{"id":486295,"date":"2019-05-25T10:17:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T16:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=840277"},"modified":"2019-05-25T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T16:17:09","slug":"watch-spice-girls-mostly-reunite-at-first-show-together-in-7-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/watch-spice-girls-mostly-reunite-at-first-show-together-in-7-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Spice Girls (Mostly) Reunite at First Show Together in 7 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1151562374.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/spice-girls\/\" id=\"auto-tag_spice-girls\" data-tag=\"spice-girls\">Spice Girls<\/a> kicked off their long-awaited Spiceworld reunion tour in Dublin Friday night, reuniting onstage for the first time in seven years.<\/p>\n<p>For the show at Croke Park, members Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) and Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice) performed a slew of the band\u2019s hits including tracks from their 1996 debut album <em>Spice,<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cWannabe,\u201d \u201c2 Become 1,\u201d \u201cSay You\u2019ll Be There\u201d and songs from their 1997 follow-up&nbsp;<em>Spiceworld<\/em> like \u201cSpice Up Your Life,\u201d&nbsp;\u201cThe Lady is a Vamp\u201d and \u201cViva Forever.\u201d Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mel-b-spice-girls-will-tour-without-victoria-beckham-724268\/\">opted out of the reunion tour<\/a> to focus on her fashion brand.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fVWER-gBaNU?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, opening night was marred by sound problems at the venue. Following the band\u2019s first performance, fans took to Twitter to complain about the sound.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.1801242236025\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">There\u2019s something wrong when the crowd at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spicegirls?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@spicegirls<\/a> concert are all sitting down because no one has a clue what song is on because the sound really is THAT bad. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcd_productions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@mcd_productions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrokePark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@CrokePark<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishTimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@IrishTimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LovinDublin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@LovinDublin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpiceWorldTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#SpiceWorldTour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpiceGirl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#SpiceGirl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QkENc7BJ8Y\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/QkENc7BJ8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sabrina Egerton (@sabrinasstyle_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabrinasstyle_\/status\/1132019081454981125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 24, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something wrong when the crowd at @spicegirls concert are all sitting down because no one has a clue what song is on because the sound really is THAT bad,\u201d one attendee wrote. Another fan tweeted that it was the \u201cworst sound\u201d they\u2019d ever heard at a live show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4142394822006\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spicegirls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#spicegirls<\/a> put on a fabulous show tonight. But am really surprised that nobody seems to be talking about how poor the sound was. Could hardly make out the words they were saying at times. Was worst sound I\u2019ve ever heard at a concert <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UnKsi3B4Wo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/UnKsi3B4Wo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Louise Sullivan (@lousul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lousul\/status\/1132064401098530816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 24, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brown responded to the feedback with an Instagram video after the show saying that she hoped the sound would \u201cbe much much better\u201d at their next show. \u201cThank you for attending our show tonight in Dublin,\u201d she said. \u201cWe will see you in Cardiff and hopefully the vocals and sound will be much, much better\u2026 Pfft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the girl group disbanded in 2000 following Halliwell\u2019s departure, the Spice Girls reunited for a comeback tour in 2007 and 2008 with a final performance at the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony. Spice Girls are set to perform 12 more shows in the U.K. wrapping up the tour on June 15th at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/spice-girls-reunion-dublin-840277\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spice Girls kicked off their long-awaited Spiceworld reunion tour in Dublin Friday night, reuniting onstage for the first time in seven years. For the show at Croke Park, members Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) and Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice) performed a slew of the band\u2019s hits including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-486295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 23:12:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}