September
30, 1996
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WANNABE
GOES DOWN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
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Wannabe
went up 8 places in the AUS charts this week to #29
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SAY
YOU'LL BE THERE INFO:
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In their video for their second
single "Say You'll Be There", the Spice
Girls are futuristic Super Heroines. All the
girls are dressed in black - Victoria and Geri
are in PVC!
They
also take on character
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names : Trixie Firecracker (Geri),
Midnight Miss Suki (Victoria), Kung Fu Candy
(Emma), Katrina Highkick (Mel C) and Blazin' Bad
Zula (Mel B).
Watch
for it soon!!!!
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September
28, 1996
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SPICE
GIRLS IN HONG KONG
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The
Spice Girls are in Hong Kong to promote their new album
Spice and their hit single Wannabe. There was an
autograph session which resulted in fans waiting since 4
am in the morning! After that, they sang Wannabe.
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September
27, 1996
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SPICE
GIRLS IN PARIS
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| The
Spice Girls have been in Paris to promote their single
"Wannabe" and while they were there they
stopped traffic - litterly - They were doing a photo
shoot in the middle of Paris and they decided to take a
couple of photos in the street - bringing traffic to a
stop! They also
posed outside the Eifel Tower.
While in Paris, the
girls performed on French TV and wowed the French with
"Girl Power!"
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September
23, 1996
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WANNABE
CLIMBS AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
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Wannabe
is #37 in the Aus charts this week - it's up 3 spots!
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September
16, 1996
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WANNABE
CLIMBS AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
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Wannabe
is in the Australaian charts at #40 this week. - While
this isn't the best posistion - it's ok for a debut
artist
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September
15, 1996
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SPICE
GIRLS KNOCKED OFF TOP OF THE CHARTS
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The
Spice Girls were knocked off the No. 1 spot in the UK by
Peter Andre's "Flava". A total of seven weeks
at No. 1.
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September
12, 1996
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SPICE
GIRLS IN AUSTRALIAN TV HITS
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The Spice Girls are in the October
issue of TV Hits (Australia).
There
is a poster (pictured left) plus short snippets
on each girl and the lyrics to Wannabe.
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September
9, 1996
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WANNABE
ENTERS AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
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Wannabe
has entered the Australaian charts this week out of the
top 50
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September
8, 1996
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SPICE
GIRLS SHOOT NEW VIDEO
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The Spice Girls today finished the
shoot for their new video for their next single
"Say You'll Be There."
The
video is said to be futuristic with the girls as
superheroines with superhero names!
The
picture is from the set - Mel C, Geri and Emma
are all dressed in black!
The
shoot was done in the Mojave
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Desert - and as it's the US summer
right now - it ought to be pretty hot!
The
single is due for release in October.
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September
6, 1996
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SPICE
GIRLS AT THE BEACH
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The Spice Girls were on Venice
Beach in LA yesterday.
They
were there to do a couple of photo shoots and
they had a ball.
First
they
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saw a band and decided to take
their instruments and pose with them!
Next
they saw some guys playing basketball and they
got the guys to lift Mel B up to the hoop to make
a shot! They also had their fourtunes told
(Victoria was told she'd have a drinking
problem!) and then moved down to do a photo shoot
on the beach - a spoof on "Baywatch"
called "Spicewatch"
The
photos are to appear in the girls forthcoming
official magazine titled "Spice". They
are also to be used for a majority of merchandise
including jigsaw puzzles and posters.
From
the look of this picture just released it looks
great!
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September
4, 1996
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SPICE
GIRLS IN AUSTRALIAN SMASH HITS
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The Spice Girls are in the October
issue of Smash Hits (Australia).
They
are on the cover of the Lyric book - The Pop
Bible - and the lyrics to Wannabe and a short
intro to each girl is included.
Go
out and grab a copy - it's a great intro to the
girls!
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September
2, 1996
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WANNABE
RELEASED IN AUSTRALIA
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Today the Spice Girls released
their debut single "Wannabe" in
Australia.
After
hearing about the girls for so long Australia
finally gets a chance to hear what all the fuss
is about!
