Gwen Stefani gave her 10-year-old son Apollo a history lesson when he asked about her upcoming music performance at Coachella.
“I literally had to be in bed with Apollo and he said, 'But Mom, what is Coachella? Everyone says it. What is this? It sounds like it's a big deal,” Gwen, 54, recalled People on Friday, January 26. (The “Hollaback Girl” singer shares sons Kingston, 17, Zuma, 15, and Apollo with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale.)
“So we had to watch the 'Don't Speak' video, and he said, 'But wait, which one was your boyfriend?' It was so weird and so funny. I literally had to tell him every band member,” she said, referring to her ex-boyfriend and bandmate Tony Channel.
Gwen will reunite with her No Doubt bandmates at Coachella in April, more than a decade since the band's last hiatus. Days before the music festival's official announcement, the band sparked reunion rumors when they had a video chat and teased an upcoming performance.
'I'm going to do a show! Do you want to do a show?” Gwen asked Kanal, 53, and other members Adrian Young And Tom Dumont. (She co-founded No Doubt with her brother in 1986 Erik Stefaniwho left the band in 1995, and John Spencewho died by suicide in 1987. Kanal, Young, 54, and Dumont, 56, joined the group before their debut album was released in 1992.)
The band rose to popularity in the 1990s, with Gwen emerging as the group's breakout star. Gwen has continued to pursue her own music career and has released four solo albums since 2004.
No Doubt last traveled for them in 2012 Seven night stand tour, but went on an official hiatus the following year. While Gwen was seemingly never against a No Doubt reunion, she previously expressed her uncertainty about whether that was possible.
“I don't know what's going to happen with No Doubt. When Tony and I connect creatively, it's magic. But I think we've grown apart in terms of the kind of music we want to make,” she explained Rolling stone in 2016. “I was really exhausted and burned out when we recorded [2012’s Push and Shove]. And I had a lot of guilt: 'I have to do it.' That's not the right setting to make music. There's some really great writing on that record. But the production felt really contradictory. It was sad that we all waited so long to release something and it wasn't followed up.”