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Fans unhappy as Spice Girls kick off reunion tour

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The Spice Girls performed in front of 75,000 fans at Dublin's Croke Park. Photo / Getty

The Spice Girls performed in front of 75,000 fans at Dublin's Croke Park. Photo / Getty

After years of false starts and rumoured feuds, The Spice Girls have reunited on stage for the first show in a 13-date UK tour, opening with their 1997 hit Spice Up Your Life.

Some 75,000 fans turned out to Dublin's Croke Park for the spectacle - with one notable absence. Former bandmate Victoria Beckham declined to take part in the tour, although she did take to social media to wish her pals well.

Victoria opted not to join the band's reunion tour in order to focus on her self-titled fashion brand.

The Irish capital has been buzzing ahead of the concert, with many taking to social media to say it was a moment they never thought they would never see.

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Good luck to the girls today as they start their tour! x VB #SpiceGirls #FriendshipNeverEnds @EmmaLeeBunton @TheRealGeriHalliwell @OfficialMelB @MelanieCMusic

A post shared by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) on May 24, 2019 at 1:53am PDT

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The foursome took the stage in updated versions of some of their most iconic 90s outfits, including Mel B - aka Scary Spice - donning a sequinned, leopard print jumpsuit and Emma Bunton - Baby Spice - in a hot pink mini dress.

Earlier in the day, Geri Halliwell - aka Ginger Spice - teased fans with a glimpse of her new Union Jack dress - embroidered with the words Girl Power in gold thread.

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๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐–€๐–“๐–Ž๐–”๐–“ ๐•ต๐–†๐–ˆ๐– ๐–‰๐–—๐–Š๐–˜๐–˜ ๐–‡๐–Š๐–‘๐–”๐–“๐–Œ๐–˜ ๐–™๐–” ๐–š๐–˜ ๐–†๐–‘๐–‘ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐•ฌ ๐•ฑ๐–†๐–’๐–Ž๐–‘๐–ž ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–๐–”๐–š๐–˜๐–Š๐–˜, ๐–€๐–“๐–Ž๐–‹๐–Ž๐–Š๐–‰ ๐Ÿ™ ๐•ฌ๐–“ ๐–Š๐–›๐–”๐–‘๐–š๐–™๐–Ž๐–”๐–“ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐–Œ๐–Ž๐–—๐–‘ ๐–•๐–”๐–œ๐–Š๐–—. ๐Ÿ‘‘ ๐•ท๐–Ž๐–”๐–“ - ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–š๐–—๐–†๐–Œ๐–Š ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ฒ๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ๐–Š๐–— ๐•ญ๐–Ž๐–—๐–‰ - ๐•ป๐–Š๐–†๐–ˆ๐–Š ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ญ๐–†๐–‡๐–ž ๐•ท๐–Š๐–”๐–•๐–†๐–—๐–‰ - ๐•ป๐–—๐–”๐–™๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–™๐–Ž๐–”๐–“ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•พ๐–ˆ๐–†๐–—๐–ž ๐•ป๐–†๐–“๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–— - ๐•พ๐–™๐–—๐–Š๐–“๐–Œ๐–™๐– ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•พ๐–•๐–”๐–—๐–™๐–ž ๐•ท๐–Ž๐–‘๐–ž - ๐•ฐ๐–‘๐–Š๐–Œ๐–†๐–“๐–ˆ๐–Š ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ป๐–”๐–˜๐– #๐–œ๐–Š๐–‘๐–”๐–›๐–Š #๐–œ๐–Š๐–˜๐–Š๐–—๐–›๐–Š #๐–œ๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–Š๐–‘๐–Š๐–‡๐–—๐–†๐–™๐–Š #๐•พ๐–•๐–Ž๐–ˆ๐–Š๐–‚๐–”๐–—๐–‘๐–‰ #๐•ณ๐–”๐–š๐–˜๐–Š๐–”๐–‹๐•ฒ๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ๐–Š๐–— #๐•ณ๐–”๐–š๐–˜๐–Š๐–”๐–‹๐•ญ๐–†๐–‡๐–ž #๐•ณ๐–”๐–š๐–˜๐–Š๐–”๐–‹๐•พ๐–ˆ๐–†๐–—๐–ž #๐•ณ๐–”๐–š๐–˜๐–Š๐–”๐–‹๐•พ๐–•๐–”๐–—๐–™๐–ž ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–˜๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–“๐–Š๐–‰ ๐–‡๐–ž @๐–˜๐–‘๐–†๐–‰๐–Š๐–Œ๐–†๐–‡๐–—๐–Ž๐–Š๐–‘๐–‘๐–† ๐–™๐–๐–†๐–“๐– ๐–ž๐–”๐–š.

A post shared by geri (@therealgerihalliwell) on May 24, 2019 at 11:02am PDT

Fans were jumping for joy as they waited to see their idols perform live. Photo / Getty
Fans were jumping for joy as they waited to see their idols perform live. Photo / Getty

But while fans were thrilled to see their childhood heroes reunite, many were quick to complain about sound issues at the Dublin venue, taking to Twitter to vent their frustrations.

Be great if someone could tell the sound people at Spice Girls that the audience can't hear them... ๐Ÿ™„ #spicegirls #spiceworld #crokepark still great to see the girls in action.

— Rachel D (@bookgeek90) May 24, 2019

Would be nice if you could actually hear the songs! Up the front and can hardly hear! #spicegirls #crokepark

— Shannon Middleton (@ShanMerrygoldX) May 24, 2019

Overwhelmed and underwhelmed. Yay the @spicegirls , but the sound ๐Ÿ˜ #spicegirls

— Ciara Cummins (@Ciara_Cummins1) May 24, 2019

Writing this tweet is hard because I love the spice girls.... However the sound in croke park is awlful and there is a bigger queue for the toilets then out watching the spice girls.not there fault #spicegirls #fan

— shell (@ShellbellSlater) May 24, 2019

Writing this tweet is hard because I love the spice girls.... However the sound in croke park is awlful and there is a bigger queue for the toilets then out watching the spice girls.not there fault #spicegirls #fan

— shell (@ShellbellSlater) May 24, 2019

Before flying into Dublin Geri returned to her Spice Girls roots, dying her hair back to its iconic red hue.

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