Girl power reigned Thursday night as the reunited Spice Girls performed for the first time.
“We’re so excited!” Geri Halliwell told PEOPLE before she and her bandmates (Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Victoria Beckham) took to the stage at Hollywood’s Kodak Theater for the taping of annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
In the audience, anticipation was also running high. Lauren Conrad of The Hills admitted that the Spice Girls’ performance was her “main reason” for attending. A giddy Eva Longoria was also ready to root them on. “I’m here to support Victoria,” she said. “Go Spice Girls!”
The group performed two songs, a military-themed rendition of their up-tempo hit “Stop” and their new ballad “Headlines (Friendship Never Ends).” And although the five stars lip-synched their way though both numbers, die-hard fans scarcely seemed to care.
“I was dancing and singing along. I loved it,” raved Hayden Panettiere. “The Spice Girls were great. I knew every word to the first song. Enough said.”
“They looked hot!” added Ryan Seacrest. “I’m looking forward to hearing the album and seeing the full show.”
The night’s biggest surprise? Seal took to the stage with supermodel-wife Heidi Klum for a sweet duet. The PDA-prone couple ended the song with a passionate kiss. The show will be broadcast Dec. 4 on CBS.
The Spice Girls: Greatest Hits is on sale now online and at Victoria’s Secret stores. Their world tour is slated to begin Dec. 2 in Vancouver.
The Spice Girls new Greatest Hits album will be available soon at a Victoria’s Secret near you! You can buy the 15 song album either at one of their many stores or either online! So while you’re shopping for your next lingerie party, next bra or you need some more panties (BRITNEY!) pick up The Spice Girls cd. It just seems to go with the whole shopping experience. You have no idea how many times I’ve been in Victoria’s Secret and thought to myself “Man this shopping trip is wonderful but this would be so much better if I could buy The Spice Girls cd.”
“They do great bras, and every girl wears a bra. And they should – at some point in their life. Unless they don’t need to wear one,” Melanie “Scary Spice” Brown told People Monday night.
The girls will also be performing at the VS fashion show.
The Spice Girls haven’t lost their appeal: Tickets to the group’s London reunion show – their first time together in nine years – sold out in 38 seconds, the BBC reports.
More than 1 million people registered for the concert to be played London’s O2 Arena, according to the show’s promoters, who added three more London dates to accommodate the demand. (Top legitimate ticket price is $150, though scalpers in some venues reportedly are selling tickets for $900 each.)
“It was a dramatic moment,” TicketMaster head Chris Edmonds tells the BBC. “The sales went live and there was a huge surge as fans bombarded the lines.”
After much speculation, in June the British girl band announced their reunion plans to do an 11-show world tour.
This tour will mark the first time the entire group will have performed together since 1998, when Geri Halliwel ” quit, citing “differences.” The band also includes “Posh” Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm.
Tickets for a show in LA go on sale today….
Is anyone in the LA area actually going to go to this? I’m just curious. $900 for a ticket from scalpers!!! WHAT!!?
