Girl Power! Live in Istanbul
Concert by Spice Girls | |
Venue | Abdi İpekçi Arena Istanbul, Turkey |
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Associated albums | |
Date(s) | 12, 13 October 1997 |
Spice Girls concert chronology |
Girl Power! Live in Istanbul was a two-night concert by English girl group the Spice Girls. The concerts, which were organized by Pepsi as part of the group's sponsorship deal, were performed at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey on 12 and 13 October 1997.
Broadcast
In the UK, highlights from the concert were broadcast on
In the US, an airing of the full concert was first made available as a pay-per-view event on 17 January 1998 at 9 p.m. (E.T.) via Showtime Event Television.[2] The broadcast was titled Spice Girls In Concert: Wild!. The pay-per-view event was "hugely successful" and the concert subsequently premiered on Showtime's main channel on April 5, 1998.[3]
The concert was aired again in the US on
Set list
Act 1:
- "If U Can't Dance"
- "Club 69)
- "Something Kinda Funny"
- "Saturday Night Divas"
- "Say You'll Be There"
- "Step to Me"
Act 2:
- "Naked" (Intro contains excerpts from the film Batman Forever)
Act 3:
- "2 Become 1"
- "Stop"
- "Too Much"
Act 4:
- "Spice Up Your Life"
- "Love Thing"
- "Mama"
Act 5:
- "Move Over"
- "Wannabe"
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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Europe | |||
October 12, 1997 | Istanbul | Turkey | Abdi İpekçi Arena |
October 13, 1997 |
Video release
Following the concert, a VHS of the concert was released but did not include all of the songs on the set list, omitting "Something Kinda Funny", "Saturday Night Divas", "Stop", "Too Much", "Love Thing" and "Mama". The VHS, however, includes interviews with the girls and backstage footage. Although the original concert was completely live, studio vocals were dubbed into several songs for the video version of the performance.
A DVD of the concert was made available in the UK on December 10, 2007, to coincide with the release of the
Audio release
In 1998 the Mégaphone company released a CD with the complete concert of 15 songs in audio format with the voices dubbed from the video edition entitled Spice Songs. [7]
Personnel
Vocals
- Melanie Brown
- Emma Bunton
- Geri Halliwell
- Victoria Beckham
- Melanie C
Band
- Simon Ellis – Musical Director / Keyboards
- Andy Gangadeen – Drums
- Paul Gendler – Guitars
- Fergus Gerrand – Percussion
- Steve Lewinson – Bass
- Michael Martin – Keyboards
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France ( SNEP)[8]
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Diamond | 100,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] | 5× Platinum | 250,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[10] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "ITV Christmas TV 1997". UK Christmas TV. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "SPICE GIRLS GO PAY-PER-VIEW". MTV News. 3 December 1997. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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- ^ a b Katz, Richard (19 August 1998). "Fox Family debuts well". Variety. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Sterngold, James (9 August 1998). "COVER STORY; A Family Channel Welcomes Black Sheep". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ "Woolworths DVD sale page".
- ^ "Spice Songs". Discogs.
- Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ "British video certifications – Spice Girls – Girl Power - Live In Istanbul". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
- ^ "American video certifications – Spice Girls – GIRL POWER: LIVE IN ISTANBUL". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2016-07-26.