Last night they performed their second Wembley Stadium show, which was also the penultimate night of the tour. The Spice World 2019 UK and Ireland tour was extended to include 13 dates, and support act Jess Glynn, and for the past few weeks the Spice Girls have been performing to sold out crowds. Still the rumours persisted and in 2018 it was finally announced that the Spice Girls would be embarking on a stadium tour but without Victoria, who wanted to concentrate on her fashion empire.Ī handful of stadium dates were announced and they all sold out within minutes. Melanie B, Emma and Geri attempted to get things moving as a trio to mark the 20th anniversary of Spice but that didn’t come to anything following Geri’s pregnancy. Things started to look promising in 2016 but both Victoria and Melanie C were reluctant to commit to touring. Since then speculation has been rife about the group embarking on another tour. After years apart, the group reunited in 2007 for a tour in the UK and the US, and then in 2012 they got together once again to perform at the Olympics closing ceremony. The four remaining members – Melanie B, Melanie C, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham – continued for another two years releasing one more album and touring extensively. Number one after number one followed and two huge selling albums – 1996’s Spice and 1997’s SpiceWorld – before Geri Halliwell departed from the group in 1998 to pursue a solo career. That song went on to top the charts in 37 countries and was the start of an incredible, and very fast, rise to global fame for the fivesome. Incredibly, 23 years have passed since the Spice Girls burst onto the charts with their debut single Wannabe.