MTV
Spice Girls were the first major British pop music phenomenon of the mid-'90s to not have a debt to independent pop/rock.
Spice Girls use dance-pop as a musical base, but they infused the music with a fiercely independent, feminist stance that was equal parts Madonna, post-riot grrrl alternative rock feminism, and a co-opting of the good-times-all-the-time stance of England's new lad culture.
Spice Girls' creative power overruled media scrutiny so that they could fully focus on the new R&B sound they were trying for and a the new collaboration united the foursome once again to release the third album Forever, which hit American shores in fall 2000.
www.mtv.com /music/artist/spice_girls/artist.jhtml   (1249 words)

  
  Official Ticketmaster site. Spice Girls tickets, concerts and tour dates
Spice Girls were the first major British pop music phenomenon of the mid-'90s to not have a debt to independent pop/rock.
Spice Girls use dance-pop as a musical base, but they infused the music with a fiercely independent, feminist stance that was equal parts Madonna, post-riot grrrl alternative rock feminism, and a co-opting of the good-times-all-the-time stance of England's new lad culture.
Spice Girls' creative power overruled media scrutiny so that they could fully focus on the new R&B sound they were trying for and a the new collaboration united the foursome once again to release the third album Forever, which hit American shores in fall 2000.
www.ticketmaster.com /artist/781267?brand=none   (1174 words)

  
  Spice Girls
The generally repeated story of their beginnings says that for two years the five girls were writing songs and laying down the foundations for the Spice Girls, and after managing themselves, they met their current manager and the bidding war began.The rest is history.
The Herberts have since been contracted by the girls' new advisers, 19 Management, and they are legally bound not to speak of their involvement with the Spice Girls.
On March 4, 1994, girls turning up at a studio in London were given 30 seconds to perform and marked out of 10 on their ability to dance and sing, as well as their looks and personality.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Lot/5582/The_Spice_Girls.html   (707 words)

  
  Spice Girls Encyclopedia Article @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
From this point up to the summer of 1996, the Spice Girls continued to write and record tracks for their debut album while extensively touring the west coast of America, where they had signed a publishing deal with Windswept Pacific.
The image of the Spice Girls was deliberately aimed at young girls, an audience of formidable size and potential; reinforcing the range of appeal within the target demographic were the bandmates' five distinctive personalities, which encouraged fans to identify with one member or another.
The Spice Girls; Cripps, Rebecca; and Peachey, Mal (1997).
www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Spice_Girls   (4115 words)

  
 SPICE WORLD
Comedy: The Spice Girls, a British pop group, try to break free of the daily monotony of being themselves as they travel around touring and performing their songs.
Beyond the Spice Girls playing themselves, the rest of the performers play nothing more than caricatures (and not much more is expected from the cast in a film like this).
The girls' outfits are somewhat revealing (high skirts, low-cut necklines, and midriff baring), and in one scene we see male dancers first in some small shorts and later see their bare butts.
www.screenit.com /movies/1998/spice_world.html   (1961 words)

  
 Rock On The Net: Spice Girls: Melanie C - Emma Bunton - Victoria Beckham - Melanie B - Geri Halliwell
The boos and jeers directed at the girls were a result of the announcement that the girls would not come on stage until photographers had left the room (reportedly a stipulation in their contract).
Ginger Spice (aka Geri Halliwell) confirmed that she was leaving the group due to differences with the other 4 girls.
The Spice Girls announced they were cutting their world tour short ending it by the end of the month and cancelling shows in China, South Africa, Australia, and Argentina.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-s/spicegirls_main.htm   (2029 words)

  
 THE SPICE GIRLS, VICTORIA BECKHAM, MELANIE CHISHOLM, GERRI HALLIWELL, EMMA BUNTON, MELANIE BROWN
From this point up to the summer of 1996, the Spice Girls continued to write and record tracks for their debut album while extensively touring the west coast of America, where they had signed a publishing deal with Windswept Pacific.
Ten years after the release of their debut single, The Spice Girls were voted the biggest cultural icons of the 1990s by 80% in a UK poll of 1,000 people carried out for the board game Trivial Pursuit, stating that "Girl Power" defined the decade.
The Spice Girls; Cripps, Rebecca; and Peachey, Mal (1997).
www.solarnavigator.net /music/spice_girls.htm   (3375 words)

  
 Spice Girls - AOL Music
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music.aol.com /artist/spice-girls/1171283   (458 words)

  
 Spice Girls - Idolator
The Spice Girls are walking away with "£50 million between them" for their sold-out 17-night stand at London's 02 Arena.
Yes, the reunited girl group is in negotiations to launch a furniture line in conjunction with an "unnamed Norwegian sofa group," according to the Guardian.
Taking a page from the tasteful-music/Starbucks partnership and positing that the Spice Girls' music is—to quote the buttoned-up types at the Wall Street Journal—"a more natural fit with skimpy underwear," physical copies of the ladies' forthcoming greatest-hits album will be sold exclusively through Victoria's Secret outlets when it drops next month.
idolator.com /tunes/spice-girls   (929 words)

  
 SpiceGirlsFanatic.org : The Ultimate SPICE GIRLS Fansite
The Spice Girls have expressed an outpouring of gratitude to fans all over the world for making the reunion & tour what it has become, as well as being there from the beginning and remaining loyal for the past eleven years.
The Spice Girls performed their final show as a group last night in Toronto, Canada, bringing the 'Return Of The Spice Girls' tour to a close after 47 shows throughout Europe and North America.
The Return Of The Spice Girls tour follows its sell-out run in the UK with a return to the USA and Canada, with concerts in Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Uniondale, Newark, East Rutherford, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
www.spicegirlsfanatic.org   (4013 words)

