Balancing Family with No Doubt
Gwen Stefani spent the day with her two boys. Gwen was asked by host Ryan Seacrest why the group is touring for the first time in over five years despite not releasing a new album.
Stefani quickly replied, “My fault, my fault, my fault. I had all the babies and all that and then I was home. … I just said let’s just go on tour. I don’t want to be home writing. I just want to get out there, see everybody, get inspired and kind of do it backwards.”
No Doubt Go New Wave
Interesting news. “Stand and Deliver,” the first song recorded by the reunited No Doubt, leaked yesterday, nearly a month before the band was due to perform the song on a flashback episode of Gossip Girl. Like No Doubt’s cover of Talk Talk’s “It’s My Life,” Gwen Stefani and her bandmates manage to take Adam & The Ants’ Prince Charming hit and skew it both more modern and more new wave. Stefani replaces Ant’s thick British vocals from the original with her own valley girl cadence, befitting of the band’s role as early ’80s Los Angeles rockers on Gossip Girl. That episode, a “backdoor pilot” for a GG spin-off series, will air May 11th.
Gwen Stefani Spend Christmas Learning To Roller Skate
Gwen Stefani and family spent their Christmas holiday learning to roller skate. Stefani and Rossdale (her husband) took their eldest son Kingston to Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale.
Eyewitnesses said it looked as if it was Kingston’s first time on wheel as he tried to skate between his parents, but even as they were holding his hands, his legs were moving in different directions, making it difficult for him to stand.
Despite his difficulty with the sport, he was said to be laughing and enjoying himself, even dancing the “Hokey Pokey.” Eyewitnesses said the family looked happy and seemed to be enjoying the time with their son.
The next day, the Rossdale family attended Christmas Eve Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Los Angeles. New addition, Zuma, attended the service with the family.
Gwen Stefani designs hotel uniforms
Gwen Stefani has announced her deal with the bars, designed by Rande Gerber, to design the outfits for bar staff in L.A.M.B. style. The short dresses, which will be made of washable black jersey material, will be in the style of one of Gwen’s clothing lines, L.A.M.B. The outfits will debut in December or early 2009.
The deal came together after the W sponsored one of the lounges at Fashion Week. Director of PR for W Hotels Jenni Benzaquen says, “Gwen Stefani was in our lounge last season, and through that relationship she’s doing uniforms for the Gerber bars located in W Hotels.”
STEFANI STAYS IN U.K. TO SUPPORT HUSBAND
Singer GWEN STEFANI has agreed to stay in London while her husband GAVIN ROSSDALE attempts to launch a solo career in the U.K. The couple currently divide their time between the British capital and her native Los Angeles. And now the pair look set to be residing in London for the foreseeable future while Rossdale puts the finishing touches to his new album - which is due for release in April. But Stefani is happy with the arrangement as it gives her more time to look after their 20-month-old son Kingston.
Gwen Stefany Pregnant.
Gwen Stefani and her rock star husband Gavin Rossdale are expecting their second child.
According to Britain’s The Sun, the singer is 13 weeks pregnant. She has long said she’s wanted another child.
Stefani, 38, and British-born Rossdale, 40, wed in London in September 2002 and have one of the coolest kids in showbiz: Kingston Rossdale, who turns 2 on May 26.
Gwen Stefani Donate Money to Help Wildfire Victims
Linkin Park, the Eagles and Gwen Stefani have all donated money to help the victims of southern California’s wildfires.
Linkin Park and the Eagles have both pledged $50,000. And Gwen Stefani is handing over $160,000 in proceeds from her October 30 concert in San Diego to fire relief charity the San Diego Foundation.
Fires burned at numerous locations throughout southern California last month, resulting in the evacuation of 500,000 people.
Gwen Stefani in Prague
Hello, friends! Look at amateur videos from Gwen’s show in Prague, Czech.
Bio: Gwen’s personal life
Stefani had a crush on bandmate Tony Kanal when he joined No Doubt, but Kanal initially rejected her because her older brother was in the band and Kanal felt it was an unspoken rule that no one of the band date her. The two eventually began dating and were “inseparable” by the early 1990s. Stefani stated that she was heavily invested in the relationship, commenting that “all I ever did was look at Tony and pray that God would let me have a baby with him.” Kanal ended the relationship because he said that he needed “space”.
