December 3, 2007 10:29

Spice Girls reunite for first time in nine years

'Girl Power' group kick off world tour in Canada

The Spice Girls' classic line-up reunited onstage for the first time in nine years in Vancouver last night (December 2).

The “Girl Power” five-piece played their first show with their full line-up since the Geri Halliwell quit the band in 1998 at the city’s General Motors Place venue.

The band played a set of four “acts” and an encore that mixed hits including '2 Become 1', 'Wannabe' and 'Stop' along with some of the girls solo material with Mel C singing 'I Turn To You' and Halliwell's cover of 'It's Raining Men'.

The Spice Girls played:

ACT 1 - THE POWER OF 5
OPENING VIDEO
'Spice Up Your Life'
'Stop'
INFORMAL TALK (during ‘Stop’ outro)
'Say You'll Be There'
TALK (Intro ‘Headlines’)
'Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)'

ACT 2 - SEDUCE ME
MUSICAL TRANSITION (Intro Band)
'Lady Is A Vamp'
'Too Much Segue' (INFORMAL TALK)
'Too Much'
TALK
'2 Become 1'

ACT 3 - BITTER SWEET
'Who Do You Think You Are' (extended) (feat. Victoria Beckham)
'Are You Gonna Go My Way' (feat. Mel Brown)
'Maybe' (feat. Emma Bunton)
'Cape Dance Segue/Viva Forever'
‘Holler'
VIDEO ('Thunderstorm’)
'It's Raining Men' (feat. Geri Halliwell)
'I Turn To You' (feat. Mel C)

ACT 4 - CELEBRATION
'Let Love Lead The Way'
'Mama'
'Celebration Medley'
TALK
'Goodbye' (w/ extended musical outro)

ENCORE
'Humpty Dance' (Dance Segue)/'If U Can't Dance'
'Wannabe'
'Spice Up Your Life' (Reprise)