Gwen Stefani Explains Why No Doubt’s Coachella Reunion Was ‘Overwhelming’
Written by djfrosty on December 27, 2024
As she goes into the new year, Gwen Stefani is reflecting on one of her 2024 highlights: No Doubt‘s headline-making Coachella reunion.
“Performing at Coachella and feeling all that love for us after all this time was kind of overwhelming,” the “Hollaback Girl” singer reportedly told U.K. magazine HELLO!, noting that she still feels “incredibly lucky” for the experience months later.
“We hadn’t done anything together for so long, so to do that and be there for each other, with all of our families, meant so much to me,” Stefani continued. “It had been so long but it was as if we had never been apart.”
No Doubt took the stage for the first time since 2015 in April, appearing as special guests on the second night of the California festival. During the band’s set, Olivia Rodrigo joined the Voice coach to duet on “Bathwater,” and the rockers cycled through all of their biggest hits, including “Don’t Speak” and “Just a Girl.”
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Formed in 1986, No Doubt released six albums — including nine-week Billboard 200 chart-topper Tragic Kingdom — before disbanding in the mid 2010s. Stefani released her debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., in 2004.
Two decades later, the vocalist is fresh off the release of her fifth studio album, Bouquet, which arrived in November. The LP features “Purple Irises,” a duet by Stefani and husband Blake Shelton, which the couple performed together at the 2024 ACM Awards in May.
A couple months later, the pair celebrated their three-year wedding anniversary. “It has always been you,” Stefani wrote on Instagram at the time, while the country crooner posted a selfie with his wife and gushed, “I love you!!!!!!!!!!”