During her time with No Doubt, the band toured with ska punk band Reel Big Fish, whose frontman, Aaron Barrett, later wrote the song “She’s Famous Now” for Reel Big Fish’s 1998 album Why Do They Rock So Hard?. The song is commonly interpreted to be about a relationship between the two and Stefani’s subsequent success with No Doubt; however, Barrett later stated that he “was just trying to start a rumor”.
Stefani’s husband Gavin RossdaleIn December 1995, Stefani met Bush guitarist and lead singer Gavin Rossdale at a No Doubt concert, and the two became involved in a long distance relationship. The couple has kept details about its relationship private, avoiding talking to journalists together. They married in 2002, with a wedding in St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, London. A second wedding was held in Los Angeles, California two weeks later. According to Stefani, it was held so that she could wear a custom-designed wedding dress by British-Gibraltarian fashion designer John Galliano.
The couple discovered in 2004 that Rossdale had an illegitimate daughter Daisy (b. 1989) from a previous fling with model Pearl Lowe when Rossdale took a paternity test. Stefani was “devastated and infuriated” at the discovery, leading to a rocky patch in her relationship with Rossdale. Stefani does not have a relationship with Daisy, though Rossdale remains Daisy’s godfather. Stefani’s song “Danger Zone” was widely believed to be about the discovery and its aftermath; however, the song was written prior to the incident.
In December 2005, Stefani and Rossdale announced that they were expecting their first child together. The pregnancy was first reported by Us Weekly, and Stefani confirmed the pregnancy by shouting “I want you to sing so loud that the baby hears it” during a concert in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after her press agent stated that it was untrue. On May 26, 2006, their son, Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, was born via caesarean section at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Kingston weighed 3.4 kilograms (7 pounds, 5 ounces). Stefani plans to have another baby.
Bio: 2004 – present: Solo career
Stefani’s debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. was released in November 2004. The album features a large number of collaborations with producers and other artists, including Kanal, Linda Perry, OutKast’s André 3000, and The Neptunes. Stefani created the album to modernize the music to which she listened when in high school, and L.A.M.B. takes influence from a variety of music styles of the 1980s and early 1990s such as New Wave, new jack swing, and electro. Stefani’s decision to use her solo career as an opportunity to delve further into pop music instead of trying “to convince the world of talent, depth and artistic worth” was considered unusual. As a result, reviews of the album were mixed, and it was described as “fun as hell but…not exactly rife with subversive social commentary.” The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart at number seven, selling 309,000 copies in its first week. It sold well, reaching multi-platinum status in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. At the 2005 Grammy Awards, Stefani was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and at the next year’s awards, Stefani received five nominations for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
Stefani performing “Hollaback Girl” in November 2005.The first single released from the album was “What You Waiting For?”, which charted outside the U.S. top forty, but reached the top ten on most other charts. The song served to explain why Stefani produced a solo album and discusses her fears in leaving No Doubt for a solo career as well as her desire to have a baby. “Rich Girl” was released as the album’s second single. A duet with rapper Eve, and produced by Dr. Dre, it is an adaptation of a 1990s pop song by British musicians Louchie Lou and Michie One, which itself is a cover of “If I Were a Rich Man”, from the musical Fiddler on the Roof. “Rich Girl” proved successful on several formats, and reached the UK and U.S. top ten. L.A.M.B.’s third single “Hollaback Girl” became Stefani’s first U.S. and second Australian number-one single; it was less successful elsewhere. The song was the first U.S. digital download to sell more than one million copies legally, and its brass-driven composition remained popular throughout 2005.
Stefani performing “Luxurious” in November 2005.The fourth single “Cool” was released shortly following the popularity of its predecessor, but failed to match its chart success, reaching the UK and U.S. top twenty. The song’s lyrics and its accompanying music video, filmed in Lake Como, Italy, depict Stefani’s former relationship with Tony Kanal. “Luxurious” was released as the album’s fifth single, but did not perform as well as its predecessors. “Crash” was released in early 2006 as the album’s sixth single in lieu of Love. Angel. Music. Baby.’s sequel, which Stefani postponed because of her pregnancy.