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OC Music Awards - City National Grove of Anaheim - March 9, 2013

Last Saturday night, a well-dressed army of local music fans, press and artists packed into the City National Grove of Anaheim for the 12 annual OC Music Awards. Like most awards shows, the night's festivities went  bit longer than necessary with a few fumbles here and there and a mixture of in ... More >>

Your Nominees for the 2013 OC Music Awards

Now that we've shaken off the hangover of 2012, we've double checked our watches and realized that the first full week in January is time for one thing and one thing only: a new season of OC Music Awards madness. Today, the nominees for the 2013 Awards ceremony (hosted  at the City National Gro ... More >>

No Doubt - Gibson Amphitheatre - 12/6/12

No Doubt Gibson Amphitheatre 12/6/12 One of my early concert claims to fame is seeing No Doubt in a warehouse in Orange back in 1994. Fast forward eighteen years and No Doubt is capping a seven night sold-out run at the Gibson Amphitheatre with roughly 40,000 people snapping up tickets. Their his ... More >>

No Doubt's "Looking Hot" Video Gets Pulled For Looking Racist

Well, this is embarrassing. Of all the things No Doubt have been skewered for in the public eye over the years, we never thought racial stereotyping would be one of them. Over the weekend, the Huffington Post and E! Online reported that Orange County's biggest band caught some serious flack over the ... More >>

How Unknown Ontario Band Noise of Rumors Got Their Opening Slot for No Doubt at the Gibson

How does an unknown band from the Inland Empire get to open for No Doubt on one of the band's biggest shows in Southern California? It can't be as simple as Noise of Rumors makes it out to be, can it? In a YouTube video, the one-year-old band detailed all the steps they took to get noticed by Anahei ... More >>

The Guy Who Got No Doubt Discovered Needs Your Help With His New Book

Tazy Phyllipz has literally made a career out of helping unknown bands grow their audiences. If you don't believe me, just ask No Doubt, Sublime and Maroon 5 - three groups who received airplay on Phyllipz's radio program The Ska Parade long before corporate America knew what a hollaback girl was. ... More >>

Sublime vs. No Doubt? Manager/producer Miguel Happoldt Says 'No Doubt was like Richie Cunningham and Sublime was like Fonzie'

See Also: *No Doubt Talk About Being Rockstar Parents*Happy 25th Anniversary, No Doubt! A Look at the First Show's Venue, Lineup, Flyers and Benefit--And Where Everyone is Now*No Doubt in Their Own WordsNo Doubt is back with a retro-new wave album called Push and Shove  afte ... More >>

No Doubt In Their Own Words

An oral history of OC's greatest band and their newest album, 'Push and Shove'

Just a Girl: Crushing on Gwen Stefani in the Early Days of No Doubt

See Also: *No Doubt Talk About Being Rockstar Parents*Happy 25th Anniversary, No Doubt! A Look at the First Show's Venue, Lineup, Flyers and Benefit--And Where Everyone is Now*Tony Kanal Talks About No Doubt's New AlbumNo Doubt is back with a retro-new wave album called Push and ... More >>

No Doubt Talk About Being Rockstar Parents

See Also:*No Doubt is 20 Years Old Today*No Doubt Unleashes Video For Settle Down..With Trucks Galore!*No Doubt Bassist Tony Kanal is a FatherTen years after  Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont and Adrian Young ushered in the 21st century with the release of the electro-bopped, dancehall-infu ... More >>

No Doubt Unleashes New Video for "Settle Down"...With Trucks Galore!

See Also:*No Doubt Tapped for iHeart Radio Festival, Releases Sneak Peek at New Video for "Settle Down" *No Doubt Announces New Album Title, Release Date and Single Info *No Doubt Is Taking Their Beef With Activision's Band Hero In Front Of a JuryLast week, we mentioned that in addition to the ... More >>

No Doubt Tapped For iHeart Radio Festival, Releases Sneak Peek of New Video for 'Settle Down'

There's plenty of joy to go around for No Doubt fans this week. Recently, it was announced that the iconic OC-bred troupe was picked to perform during the first night of the iHeart Radio festival in Las Vegas, held at the MGM Garden Arena on Sep. 21-22. It's the band's first show in a while and come ... More >>

No Doubt Announces New Album Title, Release Date And Single Info

Good news No Doubt fans. Yesterday, the Anaheim-bred band released a slew of news pertaining to their long-awaited sixth album. The band announced in a message posted on their website that the title of their first record in 11 years is Push and Shove. They'll also be filming a video for the album's ... More >>

No Doubt's No Doubt is 20 Years Old Today

​Speaking of two-decade anniversaries, the album that started it all, No Doubt's eponymous debut, dropped on March 17, 1992. No Doubt recorded No Doubt independently, and by 1990, the band was signed by Interscope. The label insisted they rerecord the album, which had no radio singles, and it so ... More >>

Waiting for No Doubt

​Every once in a while we check in on No Doubt to figure out when that new album is coming out.

