No Doubt cover the fall music preview issue of Billboard. Since ‘Push and Shove’ is their welcome and long-awaited return to making rock music after a lengthy hiatus that saw Gwen Stefani detouring with a pair of successful solo records and trying her hand at divadom, it makes sense! But she’s back in the No Doubt driver seat and covering the issue, complete with No Doubt-style checkered border and her bright red lips.
Kelly Clarkson does killer covers — it’s part of why she nabbed the first ever ‘American Idol‘ title — and she’s at it again, this time with her rendition of No Doubt‘s hit ‘Don’t Speak.’
It’s no doubt that No Doubt (we crack ourselves up far too often) are legends in their own right. Since hitting it big in 1995 with the mainstream success of one of our favorite albums of all time, ‘Tragic Kingdom,’ the band safely secured their place in the ska punk/pop rock hall of fame.
In the half-hour E! special where they premiered their new video for ‘Settle Down,’ all four members of No Doubt sat down for a chat with Ryan Seacrest, he of the Jennifer Lopez-is-leaving-’American Idol‘ scoop. The band spoke about having lots of children — their progeny equals nine at this point — and remaining in one another’s personal lives, despite their musical moratorium.
No Doubt will premiere their long-awaited video f0r new single ‘Settle Down’ on July 16. Ahead of the big premiere, which takes place in just under two weeks, the band dropped a teaser trailer that’s 47 seconds long and gives you an idea of what to expect. Here’s a little visual hint: diva Gwen Stefani gets her groove on, while perched atop the hood of a Mack truck. How badass of her!
It seems that rock band No Doubt have a different kind of exciting happening in their lives aside from their 2012 Teen Choice Award announcement. No Doubt is currently involved in a lawsuit with video gaming giant Activision Publishing Inc., known for games such as ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II,’ ‘X-Men Destiny,’ ‘Spiderman: Edge of Time’ and so many more. Let’s just say if you’ve played a video game it’s more than likely you’ve played an Activision game.
Before they made their millions, many celebrities settled for minimum wage. Though it’s hard to imagine it now, what with their expensive houses, cars and vacations, people like Amy Adams, Gwen Stefani and Brad Pitt actually worked at restaurants, salons and, in the case of ‘Law & Order: SVU’ star Christopher Meloni, the morgue.
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Although No Doubt hasn’t released a studio album since 2001′s ‘Rock Steady,’ the group hasn’t exactly been resting on their laurels. Singer Gwen Stefani has gotten hitched, had children, and released two wildly successful solo albums. Meanwhile, bassist Tony Kanal produced P!nk’s single, ‘Sober,’ drummer Adrian Young performed with Maroon 5 and Scott Weiland, and guitarist Tom Dumont produced Matt Costa’s debut album.
Now, however, the group is a mere two months away from finishing their sixth album. They recently previewed several songs for Rolling Stone and it seems their trademark Ska/reggae sound is intact, albeit with a few updates.
January 6, 2011 2011 promises some big albums from some of the hottest artists out there; let’s take a look at the year ahead in music, all these artists are planing album releases in 2011, I hope your iPod has some room on it.
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