Fans unhappy as Spice Girls kick off reunion tour

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

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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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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖀𝖓𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝕵𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖚𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖑 🇬🇧 𝕬 𝕱𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖑𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖘, 𝖀𝖓𝖎𝖋𝖎𝖊𝖉 🙏 𝕬𝖓 𝖊𝖛𝖔𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖌𝖎𝖗𝖑 𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗. 👑 𝕷𝖎𝖔𝖓 - 𝕮𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝕲𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗 𝕭𝖎𝖗𝖉 - 𝕻𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝕭𝖆𝖇𝖞 𝕷𝖊𝖔𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖉 - 𝕻𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖊𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝕾𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖞 𝕻𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 - 𝕾𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝕾𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕷𝖎𝖑𝖞 - 𝕰𝖑𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖍 #𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 #𝖜𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖛𝖊 #𝖜𝖊𝖈𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊 #𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖊𝖂𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 #𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖔𝖋𝕲𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗 #𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖔𝖋𝕭𝖆𝖇𝖞 #𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖔𝖋𝕾𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖞 #𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖔𝖋𝕾𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕯𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖞 @𝖘𝖑𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖇𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚.

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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... 🙄 #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 😐 #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.

Ginger Spice showed off the results on Instagram telling her 898,000 followers: "Ginger is back!"