Current:Home > StocksSurprise! Gwen Stefani, No Doubt team up with Olivia Rodrigo at Coachella on 'Bathwater' -DataFinance
Surprise! Gwen Stefani, No Doubt team up with Olivia Rodrigo at Coachella on 'Bathwater'
View
Date:2025-04-11 15:43:28
INDIO, Calif. − It had been 3,130 days since No Doubt had played together, but on Saturday night in front of a huge crowd at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, it seemed like no time had passed.
Gwen Stefani, 54, and the guys − Tony Kanal, Adrian Young, Tom Dumont, Stephen Bradley and Garbial McNair − put on a show that could have been plucked out of someone's garage back in Anaheim in the late 1980s. The sound, the look, the vibe, it all felt familiar.
High-spirited, energetic and oozing SoCal, No Doubt took their die-hard fans back to the mid-1990s, playing all their biggest hits from their seminal album "Tragic Kingdom," some bangers from the early 2000s and a deep cut with the help of one of music's current biggest stars.
Spotted!Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce turn up at Coachella for Bleachers, Ice Spice sets
Midway through the set, the crowd screeched as none other than Olivia Rodrigo hit the stage in an I Heart ND shirt. She joined Stefani for a back-and-forth rendition of No Doubt's "Bathwater," a song about always choosing the wrong man.
Rodrigo only was on stage for that one song, and the rest of the night was a No Doubt hit parade. Not many bands can close with a trio of jams from the same album like "Just a Girl," "Don't Speak" and "Spiderwebs," but No Doubt can.
Stefani had fun with "Just a Girl," at one point asking for only the men in the crowd to sing it with her. The deep voices that rumbled back could only make her smile. She then did a girls' only call and response and the overflowing Coachella Stage crowd roared back twice as loud with classic lyrics that Stefani described as "more relevant now than ever."
Coachella is here:What to bring and how to prepare to make the most of music festivals
Her stage work can only be described as aerobic, as she bounded around the main stage infrastructure all night, running and jumping on platforms out among the crowd, climbing scaffolding to precarious heights and even doing push-ups before "Just a Girl."
When that raucous song ended, the stage went dark and Dumont strummed the first three notes of "Don't Speak" and the crowd knew things were about to get emotional − and they did. Stefani belted out her hauntingly beautiful song about her breakup with Kanal, while the two shared the stage together.
Then the energy was brought right back up to close with "Spiderwebs," probably the ska-punk band's signature jam.
Aside from the three closers, they also played "Different People," "Sunday Morning" and "Happy Now?" from their "Tragic Kingdom" album. And they squeezed a few other big hits into their 16-song set, including "Hella Good" and "Hey Baby."
Before Saturday, the last time No Doubt performed together was in 2015. Stefani, as we know, has had a bunch of success as a solo artist and has garnered new fans in recent years as one of the stars of "The Voice."
But this was a No Doubt night, not a Gwen Stefani night, and as she and her five bandmates gathered arm-in-arm for one final bow at the end of the set, you could tell it was as meaningful to them as it was to the crowd.
veryGood! (8)
Related
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- Black Panther actor Tenoch Huerta denies sexual assault allegations
- U.S. Nuclear Fleet’s Dry Docks Threatened by Storms and Rising Seas
- London Black Cabs Will Be Electric by 2020
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- 5 low-key ways to get your new year off to a healthy start
- A Colorado library will reopen after traces of meth were found in the building
- Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road and No Country for Old Men, dies at 89
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- Climate Change Puts U.S. Economy and Lives at Risk, and Costs Are Rising, Federal Agencies Warn
Ranking
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Olympic medalist Tori Bowie died in childbirth. What to know about maternal mortality, eclampsia and other labor complications.
- Illinois becomes first state in U.S. to outlaw book bans in libraries: Regimes ban books, not democracies
- See How Kaley Cuoco, Keke Palmer and More Celebs Are Celebrating Mother's Day 2023
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- U.S. announces $325 million weapons package for Ukraine as counteroffensive gets underway
- Here's why China's population dropped for the first time in decades
- Martha Stewart Reacts to Landing Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Cover at Age 81
Recommendation
Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
A newborn was surrendered to Florida's only safe haven baby box. Here's how they work
In county jails, guards use pepper spray, stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis
In memoriam: Female trailblazers who leapt over barriers to fight for their sisters
Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
This $5 Tinted Moisturizer With 10,200+ 5-Star Reviews Is a Must-Have for Your Routine
Chrissy Teigen Says Children Luna and Miles Are Thriving as Big Siblings to Baby Esti
Drier Autumns Are Fueling Deadly California Wildfires