MUMBAI:The Spice Girls reunion/farewell tour has got off to a sparkling start, with the proposed London show reportedly selling out in a matter of seconds.According to a report in Live Daily, over a million people registered to buy tickets to the 15 December concert, which sold out in 38 seconds. The online magazine quotes BBC News as saying that three more London shows have since been added and tickets for the original performance are already appearing on eBay, with one pair advertised for 900 pounds (about $1,837 US).

The world tour will start with with a 2 December show in Vancouver. So far, the Spice Girls are scheduled to play four US cities, including a two-night stand at Los Angeles` Staples Center and gigs in Las Vegas, New York and San Jose, CA. Following the stateside shows, the group will move on to London, Cologne, Madrid, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires through late January. In conjunction with the tour, the girls are expected to release a greatest-hits album next month. Various reports claim U2 frontman Bono is working with them on a new song.The reunion brings all the Girls, back together for the first time in six years. Geri "Ginger" Halliwell left the group in 1998 and the remaining members--Victoria "Posh" Beckham, Melanie "Sporty" Chisholm, Emma "Baby" Bunton and Melanie "Scary" Brown--parted ways in 2001. The Spice Girls, who burst onto the scene in the mid-`90s, topped the charts with the song "Wannabe" and went on to sell 55 million albums, according to reports.