Spice Girls Tour Opening Video

Hey Everybody,

As I've said, I've been very busy lately. I'm currently preparing for a play which starts next week and I'm also in a choir so a lot of my time has been taken up by rehearsals but hopefully I will get a chance to sit down and actually write a post and spend time looking for pictures to go along with them. Until then a few video's here and there will have to suffice, hope that's okay with everyone.

This is a pretty exciting one in any case, it's a high resolution version of the opening video that played before the Girls hit the stage during their performances on the Reunion Tour. This will hopefully lead to the release of a Tour DVD in the near future.

PS. Thanks to Quiet Spice for the poll idea. I will get around to changing the poll as soon as possible.

Spice Girls - Denying Live In Arnhem

Here is a special clip of the Girls singing Denying from the Spice World album during their 1998 Spice World Tour in Arnhem (in other words before Geri left the group).

Watch Geri as she plays a rollerskating waitress, Emma as she plays the Gangsters Moll, Melanie C as she plays the owner of the restaurant (I think), and I'm not sure what Mel B and Vicki are doing lol. I think Victoria is just supposed to be her usual glamorous self. Any idea's on what Mel's role is?

Solo Spice: Melanie C Late Late Show Interview Part 2

Here is the second part of Melanie's interview with The Late Late Show in Ireland where she discusses the rumours that surrounded her sexuality (look how glowy she looks wen she mentions her boyfriend Tom), the end of the Spice Girls, starting her own record label, and her tattoo's.

Solo Spice: Melanie C Late Late Show Interview Part 1

Hey Everybody! Wow, it's been about three weeks since I last posted to the blog, I feel a bit like a neglectful mother. Sorry about that, my life has just been really busy lately that I haven't been home or felt like writing when I got home.

Anyway, I'm back in a sense. This week coming will be jam packed and I don't know how much I will be able to post but I have a day off today so I will try to add quite a few posts.

Starting with this interview with Melanie C which she held on the Late Late Show in Ireland just after the release of Carolyna (which she performs for the first time here).

The interview is pretty in-depth discussing her depression her time with the Girls the first time around and her struggle with eating disorders. And that's only the first half of the interview.

Solo Spice: Victoria @ Holt Renfrew

This post will probably be long winded and non-sensical but I have to at least give this story a try.

I wasn't actually going to go to Victoria's autograph signing at Holt Renfew on Tuesday afternoon but when I got to work I started thinking that if I didn't at least attempt to meet her in person when she was right here in my fair city I would probably end up kicking myself later (or perhaps something worse than kicking).

So I discussed it with my co-workers who each told me to go, "it will be worth it in the end", they told me. At the time I agreed with them lol.

So off I went at around 10:30am, driving my little Chevy downtown and arriving at Holt Renfrew at around 11:15. By then there was already a packed VIP line section (people who had shown up at around 7 in the morning and most of which had bought either her sunglasses or jeans (which were on sale for her to sign), and quite a bit of a line growing behind it. I made my way to the end where I immediately clicked with a few people in the line including Michele, Ilinca and her mother (which is good luck for me because standing in a line until her appearance time of 2pm probably would have been a bit more daunting if I hadn't).

So through our discussions on our feelings toward Victoria, the tour, all the Girls histories, and other celebrities we liked and disliked, we kept over hearing that Victoria would not be taking pictures and that she would only be signing for people who had bought either her sunglasses or her jeans. Knowing that this could not possibly be true we stuck around like devoted little fans. I for one could not afford to buy either items, so I had brought my copy of her Autobiography "Learning To Fly" with me.

As the minutes grew closer to her appearance (and the crowd of fans grew larger and more mob like), Ilinca's mother agreed to save our spots in line while we went closer to where she would be sitting to see if we could get a few pictures from when she first arrived. As she came out and Justin Timberlake's "Sexyback" started playing on what seemed to be repeat at first, the crowd went absolutely insane. As I tried my hardest to achieve good pictures through the massive crowd, 8 more camera's would pop up in front of me obstructing my view of the 5' 3" superstar. That or one of her extremely tall bodyguards would stand in front of her, she's so small. So long story short, my camera battery died before I got the chance to get any good quality pictures so Michele and I decided to go back in line.

