Yay! No Doubt is embarking on a reunion tour.
It seems so long ago that I attended my first No Doubt "performance" (if you can call it that) at CSU Fullerton in a little sunken stage area near the dance studios. I stumbled upon them by accident, yet I remember that day pretty vividly.
It was one of the most amazing music experiences I've ever had (live horns, and no sound system!). All my wife beater and Dickies punk-ska days followed, and much later my slow and incomplete adoption of the Harajuku girl/L.A.M.B. ploy. Though, the latter may be considered Gwen's schtick (rather than No Doubt) and my non-compliance shouldn't be counted against me.
One of my most memorable No Doubt shows was the Bradley Nowell (of Sublime) benefit show at the Palladium. This is probably because I LOVED the tracks that Brad and Gwen sang on over the years...they were just varying degrees of raw talent and complimented each other well.
So here we are in 2009, Gwen and the boys offered a little No Doubt reunion sneak peek on the Today Show (a show worth little else):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNNFqYnu5AE.
No Doubt are so cool, they are actually offering a free download of their entire music collection to each ticket holder. This is a genius marketing tactic, as it will get concert-goers even more pumped for the show. And anyone who follows (worships really!) Gwen knows how in to the audience she is, always prompting a girly sing-along. How can people join in if they have to dust off their No Doubt CDs to "practice" in advance? Not needed, get your files downloaded ASAP to your iPod, iPhone, or whatnot and start re-learning those lyrics today! I wonder if it truly is their entire No Doubt discography? I haven't had a chance to download yet...
Anyhow, guess I better get some cool gear at H&M or somewhere else really one-time wear-ish...I don't know where the doc martens, white tanks, etc are anymore and they probably wouldn't fit anyhow! But I sure am looking forward to July 25th at Shoreline.
http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/404693/
