“No Doubt has donated an autographed and framed Billboard Magazine cover to the Hillsides Foster Soles Charity Event, an online auction of celebrity autographed shoes, handbags, or other personal items along with headshots. The Los Angeles kickoff event to launch the eBay auction will be hosted by Dr. Drew and Susan Pinsky on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Held during Foster Care Awareness Month in May, Foster Soles raises awareness of national foster care issues and the plight of children and youth in the system. To learn more about this event, visit: www.Hillsides.org.

To Admin: We would greatly appreciate it if you could post about this on your website so that fans can bid on the item and help out a great cause! I can send you a picture of the item if you wish to post. Auction begins on Ebay on May 22, 2013. Thank you so much!

Alessia”

Vogue has posted a short interview video of Gwen talking about her style influences, and the Vivienne Westwood corset she wore in the Spiderwebs music video. :

Yesterday Tom posted photos of his new GJ2 “Glendora” model guitar on his web site.

“I stopped in to visit the GJ2 Guitar shop in Laguna yesterday. I took delivery of my new “Glendora.” Excellent guitar guys, thank you!

Can’t wait to get into the studio to record with this beauty.”

I’ve added audio of the April 26, 1996 show to the downloads section.  This was broadcast on the radio program “Live From The Pit”  The two acoustic tracks were recorded in the Modern Rock Live studio. This show can also be found on the Sushi Chick bootleg, but this is the complete broadcast, and was originally shared by Craig Smith from The Doghouse site. See the description on the first file’s download page for more info.

Here are some videos that were uploaded to YouTube! :

I’ve added audio of Gwen’s May 9, 2007 Florida show to the downloads section.

This was shared online by Craig from The Doghouse. I’ve converted his .shn files to .mp3 for everyone’s convenience. I’ve you’d like the original files, just e-mail me and I’d be happy to send them to you.

His notes about this show:

“Very nice sounding audience recording.  Interesting early-TK era set; includes the rarely performed “Sixteen” and “You Can Do It”.  “Stricken” was dropped from the sets after this point and was only played sporadically after Tragic Kingdom became huge.  I’ve smoothed out a few cuts that happened between tracks towards the end of the tape and normalized the volume.”

From the official:

“Global Citizen Tickets Campaign

Posted 5/2/2013

Every person can play a role in realizing the end of extreme poverty, so take action and make an impact. Register today!”

I also wanted to share this awesome video that the lovely, talented Val posted to YouTube. I’ve known her for a long time, and she dedicated it to me, along with others! Love her so!

The other contestants in the video below all did awesome jobs, as well!

From the official:

“Dear friends,

First off, thank you to everyone that entered! All of the videos were incredible and it was rad to see people putting their own spin on the song. After going through each video at least twice, it literally came down to a coin toss to pick the grand prize winner. Tough decision!

Drumroll please

And the grand prize winner is…. Tosha Jones! Congratulations Tosha – you killed it! Enjoy the awesome gear from OC Drum & Percussion, Zildjian, REMO & Ahead Armor Cases.

And as a big THANK YOU to everyone that entered, here’s a montage video of all the amazing drummers performing the song together. Enjoy!!

- ADRIAN”

“No Doubt Hand Signed Electric Guitar
Description:
Black, Hamer Electric guitar. XT Series.
Very cool “Doodle” by Gwen.
Autographed by: Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Adrian Young

Proceeds from this auction will be donated to the Frank Ruffino Benefit Fund. The money raised will be used to aid Frank Ruffino (legendary guitarist of the punk band China White) and his family by providing medical and living expenses during the time of his liver transplant surgery and post-surgery recovery. With all that Frank has been through medically in recent years we are so blessed to know that soon he will have a new lease on life… pain-free and healthy. Frank’s wife and two young boys are forever grateful for the love and support of the music community, their close friends and family and those who just wanted to lend a hand. We appreciate your support!”
Unite The United Foundation – Is a public 501 (c) (3) non-profit, fundraising organization founded by the producers of the Vans Warped Tour and Rockstar Mayhem Festival. It is our mission to encourage fans, artists and industry leaders from music, touring and sports; to work toward a positive change by supporting grassroots charities and participating in community volunteerism events across the United States. Unite the United Foundation is committed to raising funds to be donated directly to grass roots organizations that are making a difference in our national community.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!”