We found Mom and stood in line for about an hour and 20 minutes and griped about how we had hardly even moved and the fact that the line didn't even seem to maintain it's linear orderly form anymore. By this time Ilinca had been going back and forth between the line and the mob of photographic Spice fans getting some pretty good shots of Posh (this is the reason I make friends kids... photo connections :)). When Michele and I had heard that she was only staying for another 10 minutes we decided to join the packs of photographers because of the certainty that we would never get through for an autograph (which as we knew, she was indeed signing other items besides her clothes as well as taking photographs and hugging people which was so nice to see. See I'm not oppossed to hugging, just do it when people are not on the air lol). She then ended up coming over to both sides of the mob and signing little things for people and shaking hands (mine being one of the hands shaken), I yelled "Good Luck Tonight" she said "Thank You" having no idea who had just said that, and then a few minutes later she was off.

Although I was a bit disappointed that I had waited around for about 4 and a half hours with only sore feet and a spice girl hand shake to show for it, my co-workers were right, it was completely worth it. I got to see this gorgeous woman in the flesh, I met a few really nice people in line and then I got to go see them perform in the evening for the last time. All in all it was a great day. I got to see the Pob in person... if that isn't excitement, I don't know what is.

Thanks to Ilinca for sending me pictures from that day, the last two on this post are hers.

Emma Thanks You All

Emma wrote the following blog on her official website before their two final shows in Toronto, just really as a thank you to the fans and to reflect her personal feelings about the approaching conclusion.

Hello!

As always, thank you for being so patient with me. The Spice Girls tour has been amazing and I must admit I have been burning the candle at both ends, but every show has been so different and Mel B never fails to entertain me : )

I think the crowds have been the loudest we've ever had and I've seen some amazing banners including "Maybe I'm in love" (which I have hanging up in my dressing room) and "Emma free me" and "I don't need tomorrow tonight".

Beau has been the most amazing little boy ever, smiling and (nearly) waving. You may have seen him on stage with us all. It has made it so extra special having him here with me. The other day we had a really bumpy flight and I've never been scared of flying but being a mother has turned me into a bit of a worrier!

Two shows to go now and I'm really really going to miss the touring around but the other half of me is looking forward to settling Beau at home. Bless him, he's now been away longer than he has been at home! Plus him grandparents are really starting to miss him so it will be great for them to see him and spend some quality time with him.

Whilst on the road, I've also been checking out my cousin Ross's band called 'Kid Charlemaine' - loving the track and check out the video. They filmed it themselves and I think it's so clever, it's in my top friends on my myspace page (www.myspace.com/emmabuntonofficial)

I can't thank you enough for all your support.

See you soon.

Lots of love

Emma

xxx

Isn't she sweet? You know what I think she should do? I think that she and Mel B should team up and do a music project. They seem to be really connected when they're together, I know she has her own amount of success with her solo work but it would just be so much fun to see them do something together. Meh, wishful thinking isn't illegal (thank God).

Solo Spice: Melanie C Interview On MTV Canada Part 2

As promised, here is the second part of the Melanie C interview. The questions get a bit better in this part, except for the girl who wastes my viewing time to get a hug from Melanie. Annoying.

Lol, I'm so bitter.

The fact that they did a bit of research and mentioned that Melanie's song First Day Of My Life is the theme song for the German Telenovela Wege zum Glück, makes me like them just a little bit over at MTV Canada. One question though (since I never really watch this channel), does the cute guy without the glasses actually do anything on this show? Or is he just there for decoration?

Looking forward to the Cross Canada tour in May. Hoorah.

