Girl Power! Spice Girls' £16.5m reunion tops list of worldwide sell-out concerts

Victoria Beckham vowed never to sing again after the end of the Spice Girls reunion concert earlier this year.

But Posh Spice might want to reconsider her decision after figures reveal she and her bandmates hold the record for the highest-grossing series of gigs.

Their 17 sell-out shows at London's O2 arena in January pulled in just over £16.5million.


The Spice Girl reunion tour netted £16.5million for the band, making them the highest-grossing concert act of the year



One last time: The Spice Girls on the last night of their reunion tour this February, rumoured to be the last time the girls will sing together


In their heyday: The fresh-faced band, with their brand of 'Girl Power' and patriotic photoshoots, became a sensation across the UK and the world
The concerts with Beckham, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Mel B and Mel C, had the biggest take out of any of the groups performing around the world from April 2007.

The Spice Girls, who played to a capacity 20,000 audience each night, completed their mini world tour in Toronto, Cananda, in February.

According to business magazine Forbes all 17 shows in London sold out in one minute when tickets went on sale.

After the final concert the five stars issued a statement which said: 'Our time is up... we've come to the end of the road... there are tears of both sadness and joy. Look how far we've come!

'Who would have thought that our reunion could have turned out to be this amazing? It just shows what can grow out of an exciting thought, an idea, a hope, a dream. Yes, our reunion tour is proof that dreams do come true.'

Victoria Beckham later said she had no intention of ever singing again.


Ambassadors? The band met world-leaders across the world, with Baby, Scary and Ginger pictured here meeting Prince Charles and Nelson Mandela


The top ten grossing concerts between April 2007 and April 2008:

1. Spice Girls - £16.5million

2. Prince - £11million

3. Bon Jovi - £8.27million

4.The Police - £7.75million

5. Justin Timberlake - £3.75million

6. The Police - £3.5million

7.The Police - £2.7million

8. Download Festival, UK - £10.15million

9. Festival Oxegon, N.Ireland - £8.6million

10. Coachella Festival, California - £8.5million

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