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No doubt Stefani’s coming to Stockton

Byline: Ian Hill

Aug. 22 – STOCKTON – Only about 50 people were in the crowd the last time Gwen Stefani performed here, in the early 1990s. The audience should be much larger when she comes back in November.

Stefani, now a pop star, will perform Nov. 1 at the Stockton Arena. Tickets are set to cost $37.50-$67.50 and go on sale Saturday, arena general manager Jacqui James said. Up-and-coming R&B singer Sean Kingston will open the show. Read the rest of this article »

I’m like every other woman. I’m super vain. I have issues.

She’s got style, she’s got songs and, in her leopard-print jumpsuit, she’s got balls. At 37, with a one-year-old baby, Gwen Stefani has finally found pop stardom. She tells Craig McLean about motherhood, self-obsession and her fashion label.

She might be wearing her sparkly leotard-cum-dungarees ensemble. Or a pair of sequined red hot pants. Or a tartan schoolgirl’s uniform. Maybe she’ll have slipped into one of her favourite outfits: armpit-length black leather gloves and monochrome horizontal stripes (imagine an escaped convict hiding out in a burlesque joint).

If you’re reading this on Sunday morning Gwen Renée Stefani will be on stage in Australia, performing her idiosyncratic version of disco funk in front of thousands of tweens, teens and twentysomething pop fans in the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. For 90 sweaty minutes there will be no let-up in the costume changes, choreography – part Broadway show, part cheerleader rally, part hip hop face-off – and belting pop songs. Read the rest of this article »

Stefani’s Style School

Quiet at the back! It’s time to learn how to look good for less with our special fashion tutor, Gwen Stefani…

Hi Gwen! What’s you style right now?
We’re getting tour costumes together and you can imagine the amount of effort that takes: decide what to wear, when you’re going to change, high hells versus tennis shoes… I’m wearing the same costumes on stage every night for six months. At the moment I’m not sick of them but after a month, I’ll be like, ‘Oh my god, not my jail outfit again!’ Read the rest of this article »

Stefani’s stardom has stayed rock steady

She’s not just a girl any more. By Heather Adler

Gwen Stefani might have humble roots as the daughter of a stewardess from Fullerton, Calif., but the platinum blond songstress is now one of the most successful female artists of all time. From ska-pop to reggae to dancehall to rap, the spunky singer has tackled an eclectic mix of musical styles and gone to No. 1 nearly every time, both with her band, No Doubt, and now as a celebrated solo artist. We’re taking a look at the many faces of Gwen and her evolution into one of the most powerful women in music. Read the rest of this article »

Gwen Stefani – The escape artist

New album? New tour? A possible No Doubt reunion in the near future? No problem. But this time around, Gwen Stefani’s got a baby on board.

Gwen Stefani wanted to be sure that her return from a between-albums hiatus was going to be, well, a wind-up. “I was thinking about how you disappear and come back, and I’m kind of coming back from being gone a minute,” Gwen hollas back over dinner at hip London eatery, Nobu. “The idea was to focus on the word ‘escape.’ I started thinking about the idea of Houdini. His whole gimmick was that his wife used to kiss him and pass the key through her mouth to him, and he would escape from his traps.”

Pry as we might, we can’t exactly confirm whether Gwen and husband Gavin Rossdale [Ed: Swoon!] are well-practiced in such techniques themselves, but we do know one thing she can’t escape from: her status as the coolest California Girl in popular music. Read the rest of this article »

Last word: Gwen Stefani

All hail the platinum blonde that made pop ace and Akon cool. I sat down with the Californian Grammy winner, who claims this is her last solo album… by Maddy Maspero

Last time you realized you’re an OG in this music game?
[Laughs] Yeah, it’s been a lot of years! I started in No Doubt when I was 17 and we were together for nine years before Tragic Kingdom came out. I’ve had this really long, slow career and I’ve experienced so many different sides to it. At the same time, it’s kind of like, “Oh man, I’m not at the beginning anymore.” But I’ve had such an incredible ride. It’s unbelievable. Read the rest of this article »

Stefani comes to OC to show off latest L.A.M.B collection

Gwen Stefani purses her signature scarlet lips into a hint of a smile. Not a strand of her immaculate platinum updo is out of place. Perched at the edge of a plush couch, she looks as if she’s waiting at the doctor’s office — except that it’s a throng of media who are waiting for her.

Orange County’s pop-rock princess made a brief appearance Friday at Nordstrom at South Coast Plaza to present the latest from her L.A.M.B. line of clothing and handbags. Read the rest of this article »

The Mail on Sunday

Beauty and the Beat

She’s sold over 30 million CDs, got a rock-star husband and likes nothing better than playing music loud on her headphones. So who better than Gwen Stefani to kick off our luxury hi-fi special?

The neoclassical interior of the London private club Home House, with its gold piped organ, gold candelabra and gilt-edged friezes, seems an appropriate place to interview pop’s golden girl. Not least because Gwen Stefani, who lives with her rocker husband Gavin Rossdale in the trendy north London enclave of Primrose Hill, says it was her love for all things British that brought her here from Los Angeles. Read the rest of this article »

‘I just want to make music and babies’

How can you balance 42 gigs in 70 days, a clothing label, a nine-month-old baby and a spot of yodelling? Gwen Stefani gives Chris Salmon some tips

La! Gur-la! Ah!” Gwen Stefani’s ninth-month-old son Kingston is making so much noise that his immaculately-dressed mother stops mid-sentence to look across the exclusive London members’ club to where he’s sitting with his nanny. “He’s OK,” says the singer brightly, “he’s just in a talking mood.” Read the rest of this article »

Hey, Baby

California dreamer Gwen Stefani has proven that she’s much more than “just a girl in the world.” Here the pop icon, new mom, and fashionista gets real about her baby, her band, and living in a bubble.

It’s Friday night in N.Y.C. when Gwen Stefani enters the conference room at the Ritz-Carlton, where I’ve been waiting for over an hour. There aren’t fireworks or rounds of applause or any big fanfare – actually, it’s not much different than when I entered the room, except that she’s Gwen Stefani and, well, I’m me. Her platinum hair is perfectly coiffed; her eyelashes are thick with mascara. She’s wrapped up in a long black coat that she seems to be getting lost in, and she’s holding her seven-month-old son, Kingston, who is decked out in a L.A.M.B onesie. It’s exactly what I imagined that scene would be like. Read the rest of this article »