Melanie C Interview on MTV Canada

Okay, I don't want to be a total buzzkill but I did watch both of Melanie's interviews that she did yesterday with Much Music and MTV Canada and I gotta say that I was a bit disappointed in both. I wasn't by any stretch of the imagination disappointed in her but just by the interviewer quality. Plus some Spice fans are so obnoxious and ask the stupidest questions that it really makes for unpleasant viewing on my part.

"Do you think you and the other Girls will be keeping in touch?" I mean really, you know the answer is going to be yes.

However, I did find the MTV Canada interview a little less annoying (and longer) than the Much one so I've decided to add the two parts of that one.

I am glad that both interviews mentioned her surprise backflip during the last show, considering she hasn't really done one since the knee injury she suffered during the UK Games Charity Competition back in 2003. It was a wonderful highlight of the show. Look for part 2 any minute.

Melanie C's Solo Plans

Yah Baby, Melanie C has just added the following message to her official website about the end of the reunion tour and her plans for the coming months with some very exciting news for her Canadian fans who are already getting their fix of her today on MTV Canada and Much Music.

Read ahead for the details...

I'm back! Wow, what a crazy few months I've had.

The Spice Girls tour has been amazing, I've really enjoyed being back on stage with the girls. We've had such a great time. Thank you to everybody who came along to the shows.

Having the chance to do acoustic shows in LA and New York was fantastic too. It helped me get my fix of Melanie C, I was missing her (no disrespect Sporty!!).

Well it's 2008 and I'm really excited that "This Time"will be released in Canada on 8th April. I'll be touring there in May and me & the boys can't wait!

Who knows - we might get to do some other gigs along the way too so keep checking the website for any updates.

Love y'all

Melanie

Touring here in May!!!!!!!!!!! Me likey the sound of that. Sorry I didn't update the post about Melanie appearing at Much Music with the MTV Canada news guys but I was at Victoria's Holt Renfrew appearance yesterday when I found out and then I stayed Downtown for the show in the evening which I got home from at around 1 am and so this was the only time I have gotten since discovering this fact. Well, if you read this in the next hour...Melanie is appearing at MTV Canada at around 6pm tonight lol.

PS. I'll hopefully write about my experience with the whole Victoria appearance at Holt Renfrew tomorrow. It's kind of a disappointing story actually, so look out for that one ;).

Poll Results # 16

Well that was certainly a good poll question (thank you Quiet Spice). Apparently some Spice Girls never change, but it was a very close race for a few of our ladies who have. The question was Which Spice Girl do you think has changed the most over the years? The results in order of most voted for are...

Victoria (with 32% of the vote)

Melanie C (with 25% of the vote)

Geri (also with 25% of the vote)

Mel B. (with 9% of the vote)

Emma (with 6% of the vote)

I suppose on some level Emma is fundamentally the same (and she probably always will be) but I think Mel B has changed quite a bit actually. Oh well, I didn't vote lol. On to the next, I can't believe I hadn't thought of this question before but it seriously just popped into my head last night as I watched them perform for the last time. Which Spice Girl do you think is the most provocative? Perhaps none of them are or perhaps all of them are but I'm interested to see who comes out on top. Vote away gang.

Goodbye To The Fans

Well you guys, I gotta say that last nights final show at the Air Canada Centre was one hell of a tear jerker that even had yours truly gushing as the Girls sang Goodbye and exchanged Hugs and Kisses with one another. Truly a remarkable event and one of the loudest crowds I have ever been among, my vocal chords got their own work out and my ears and head are still reaping the costs of showing too much Girl Power lol. It took three shows but I think I am finally ready to write a full on review....but it will have to wait until Saturday to be firmly typed to my liking and posted for all the world to see. That way I will have as much time as I like to carefully word what this show was like.

In the meantime, our five Divine Spices have issued the following heartfelt Au revoir on the official website.

Hello...