  
 SFGate: Daily Dish : Spice Girls
And the former Spice Girl, who came up with the character of Ugenia a year before her daughter, Bluebell Madonna, was born in 2006, insists her sassy heroine was inspired by her fellow Spice Girls.
Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm has been inspired to try for a baby after spending so much time with fellow band members and their children.
The Spice Girls are also all due to appear onstage in nearby New Jersey on Sunday for the first of three gigs in the state, as part of the U.S. leg of their comeback tour.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/category?blogid=7&cat=1322   (2075 words)

  
 The A to Z of The Spice Girls
Scary Spice may intimidate some but when not playing up to her Spice role she is an articulate and warm individual.
Girl bands are now as popular as boybands had been since the early nineties and danceable pop is now much more popular than rock or "indie" music.
She was the youngest of five children and as the press delighted in revealing to the public, had a variety of careers before she joined the Spice Girls including nude modelling, game show hostess and bar work.
homepage.ntlworld.com /alan.stuart/music/spice/biograph.html   (1743 words)

  
 Spice Girls: 'Greatest Hits' - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
Spice Girls were so good, they named them all twice.
For the Girls, it was just their explosion into the public eye after two years of hard work, holed up together working on songs with producers, on dance routines, honing their natural instinct for stardom.
Over the course of the last 7 years, the world’s media has followed every detail of the Girls’ lives and that hunger for extra Spice was graphically displayed on June 28 this year when the Emma, Geri, Mel B, Melanie C and Victoria came together at London’s O2 Arena to announce their reunion tour.
music.download.com /spicegirlsgreatesthits/3600-8690_32-101103365.html   (821 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Spice Girls: Spice Girls: Music
Unfortunately, the big difference between the Spice Girls and the Beatles is that for the Girls, their success was all about the image, not the music.
Nevertheless, Spice is a fun album, with extremely catchy songs, and I'm not afraid to admit that I still like to pop it in my CD player from time to time.
The spice girls came and made pop fun for everyone again and I was young when they came out but I still love this cd very much and I am glad they made their mark in pop music.
www.amazon.ca /Spice-Girls/dp/B000000WCA   (1779 words)

  
 Spice Girls - AskMen.com
The Spice Girls were upstaged on the last night of their world tour by Victoria Beckham's young son.
The popularity of the Spice Girls was not strictly a British phenomenon; they had crossed the Atlantic, sprinkling "Girl Power" fairy dust on teenage American females, while men in bars had a taste of spice themselves, discussing which Spice Girl they would like to date.
Although the Spice Girls seem to have gone their separate ways, with Melanie "Sporty" Chisholm and Melanie "Scary" Brown pursuing solo careers, the Spice Girls, as a female band of 5, will be remembered for their talent as entertainers and for their record breaking success.
www.askmen.com /women/singer/33_spice_girls.html   (1215 words)

  
 Spice Girls Tickets - TicketsNow has deals on Spice Girls tickets to match every budget.
In 1994, a group of five British girls broke through the bubble-gum music barriers to become one of the biggest girl groups the world had seen since TLC.
The Spice Girls consisted of Victoria “Posh” Beckham, Emma “Baby” Bunton, Melanie “Sporty” Chisholm, Melanie “Scary” Brown and Geri “Ginger” Halliwell.
The tour was confirmed and the girls have come back together to perform a hit reunion show in select cities.
www.ticketsnow.com /Concert_Tickets/Spice_Girls_Tickets.html   (474 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Spice Girls concert e-mail 'fake'
The Spice Girls are due to play in the South American city as part of their reunion world tour.
In a statement, the Spice Girls' spokesman said: "The Spice Girls would like to make it clear that they have not cancelled their Buenos Aires show.
The Spice Girls will kick off their world tour on 2 December in Vancouver, moving on to San Jose, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago and Boston; then across the Atlantic to play Manchester and 17 nights at the O2, in London.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/7111863.stm   (312 words)

  
 MTV.ca Spice Girls, Tour, Music Videos, New Single, Photos, Bio
The Spice Girls burst onto the scene with Spice, which infuses infectious dance-pop with their colorful, sexy, and fiercely independent all-girl image.
The Girls' charisma drives the catchy singles "Wannabe" and "Say You'll Be There" along with ballad "2 Become 1." The rest of the album is similarly as irresistible, with the Girls exuding enough personality to make this immaculately crafted pop guilty pleasure always entertaining.
The Girls appear uninterested and self-conscious, with the songs lacking life and the giddy sense of friendship that characterized their previous releases.
www.mtv.ca /spicegirls/disco.jhtml   (361 words)

  
 Spice Girls
Due to phenomenal public demand, the SPICE GIRLS are pleased to announce MORE DATES at the London O2 Arena!
This unbelievable demand from fans has meant that the SPICE GIRLS have now had to rearrange their USA shows and add more dates.
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www.thespicegirls.com /en/index.html   (277 words)

  
 Girl power back as Spice Girls reunite for tour | Entertainment | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - "Girl Power" is back with the announcement that the Spice Girls, who topped charts in the late 1990s, are reuniting for a tour and greatest hits album.
"Girl power is back, we're going on the road, we're touring the world," Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton said in a promotional video shown to the press before the five girls appeared on stage at London's O2 arena.
The Spice Girls boasted album sales of 55 million during their meteoric career, and hits including "Wannabe" and "Say You'll Be There" topped charts across the globe.
www.reuters.com /article/entertainmentNews/idUSL2668517820070628   (446 words)

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