Spiceworld Tour

For a later tour, see Spice World – 2019 Tour.
Spiceworld Tour 1998
Debut tour by Spice Girls
Tour programme cover
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated album
Start date24 February 1998 (1998-02-24)
End date20 September 1998 (1998-09-20)
Legs3
No. of shows56 in Europe
40 in North America
96 in total
Attendance2.1 million (estimated)
Spice Girls concert chronology

The Spiceworld Tour (also known as Spice Girls in Concert and the Girl Power Tour '98) was the debut concert tour by English girl group the Spice Girls. It was launched in support of their first two studio albums, Spice (1996) and Spiceworld (1997). The sell-out European/North American tour ran from February to August 1998, after which it returned to the UK in September 1998 for a series of stadium shows. The final concert at London's Wembley Stadium was filmed and broadcast live on pay-per-view, for later VHS release in 1998 and eventual DVD release in 2008.

The tour saw the group perform to an estimated 2.1 million fans over 97 total shows, covering the UK, continental Europe and North America.[1] The 41-date sold-out North American leg of the tour played to over 720,000 fans and grossed $60 million.[2][3] The first UK portion of the tour saw the group play 20 arena shows to over 350,000 fans;[4] the second UK portion of the tour saw the group play two Don Valley Stadium shows to 76,000 fans,[5] and two Wembley Stadium shows to 150,000 fans.[6] The 1998 Spiceworld Tour remains the highest-grossing tour ever by a female group.[1]

  1. ^ a b "The Spice Girls at 25: Here's the story from A to Z". BBC. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Ginger Spice's Departure Marks "End of the Beginning"" (DOC). Rolling Stone. 2 June 1998. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
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