Our time is up... we've come to the end of the road... there are tears of both sadness and joy. Look how far we've come!

Who would have thought that our reunion could have turned out to be this amazing? It just shows what can grow out of an exciting thought, an idea, a hope, a dream. Yes, our reunion tour is proof that dreams do come true.

We have been lucky enough to have shared it with the most loyal fans in the world. Ten years on, you came back still wanting more... and it looks like we made some new friends along the way. You have inspired and ignited us with each show, the 47 that we performed, each time was amazing and it is thanks to you.

So we look to the future with hope and imagination and let Girl Power live on through all of you as it will continue in us and the future generations to come.

We have learnt so much through you and through each other.

"Never give up on the good times always believe in the love you find."

We hate goodbyes but sadly the time has come to take our final bow so maybe our song says it best:

"Goodbye my friend, it's not the end... So glad we made it, time will never ever change it..."

Mission Accomplished...

Love

Emma, Geri, Mel B, Melanie C and Victoria

xxxxx

Melanie C @ Much On Demand

Melanie C will be starting the Canadian promotion of her latest album This Time pretty much immediately after she finishes with her Spice Girl responsibilities. On Wednesday Melanie will be appearing in the Much Music Environment (along with former SNL funny man Will Farrell) as a special guest of Much On Demand.

I can't stand watching Much On Demand (for reason's already explained on this blog) but I'm willing to make all kinds of exceptions when it comes to Melanie viewing. MOD airs on Much Music between the hours of 5pm - 6pm. Good work Mel, now hows about a solo gig in our fair city.

This Time's official Canadian release date is April 8th.

New Marc Jacobs Ads Starring VB

Thanks so much to Quiet Spice for the tip, here are a few new Marc Jacobs fashion Ads featuring the style conscious Victoria Beckham. I'm assuming that the discarded rag doll in Jacobs gowns motif was intentional.

Just a reminder to the fans in the Toronto Area, Mrs. Beckham will be appearing at top shop Holt Renfew at 50 Bloor Street West tomorrow afternoon between the hours of 2 pm and 3pm to promote her dVb denim and eyewear lines.

We Have A Winner!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, that didn't take very long. Congratulations to Five Become One visitor Kurt for being the first to comment with the last names of all five of the Girls (which he even did in alphabetical order...nicely done).

The correct answer of course was...

Victoria BECKHAM

Melanie BROWN

Emma BUNTON

Melanie CHISHOLM

Geri HALLIWELL

As promised, Kurt has won a single ticket to see the Girls during their final show of the Reunion Tour this Tuesday at the Air Canada Centre at 7:30. Congratulations, and thanks so much to everyone else out there who has made this site such a pleasure to uphold. More to come.

My Own Personal Prize

Hey guys, I've been really bad with keeping up these past fews days, I've just been super busy but I have a surprise for all of you (well, more specifically the readers in the Toronto area). I'll be going to see the Spice Girls tomorrow night and Tuesday night for their two final shows in Toronto which are their two final shows on the Tour and one of my friends has just let me know that they have a single seated ticket that they have to get rid of for the final show on Tuesday night.

I asked them to give the ticket to me and I thought I would sort of auction it off on this blog as a sort of thank you to you guys who have supported this blog over the past couple of months. So, this is how I thought it would go... the ticket is in section 103, row H which is pretty much perpendicular to the stage so you'll be watching the show dead on centre. The first person to comment on this post with the correct answer to the following question will win (please be sure that you are serious about taking the ticket when you comment, as well as be comfortable with going to see the show by yourself).

What are the last names of all five of the Spice Girls?

Don't forget to leave your e-mail address so I am able to contact you (by e-mail) to let you know if you have won or not (e-mails will not be made public). The winner will have to meet me Tuesday night at the Air Canada Centre in order for me to give them the ticket. Good Luck. If I get no responses by 12 noon on Tuesday I will give the ticket away elsewhere, just to be safe.