Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal of No Doubt Arturo Holmes/Getty Photographs for Coachella
There’s little doubt that the band of the identical identify’s reunion was the spotlight of the primary weekend of Coachella 2024.
Gwen Stefani made her Coachella Music and Arts Competition debut on Saturday, April 13, when she sang a number of of No Doubt’s most iconic hits with former bandmates Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont and Adrian Younger.
In the midst of their set, attendees on the Indio, California, pageant acquired a significant shock when Olivia Rodrigo was invited to affix in on the enjoyable. Rodrigo, 21, proved her inside fangirl in the course of the efficiency and wore an “I [heart] ND” tank, referring to the band initials.
“Hey Olivia Rodrigo, why do women like me and also you at all times need the dangerous boys,” Stefani, 54, requested earlier than Rodrigo completed the road. Stefani added, “The broken, the silly, dumb boys!”
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Rodrigo and Stefani then teamed up for a rocking rendition of No Doubt’s “Bathwater.” They sweetly embraced in a hug on the finish of the quantity.
Stefani rocked the stage in a plaid two-piece with an identical jacket. For glam, she wore crimson lipstick, sparkly blue winged eyeliner and small silver gems above her eyebrows. The rocker additionally tied up her platinum blond locks in a topknot.
Gwen Stefani and Olivia Rodrigo John Shearer/Getty Photographs for No Doubt
She beforehand teased to Us Weekly that the look was pure nostalgia.
“The appears for Coachella weren’t nearly me,” Stefani solely informed Us earlier this month. “The band and I needed to do one thing cohesive and nostalgic that felt like one thing we’ve at all times achieved however [also] felt new.”
She added, “I really feel like sporting plaid has at all times been there and is signature for the band. I despatched some references to the band, and we thought this may be a cool approach to have one thing related however with our particular person kinds on the identical time.”
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Stefani was the lead singer of No Doubt when the group shaped in 1986. They went on hiatus in 2008 earlier than briefly reuniting quickly after. By 2013, the group had disbanded for good. No Doubt final carried out collectively in 2015, 9 years earlier than their Coachella set.
“That was superb,” Stefani wrote by way of Instagram Story afterward Saturday, sharing a backstage selfie. “Thank u for coming to see @nodoubt at Coachella!!! 2024!!”
Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, Adrian Younger, and Tom Dumont of No Doubt John Shearer/Getty Photographs for No Doubt
In a follow-up submit, Stefani sat on an airplane, waving to the digicam as she stated, “Bye! See you subsequent weekend!”
No Doubt will return to Coachella’s Empire Polo Membership later this month. The subsequent weekend of Coachella takes place from Friday, April 19, to Sunday, April 21.
