
WANNABE
A Tribute To The Spice Girls
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Toronto’s WANNABE is a five-piece Spice Girls tribute band made up of real-life best friends. Their show delivers a 90s party built around Spice Girls songs, costumes, accents, platform shoes, and crowd singalongs.
Stop. Close your eyes. Take a moment to remember. Do you recall a time, not so long ago? A time of innocence? A time of simplicity? A time of Dunkaroos, Beanie Babies, bubble chairs, white eye-liner, Ring-Pops, bucket hats and bicycle shorts? Let's be honest...It's no secret that the 90's were by far the most colourful, dynamic and entertaining decade of all. It really felt as though life couldn't get any better...
Then along came the Spice Girls. It was 1996 when the hit song “Wannabe” swept the world in a swell of pre-teen, bubble-gum hysteria. Ginger, Baby, Scary, Posh and Sporty became the new faces of pop music and girls (boys too!) everywhere were instant fans! With 65 million records sold world-wide, the Spice girls became the best selling girl-group of all time. It was total Spice-Mania!
Fast forward twenty years or so, and millennials are all grown up. Now, more than ever, people are feeling an urge to reminisce. With 90's nostalgia in full swing and talks of a Spice Girls reunion circulating online, there happens to be a new group in town that aims to satisfy the world's absolute craving for SPICE!
Wannabe has been thrilling audiences and blowing the roof off concert venues across NorthAmerica for the past 10 years. With giant personalities, mega-watt singing voices, spot-on choreography, costume changes, English accents and platform shoes, these powerhouse women have brought Girl Power into the 21st century with their larger-than life epic shows.
Wannabe is the brainchild of a group of Toronto based performers and musicians who also just happen to be best friends.The idea for Wannabe was born one summer when the girls were crammed in a house together performing in a summer musical, right around the start of 90’s nostalgia.The girls went to work. After an intense period of “Spice GirlsTraining”, which included studying concert footage and music videos, creating choreography, arranging songs and harmonies, assembling a six-piece backing band, and rehearsing for several months, Wannabe was ready to hit the stage for what they thought would be a one-off concert for friends and family at the legendary Toronto venue, The El Mocambo. They were wrong. The show sold out and the band hasn’t looked back since.
Wannabe has grown to become one of the most sought after acts in North America, selling out concert halls, theatres, clubs, casinos, outdoor festivals and more. As the band has gained popularity, the shows have expanded to include not only Spice Girls songs, but hits from other 90’s superstars including Brittany Spears, Janet Jackson, and Madonna. The girls have appeared on stages alongside legendary 90’s acts including TLC, The Goo Goo Dolls, Aqua, 98 Degrees, O-Town, Lance Bass (N’Sync) and Aaron Carter. Wannabe is as close to the real thing as you’re ever going to get!
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Songs this act can bring to the stage
- 01Wannabe
- 02Say You'll Be There
- 03Become 1
- 04Love Thing
- 05Mama
- 06Stop
- 07The Lady is a Vamp
- 08Last Time Lover
- 09Leader of the Gang
- 10Something Kinda Funny
- 11Who Do You Think You Are?
- 12Never Give Up On The Good
- 13Times
- 14Spice Up Your Life
- 15Denying
- 16Get Down With Me
- 17Christmas Wrapping
- 18Much
- 19Holler
- 20Headlines
- 21Viva Forever
- 22Naked
- 23Saturday Night Divas
- 24Do It
- 25If You Can't Dance
- 26Goodbye
- 27Move Over
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“I couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing; they LOOKED and SOUNDED EXACTLY LIKE THE SPICE GIRLS.”
— Screaming MediaDownloads
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