C'mon, No Doubt. We Can't Even Have a New Album Teaser? (Plus, a Collab with Major Lazer!)

​Ahh, No Doubt's new album. While we have a bunch of song titles from various Twitter posts  and Rolling Stone/Entertainment Weekly articles, we haven't heard anything from the new album. We did hear that daggering proponents Major Lazer (made up of Diplo/Switch) were collaborating with the g ... More >>

Gwen Stefani Quits Solo Career to Focus on No Doubt (!)

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​This announcement doesn't even seem plausible, and yet it makes perfect sense: Gwen Stefani just said that she's done with her solo career and is focusing on No Doubt from now on. As she told  Entertainment Weekly, her going solo was "a moment in time..It went on a li ... More >>

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Tony Kanal Talks About No Doubt's New Album and Wanting His Baby Girl Coco to (Maybe) be a Scientist

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Early this week we caught up with Tony Kanal to talk about Sublime's Bradley Nowell (watch out for OC Weekly's 15th death anniversary tribute to the late, great frontman tomorrow). Kanal had all sorts of stories to tell, but these days, he's all about his four-month-old ba ... More >>

[UPDATE: Sold to Someone Who Has No Idea Who No Doubt Is!] No Doubt's 'Beacon Street' Anaheim Home for Sale

​UPDATE, 12:14 P.M., JAN. 18: According to comments left by real-estate agent Chuck Ohlwine of First Team Real Estate, the home has been sold. The Beacon Street house is now in escrow and was sold for "not less than asking price." It was also an all-cash offer.    Ohlwine tells us the ho ... More >>

No Doubt Has 10 Songs Written, Still Recording; Video of Kennedy Center Honors Performance Available

​You know you've definitely really, really made it when practically every tweet you put out there constitutes as news: No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont tweeted today that the band has 10 brand-new songs completed for their forthcoming, unnamed album. But, wait, you thought they've been recording sinc ... More >>

No Doubt NOT Playing Secret Anaheim Show Next Week

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyNo Doubt at the Verizon Wireless, July 2009​Calm the hell down, everyone--No Doubt will not be playing a secret hometown show next Tuesday. It all started with a simple rumor tweeted by ultimate No Doubt fansite, Beacon Street, along with this post including an e-mail circ ... More >>

No Doubt Inspires LA Philharmonic and YOLA Expo Center Youth Orchestra

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Q: Why is there a photo of Gwen Stefani performing with No Doubt up there? A: Because four high school students who are part of the LA Philharmonic's Composer Fellowship Program will compose a four-movement piece inspired by songs by No Doubt. Q: Will the piece be performe ... More >>

No Doubt Say The New Album Is Delish

www.nodoubt.comHow No Doubt spent the beginning of their long weekend: recording in the studio. ​On Friday, Gwen Stefani sent out an update on the new album that the band is currently recording. They also posted the photo above on their Twitter account. Gwen says, " Hey Guys...thinking a lot abo ... More >>

No Doubt Auctions Their Things For Charity

Andrew YoussefNo Doubt at one of the four sold-out shows at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre last summer. ​So No Doubt just finished their tour, and are now recording a new album. What's next? Why, raise money for charity. The band is auctioning costumes and band memorablia on Ebay from June 1-11. Af ... More >>

No Doubt in Studio Recording New Material, Stefani Possibly Pregnant With Third Child

twitter.com/nodoubt​Ah, good news, No Doubt fans--that makes, like, all of you, right? Orange County's biggest success story is back in the studio recording the first batch of brand new material. This is all hot on the heels of bloggy rumors that Gwen Stefani is pregnant with her third child--of c ... More >>

No Doubt to Release Tragic Kingdom on Rock Band

Ah, 1995.​No Doubt hasn't had much luck with the video game world. Last time we checked in, they were suing Activision for an undisclosed sum for using their likenesses in Band Hero--while they had given permission to the company to appear in the video game, No Doubt claims they had no idea that t ... More >>

Gwen Stefani Revisits '80s for New No Doubt Record

Andrew YoussefNo Doubt at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, August 1, 2009News regarding No Doubt's first studio album since 2001's Rock Steady continues to trickle in. Tom Dumont, guitarist for Orange County's most beloved band, recently tweeted: "Tony [Kanal] and Gwen [Stefani] are rocking t ... More >>

