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Article: Power to the reunited Spices ; Off the Record: A surprise new single from The Spice Girls is a reminder of all that was great about them the first time round
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2007
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HOW COULD anyone not really, really like The Spice Girls? My love
for them is neither kooky nor ironic, and it's certainly not sexual.
I love them because they made fantastic music.
I was the first to hurl my hat in the air at news of the 18-city
reunion tour, which starts in Vancouver on 2 December.
If we are to believe the BBC, the first Spice Girls London show,
at the 02 Arena on 15 December, sold out in 38 seconds.
So they added two more. A further 14 O2 dates have now been set
for January and tickets are long gone.
There's an accompanying greatest hits album, sensibly titled
Greatest Hits, due in a fortnight from Virgin, but first comes a new