San Jose Gets a Dose of the Spice Girls

"Spiceworld" hit San Jose, California last night, and the Hewlett Packard Pavilion was rocking the night away.

In the first US show of their reunion tour, Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown, Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham, Emma "Baby Spice" Burton, Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm and Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell took the stage like the seasoned veterans that they are. And they put on what many are calling the concert of the year.

Their opening number "Spice Up Your Life" (the same as their Vancouver show two nights prior) drew the screams of thousands of eager fans gratifying their desires for the tasty, sugary brand of pop the UK girl group is known for.

And the wardrobe was nothing short of fabulous. As one reviewer put it, "Posh, whose soccer-star hubby David Beckham was reportedly in the audience, wore a gorgeous, tight-fitting gold pant-and-corset outfit, while Baby looked mighty cute in her short dress and Ginger rocked a sexy, even shorter, hemline. The other two Spices—Scary and Sporty—weren't nearly as fetching. The former wore a reptilian patterned jumpsuit and the latter was in a spacey work-out suit that seemed straight out of the "Battlestar Galactica" closet."

Of course, there were multiple costume changes throughout the 100-minute whirlwind set, as well as a solo by each of the girls. With the kind of amazing press the Spice Girls are getting thus far, they may have to continue their tour Grateful Dead-style in order to appease the insatiable appetites of the world's pop music consumers.

The set list for the San Jose show is as follows:

"Spice Up Your Life"
"Stop"
"Say You'll Be There"
"Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)"
"Lady is a Vamp"
"Too Much"
"2 Become 1"
"Who Do You Think You Are" (Posh solo)
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Scary solo)
"Maybe" (Baby solo)
"Viva Forever"
"Holler"
"It's Raining Men" (Ginger solo)
"I Turn to You" (Sporty solo)
"Let Love Lead the Way"
"Mama"
(Soul medley)
"Goodbye"
Encore:
" If U Can't Dance"
"Wannabe"
" Spice Up Your Life"