Top 10 Orange County Concerts of 2009, No. 1: No Doubt, July 31, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine

Editor's Note: Having spent hours perusing the Heard Mentality archives for a Concert Year in Review feature running in the print issue that streets Friday, I compiled a Top 10 list of the coolest shows to come through Orange County in 2009. Here's No. 1. I caught No Doubt perform in Tampa, Fla., in ... More >>

OC Christmas Treasure: No Doubt covering 'Oi to the World' in 1995 and 2001

Mere months after the release of No Doubt's 1995 breakthrough album Tragic Kingdom, the Gwen Stefani-led band performed December 19 at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas. People were likely thrilled by "Just a Girl" "Spiderwebs" and "Don't Speak" but the real highlight of their set came via a collabo ... More >>

Today in Music News: No Doubt, Sonic Youth, Jay Reatard, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert

OC's most awesome music export, No Doubt, continues battling with Activision over the group's (mis)use in the game Band Hero.Sonic Youth, which performs at the Fox Theatre in Pomona Jan. 8, plan to record new album in 2010.Garage-punk badass Jay Reatard attacked by fans in Austin--fights back with ... More >>

No Doubt Sues Activision Over Band Hero Avatars

​No band likes to be turned into a "virtual karaoke circus act." But that's exactly what No Doubt's manager Jim Guerinot is saying about the band's disapproval about having their likenesses placed in Band Hero, the latest abomination of button-pushing musicianship created by Activision. Yesterday, ... More >>

Incoming: Power 106 Comedy Fiesta at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

​If you thought Verizon Wireless Amphitheater could only be used for big-name bands like Blink 182 and No Doubt, well, you're stupid. (OK, you're not stupid. Misguided, maybe.) Exhibit A: Power 106's "Comedy Fiesta" show, happening on September 26 at the 16,00-capacity venue formerly known as Irvi ... More >>

No Doubt and OC Weekly: Intertwining Fates!

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Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

No zoom on the iPhone, folks!​Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; August 4, 2009.Better than: The three previous No Doubt shows at Verizon. Maybe. Actually, they were probably all equally fantastic, unless you hate Katy Perry.Number of dudes dress ... More >>

Friday Night: No Doubt, Paramore, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Andrew YoussefDon't be fooled! This picture is from Saturday's show!​Friday night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater--the first of No Doubt's four sold-out hometown shows and the beginning of the end of the band's reunion tour--I sat in my seat the Irvine venue not quite knowing what to expect from ... More >>

No Doubt w/ Paramore, The Sounds

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

[Sound Guy] No Doubt It Out Loud

Before It Gets Old: No Doubt on 'Gossip Girl'

Well, hopefully someone will post a better video of this, but here's No Doubt's appearance on Gossip Girl last night. They played an '80s parallel universe version of themselves (called "Snowed Out," ahahahahaha, so clever) in a mostly flashback episode meant to test the waters for a possible spinof ... More >>

Incoming: No Doubt Add Yet Another OC Show, Katy Perry to Open

(Yes, I could have used another No Doubt picture to illustrate this blog, but I'm using this Katy Perry pic instead. Deal with it. We need hits.) Waaay sold out. No Doubt has added yet another Verizon Wireless Amphitheater show--their fourth!--to their triumphant reunion tour, this one happening on ... More >>

Buy a No Doubt Ticket, Get No Doubt Music

Live Nation and Universal Music Group have announced a new promotion for No Doubt's big return tour this summer: If you buy a seat in the "top tier ticket price levels," you will receive digital copies of "No Doubt's entire music career." Yes, the obvious question is why would someone that didn't al ... More >>

More No Doubt Tour News

Alright, so there aren't any official tour dates yet, but a few babies and weddings later, No Doubt has finally officially confirmed they will indeed be touring Summer 2009. Starting this May, the band will be making stops at larger amphitheaters and arenas all through out the United States and Cana ... More >>

Musical Advent Calendar: No Doubt, 'Oi to the World'

Tonight is the annual "Vandals Christmas Formal" at the House of Blues in Anaheim, and we talked earlier this week about No Doubt getting back together in 2009, so what better OCriffic song for today than No Doubt's cover of Vandals Christmas tune "Oi to the World"? None more better.Unfortunately, a ... More >>

No Doubt Says No New Album in 2009

Things sure have changed for one of Orange County's biggest success stories since we last checked in. But babies, weddings, solo careers, clothing labels  have been finally put aside: No Doubt has announced they'll be reforming for a comeback tour in 2009--but don't expect a new record any time so ... More >>

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