Here
is the singles tracklist:
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1.Wannabe - Single Edit
2. Bumper To Bumper
3. Wannabe - Motiv8 Vocal Slam
Go
out and grab your copies Aussies and make Wannabe
#1
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September
1, 1996
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| FOR THE 7TH WEEK WANNABE IS #1 |
| The
Spice Girls have now sold over 900,000 copies of Wannabe
in Britain alone! This is unbeleivable! All I can say is
good on you girls! |
| CHAMPAIGNE CORKS FLY AT VIRGIN |
| The
champagne corks are popping in Virgin's offices today
after 7 weeks at #1 with "Wannabe" Spice Girls
have now equalled Meatloafs "I'd Do Anything For
Love" as the longest running number 1 in the labels
23-year history. |
August
31, 1996
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FIRST
AUSTRALIAN SPICE SNIPPET
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This
was in this weeks TV Week from Molly Meldrum:
Alongside
Eternal, another all-girl British band having success are
Spice Girls.
While
Peter Andre's Mysterious Girl stayed in the volatile UK
Top 10 for 10 weeks (which is a fantastic achievement),
Spice Girls have stunned the UK critics by staying at
number 1 for four weeks with their debut single, Wannabe.
The group
- who are like a Brit version of Girlfriend (an early
90's Aussie pop group) - knocked Gary Barlow from the top
spot and managed to keep Robbie Williams from going to
number 1.
The Spice
Girls are Melanie C, 20, Victoria, 21, Melanie B, 20,
Geri 21 and Emma, 18. They say "We Want to be
relevant to girls our own age; we want them to join our
gang."
And it's
working, with heaps of people adding some Spice to their
lives!
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August
25, 1996
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WANNABE
STILL #1
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Spice
Girls must surely be celebrating after staying at #1 for
6 weeks straight! This is absolutley phenominal for a
debut single! They have now notched up 850,000 sales!
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August
11, 1996
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WANNABE
STILL #1
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Wannabe
is still #1 in the UK singles charts. This means that the
girls have now scored a platinum disc for
"Wannabe" with over 600,000 copies sold -
awesome for a debut single!
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GERI LETS
SLIP
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While on stage at the Capital FM Roadshow, Dr Fox asked
Geri what she thought of being at #1 for 4 weeks. To
which Geri replied:
"F***ing
excellent!"
This
happened on live radio and in frount of 10,000 people!
Oh, well,
GIRL POWER I say!
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THE SPICE
GIRLS TAKE PART IN ROADSHOW
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The Spice Girls performed at the
Captial RM Radio One roadshow today.
They
performed Wannabe and goofed about on stage -
much to the crowds amusement. They also signed
autographs for fans after the show.
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August 7,
1996
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THE SPICE
RACK
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In
this months issue of TOTP (UK), the Spice Girls are
featured in an article titled "The Spice Rack".
Here are
the names they gave the girls:
Geri :
Ginger Spice (for her hair colour)
Victoria : Posh Spice (She likes designer clothes)
Emma : Baby Spice (She's the youngest)
Mel C : Sporty Spice (She wears tracksuits and trainers
and loves football)
Mel B : Scary Spice (she has big hair and a pierced
tounge)
Just so
you know - Geri's my favourite Spice Girls
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August 4,
1996
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WANNABE
STILL #1
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Wannabe is still #1 in the UK singles charts - four the
3RD week in a row! Awesome!
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| July 30, 1996 |
| THE SPICE GIRLS TAKE PART IN
ROADSHOW |
The
Spice Girls are to take part in the Capital FM Roadshow.
They are
expected to perform on August 25.
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July 29,
1996
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WANNABE
REACHES 400,000 SALES
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After
only 2 weeks in the charts, Wannabe has sold 400,000
copies in the UK and has been certified gold! Awesome
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MELANIE C
TALKS ABOUT BEING #1
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Melanie
C spoke today about the Spice Girls hitting the #1 spot
with "Wannabe"
"Going
to #1 hasn't sunk in for us yet. We've been working so
hard for the last two years. It's a good compliment to be
compared to Take That because they were so successfull
for so long, but we are different."
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July 28,
1996
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SPICE
GIRLS STILL #1!!!!
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The
Spice Girls retain the #1 spot on the UK singles chart
this week.
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July 21,
1996
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SPICE
GIRLS #1!!!!
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The
Spice Girls have knocked Gary Barlow's "Forever
Love" off the No. 1 spot, and are now the UK No. 1
with their single Wannabe.
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SPICE
GIRLS RETURN TO JAPAN
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The
Spice Girls have returned to Japan today for more
promotion for "Wannabe"
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July 15,
1996
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WANNABE
CHART POSISTION
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Wannabe
has reached #3 in the UK charts! Alright!!
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July 8,
1996
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WANNABE
RELEASED
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Today the Spice Girls released
their debut single "Wannabe"
It has a cool groove and the clip is awesome too.
