Megan PellegrinoScary, Baby, Ginger, Posh, Sporty. Anyone who grew up in the ’90’s is familiar with these names. They are the nicknames to the world famous Spice Girls.
The Spice Girls are ending their reunion tour in the N.Y./ Pa. area and fans are rushing to get their hands on tickets.
“When I first heard about the concert I got so excited,” Carolyn Sweeney, a sophomore education major said. “Seriously, I cried a little bit. I love the Spice Girls.”
The girls announced their big comeback in June of 2007 at an exclusive press conference. Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisum and Victoria Beckham would rekindle their Girl Power for a world tour of Spice.
The tour officially kicked off in Vancouver on Dec. 1, 2007. Since then the tour has gone worldwide and entertained millions of fans.
I had the opportunity to attend the show twice, on Feb. 11 in Newark, N.J. and on Feb. 13 in East Rutherford, N.J.
Fans were so eager to see the girls when I arrived at the concert. They were screaming and jumping up and down in the parking lots!
“Spice up your life!” Emily Jablonski, a theatre major at Salisbury University, said to the fans as they walked by them.
Jablonski wore a red boa and red pumps as she was dressed as Ginger Spice for the evening. I myself wore a bikini top and afro wig as Scary Spice. It was definitely necessary for the spicy evening that was about to happen.
After nearly an hour of waiting, the lights turned off and images began appearing on the huge LED screens. The girls as children were portrayed and suddenly changed to their sexy images of the ’90s. The five pop stars slowly came up from the stage and danced around to their hit “Spice Up Your Life.”
“I was so excited! I couldn’t believe I was watching my childhood idols!” Michaela Enriquez, a sophomore business major, said.
The girls wore a ton of new outfits, including Halliwell in an updated version of her infamous Union Jack dress. During the finale the girls came out in boxing robes with their own unique style added to it.
Almost all of the girls’ big hits were performed including “Say You’ll Be There,” “Stop,” “2 Become 1,” “Mama,” and their most popular song, “Wannabe.”
“The crowd was so electric,” Kristen Madison, a law student at Columbia University, said. “They sang the lyrics to every song, including their new single, ‘Headlines.'”
The girls all had their own moment to shine with their own song. Scary performed a sexy version of “Are You Gonna Go My Way” while Baby performed “Maybe.” Ginger performed a risque version of “It’s Raining Men” and Sporty performed her own hit single in “I Turn To You.” Posh is the only girl who did not sing but did her own catwalk to “Like A Virgin.”
“I especially loved how Victoria Beckham tried not to smile the entire concert,” Raechel Verterano, a special education teacher in Branchburg, N.J., said.
The concert proved to be a success as fans went home singing their own favorite Spice hit.
“This concert was just amazing,” Jen Cela, a nursing major at Raritan Valley Community College, said. “It just made me appreciate my friends and family in a way I never thought I would. That’s the power of girl power.”
