Spice Girls unveil new look and tour dates

The Spice Girls unveiled a new grown-up look today as they announced extra dates for their reunion tour.

Instead of kicking-off in Los Angeles, Victoria Beckham’s glitzy new hometown in California, the band will play their first comeback concert in Vancouver, Canada.

Three new dates were announced as the latest picture of the band showed that Sporty, Ginger, Posh, Baby and Scary’s trademark dress codes have been dropped for a more sophisticated image.

But none of the extra concerts are on home turf, meaning that, so far, the band are still only playing one UK date, in London, in December.

The band announced new concerts in San Jose, California, and Shanghai, China.

The LA concert will now be their third performance on the 14-night extravaganza of six continents.

The Spice Girls – who split six years ago after one album without Geri Halliwell who quit the band in dramatic fashion in 1998 – sold 55 million albums and had nine UK number one singles in their heyday.

Beckham, Halliwell, Mel Brown, Emma Bunton and Mel Chisholm are now all in their 30s and have six children between them.

Since launching their reunion tour last month, three million people – who can buy up to six tickets each – have registered to see the band.

Fans can also vote for the money-spinning tour to come to their hometown.

Referring to Posh Spice’s new catch phrase, the band said: “In true girl power tradition we are taking over the world ... again!

“We have just found out that we’ve had over three million ticket requests on the website. As our own VB (Victoria Beckham) would say, that is ’major’!

“If we haven’t announced a date near you, you can still vote for your city to become Spice City.

“For one night only, exactly where we perform is down to you and your votes. We are literally in your hands.”