Here
is the singles tracklist:
1.Wannabe
- Single Edit
2. Bumper To Bumper
3. Wannabe - Motiv8 Vocal Slam
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June 10,
1996
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WANNABE
RELEASED IN JAPAN
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Today the Spice
Girls released their debut single
"Wannabe" in Japan.
It has a cool groove and the clip is
awesome too.
Here is the singles
tracklist:
1.Wannabe - Single
Edit
2. Bumper To Bumper
3. Wannabe - Motiv8 Vocal Slam
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| All
you Japanese fans go and buy your copies
NOW! |
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June 20,
1996
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SPICE
GIRLS COMPLETE REGIONAL TOUR
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The
Spice Girls have just completed a tour of regional radio
stations. The girls travelled in a mini-bus as far north
as Aberdeen and as west as Manchester.
The girls
did dozens of radio interviews, so it's likely that if
you are in the UK you would have caught one of them!
Edindurgh's
fourth biggest radio station has put "Wannabe"
on their "A List". This means they will play
the track at least 6 times a day - great for a first
single!
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June 8,
1996
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WANNABE
RELEASED TO CLUBS
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Wannabe
is now being played in UK clubs, so if you are a club
go-er, make sure you listen out for the track and let the
DJ know how much you love it!!!
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WANNABE
EARLY SALES FIGURES STRONG
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The
early sales figures for "Wannabe" are very
strong according to Virgin Records.
Early
sales figures are determined by orders record companies
recieve from stores to have in store on the day of
release.
While no
exact figure was given, it is clear the song is in
demand.
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May 28,
1996
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JAPAN
GETS SPICEY
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The
Spice Girls headed to Japan this week to promote their
debut single "Wannabe".
The
single is released there on June 10, 1996.
The girls
did many radio and TV interviews and hopefully this will
heighten the sales figures there.
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May 20,
1996
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SPICE
GIRLS PREMIERE FIRST VIDEO
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Last
week TV show "The Box" showed the Spice Girls
first video "Wannabe". After it's showing the
show recieved so many requests they ended up playing it
70 times this week!
What a
great indication as to how well the single will do when
it's released in July.
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May 18,
1996
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SPICE
GIRLS HOTEL BABYLON APEARANCE
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The
Spice Girls did their debut performance of
"Wannabe" tonight on Hotel Babylon. The host
was Dani Behr.
The
hundred strong audience seemed to really get into the
song - cool!
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May 17,
1996
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RUMOURS
OF VIDEO RESHOOT
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Rumours
are rife that Virgin bosses are unhappy with the
completed version of the girls first video
"Wannabe" and they have ordered a new video to
be shot. Stay tuned.....
The
original video will start a trial run on "The
Box" this week and if it is successful, the video
will not be reshot.
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April 30,
1996
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SPICE
GIRLS FIRST TV APPEARANCE
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The
Spice Girls have appeared on "Surprise
Surprise" this week. They showed a specially filmed
video of Wannabe shot on a multi-story car park in
Manchester.
The video
featured the girls pearing out of Pillars to sing their
parts in the song.
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April 19,
1996
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SPICE
GIRLS SHOOT FIRST VIDEO
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| The
Spice Girls shot their first video today. The girls are to release
their debut single "Wannabe" in July,
and today shot the video to acompany the release.
The video takes
place in a posh
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| resturant with the girls bursting
into it and causing havoc. It was shot in St
Pancras, London and was directed by Jhoan Camitz
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March 30,
1996
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SPICE
GIRLS MEET WITH TFI FRIDAY PRODUCERS
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The
Spice Girls today meet with producers of "TFI
Friday" to disscuss plans to appear on the show.
They met
Suzi Alpin at Radio 1 studios and did an accapella
performance of their first single "Wannabe" (to
be released in July) Suzi was impressed by the girls.
Chris
Evans, the shows host, however, didn't seem too impressed
with the girls and said "Why don't you go back to
Live and Kicking"
So it is
unlikely the girls will appear - but here's hoping.
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February19,
1996
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SPICE
GIRLS ATTEND FIRST BRIT AWARDS
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Spice
Girls attended their first Brit Awards tonight.
At their
table was Lenny Kravitz and Annie Lennox and the girls
were seen talking to oposistion leader Tony Blair.
The girls
enjoyed the show which included performances by Michael
Jackson and Oasis.
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The
Spice Girls are: Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams, Emma
Bunton,
Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown
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