Also, donations can be made here!

From Rollingstone.com:

“Producer-songwriter Greg Kurstin and the production team Rock Mafia have confirmed that they are working with No Doubt on new material for the rock band’s next album. Kurstin told Rolling Stone last night at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards that he is currently working on several projects, including No Doubt, who announced in February that they were postponing their 2013 tour plans to go back into the studio.

“They’re working on some new material,” Kurstin said. “We’ve been working and we’re going to work on more next week. That will be fun, I think.”

Kurstin, who is best known for his work with Pink, Lily Allen and Kelly Clarkson, recently produced Tegan and Sara’s album Heartthrob, and he is currently also in the studio with Mikky Ekko and Allen. Rock Mafia’s Antonina Armato, who won an ASCAP award last night for her work on Selena Gomez’s recent single “Love You Like a Love Song” and is best known for working with Disney artists, also mentioned that she and Rock Mafia partner Tim James are working with the rock band.

“I’m super excited,” Armato told Rolling Stone. “We’re doing a lot of really amazing, fun stuff. It’s better than ever.”

No Doubt announced their plans to go back into the studio on Facebook back in February. The band’s latest album, Push and Shove, was released in September 2012, and the band had planned a world tour this year.

“While we were traveling the world last year promoting Push and Shove, Gwen mentioned she was inspired to write new music,” the band wrote on Facebook. “In December, around the time of our hometown shows, we discussed the idea of starting 2013 by getting back into the studio together. We did so in January and the new music started flowing with unexpected ease. After spending three years recording the last album, this new pace feels incredibly exciting.

“We have decided to follow our muse for the time being and focus on this new music that we don’t want to stop. So we will be postponing our tour plans briefly while we endeavor to create something special and inspired. Our goal as a band is to share this new music with you as quickly as possible – both recorded and live on tour.”

The group has been keeping fans updated on their recording progress on Twitter and Facebook, and they have posted several in-studio photos, including shots of a session at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles. There is currently no release date for the album.”

“To celebrate the 18th anniversary of The Beacon Street Collection, No Doubt’s good friend Eric Keyes has put together a live video of “Snakes” from the band’s concert at Cal Poly Pomona on April 17, 1993. No Doubt performed two shows on that date, the first being at USC’s Annual “Spring Fest” and a second concert in the evening at Cal Poly Pomona.

The setlist from the band’s 2nd show on this date 20 years ago was:

1.) BND 2.) Let’s Get Back 3.) Get on the Ball 4.) Different People 5.) Sinking 6.) That’s Just Me 7.) Ache 8.) Tragic Kingdom 9.) Sometimes 10.) Include Me 11.) Snakes 12.) Excuse Me Mr. 13.) Squeal 14.) Move On 15.) Doormat 16.) Trapped in a Box 17.) Sad For Me

Check out another video from No Doubt’s concert at Cal Poly Pomona in 1993.
Watch “Get On the Ball” live right here.”

Also, Gwen made #12 in Fuse’s “50 Girls Who Run The World” countdown for The Sweet Escape!

EMA 2012 Frankfurt – Looking Hot
Southside pop up video partial (I can’t seem to find a full version. I may have one tucked away somewhere, but putting this one up for now.) :)
VH1 25 Sexiest Gwen October 2000

@coronagirl72 tweeted this awesome photo yesterday of an old school article which Tony wrote! :

It looks like she wrote the article below his. Tony responded to her: “Yes! Definitely not objective journalism “@coronagirl72: Hey @tonykanal remember this HS newspaper article you wrote?twitter.com/coronagirl72/s…””

Major Lazer just shared a free download of their EP entitled “Lazer Strikes Back Vol. 4″ on their Facebook page. It includes a “Dismantle vs Major Lazer Remix” of Push And Shove! I’ve also added it to the downloads section.

“Adrian Featured in this Month’s Issue of Modern Drummer Magazine
Adrian talks all things drums and No Doubt in this month’s issue of Modern Drummer Magazine. Pick it up on newsstands now!

Enter the “Push And Shove” Drum Contest for a chance to win some gear from Orange County Drum & Percussion, REMO, Zildjian and Ahead Armor Cases. Contest ends next Thursday, April 11, 2013.”

No Doubt also tweeted a couple photos from the article! :

Jenny at BSO has posted scans, and a transcription of the article!