Gwen Stefani's Coachella Dilemma: Relearning No Doubt Songs
While Gwen Stefani is excited to reunite with her No Doubt bandmates for Coachella, she admitted she has some homework to do before taking the stage in Indio, Calif., this April.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! But during Wednesday night’s appearance, the singer talked about a No Doubt reunion with Tom Dumont, Tony Canals, and Adrian Younge after nearly a decade apart.
“I know it’s going to be amazing,” she said. “I’m so excited, and I think what’s going to be hilarious is that I know what’s going to happen. I’m going to go on stage and look around and start laughing because it’s just like riding a bike. Will happen. We’re going to be like, ‘What are we doing? We’re in the future now, we’re at Coachella.’ This is going to be weird.’
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Although the concert won’t start for a few months, Gwen Stefani admitted that the group hasn’t started practicing for their performance. But she already knows that she has to re-learn some of the rock band’s old hit songs.
“I don’t miss them, no, not at all. Not me! I think I probably have to learn eight or nine [songs],” she said before accidentally teasing one of the tracks they’re going to perform. “One of the first songs I wrote was called ‘Different People,’ we’re doing that.”
As the audience began to cheer, Gwen Stefani immediately put her hand over her mouth and said, “I don’t think so…” She later tried to correct herself, saying, “We can do this “
The song “Different People” was featured on the band’s third album, 1995’s Tragic Kingdom. No Doubt last reunited in 2012 for their album Push & Shove and last performed on stage together in 2015.
Gwen Stefani's Coachella Comeback: Excitement, Laughter, and Preparation
“It’s crazy,” Gwen Stefani said of their reunion. “It’s going to be amazing. I am very excited. And I think what’s going to be funny is that I know what’s going to happen, I’ll get on stage and look around and just start laughing because it’s going to be exactly like riding a bike. We’ll be like, ‘What are we doing? We’re in the future now, we’re at Coachella. This is going to be weird.’
The singer of “Purple Iris” also made jokes about having called the festival organizers to see whether they had any trellises that she could climb, much like she had done in past performances.
“They don’t have any mesh, I already asked about it!” She said to the 56-year-old late-night host, “I would do it! I’m going to prepare for it by starting my squat routine today.
Gwen Stefani, who is married to country star Blake Shelton, spoke to People last month about the upcoming Coachella performance and revealed that agreeing to play at the festival was an easy “yes.”
What I loved most about it was how quickly it happened. We’re all quite excited, but we haven’t figured out how we’re going to do this yet,” she remarked. And how thrilled are the fans, in my opinion, to watch it truly take off online? We are motivated by this.
“It’s going to be great,” she said. It will simply be: Get up there and do what we usually do, which is perform our music, make an effort to connect, and express our gratitude for this incredible career that we never would have imagined.
Gwen Stefani Explains No Doubt to Son, Names Band Members
According to Gwen Stefani, she had to tell her nine-year-old son Apollo who the well-known 90s band No Doubt was.
The 54-year-old opened up about her recent conversation with her son — who she shares with ex Gavin Rossdale — during an interview with People published on Jan. 26. His comments follow the announcement that No Doubt will reunite in April 2024 when they take the stage at the Coachella festival.
Speaking to People, Stefani, who is married to Blake Shelton, said that when she talked to Apollo about reuniting her band, she didn’t understand what the Los Angeles-based music festival was all about.”I had to lay in bed with Apollo and he said: ‘But mom, what’s Coachella? Everyone’s saying it. What is it? It seems like a huge issue,” she said.
According to Stephanie, when she told her son more about her band’s work, she had to explain who the group members were.”So we had to watch the ‘Don’t Speak’ video, and he was like: ‘But wait, who was your boyfriend?’ It was very weird and very funny. I had to tell every band member about it,” she said, referring to her previous relationship with No Doubt bassist Tony Canals.
The “Rich Girl” singer then admitted how grateful she is for the opportunities that she and her band have been getting as Apollo has become more interested in her early in her career,
How much time has gone by since he is going to be ten? This is just another miracle and blessing. I found that astounding as well,” she remarked. “I feel like we’re in the future and just got hit by lightning and [no doubt] it’s like: ‘We’re here!'”
No Doubt announced their reunion earlier this month via a video they posted on social media. Stefani opens the film by talking about a collage she created as the cover art for the group’s second album, The Beacon Street Collection, released in 1995. “It’s bringing back a lot of memories,” Stephanie said. “I’m just going to text Tony.”
The clip featured a graphic from 2015 to 2024 before showing the four band members, including drummer Adrian ” “Maybe we should do a show?” Young proposed.
After Stephanie asks: “What are we doing?” ” Young said, “Perhaps we ought to put on a show? ” To general agreement from his bandmates. The video ended with Stefani saying: “Let’s do a show” and a graphic of a question mark. The band was revealed as part of the Coachella Festival roster for 2024 a short while after.
During her interview with People, Stefani expressed how “cool” it would be to have her band back together, more than 10 years after first reuniting.
He said of his band’s upcoming gig, “It’s just going to be: get up there and do what we always do, which is play our music and try to connect and be so grateful that we’ve got this amazing career to have.” We never expected.” Performance at Coachella.
Amid her busy career, Stefani has also opened up about prioritizing her family, as she has two other sons, Kingston, 17, and Zuma, 15, with Rossdale. Speaking to People in September 2023, he previously discussed the challenges of taking his eldest son on tour, while also acknowledging that it was a special time in his life.
“When Kingston was nine months old, I took him on a world tour. ” She said, “I’d have to bring him up, then go on stage, get down, and he would twist my ponytail.” “That’s when things got tough for me emotionally. “That time is very precious, and you don’t want to lose anything.”
