Cutest Halloween family ever

Meow! Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale and a furry little Kingston cruised the streets of L.A. last night, searching for a few treats

Mom and son matched up in leopard print, while Gavin, er, accompanied them. His costume? Humanoid '90s rock star daddy, of course.

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Tony Kanal post on the No Doubt Forum

Happy Halloween!

Hey Friends, Hope that you are all well. Everything is great here...just spent 2 weeks in the studio with the guys working on new stuff. We’re looking forward to the holidays and then getting back in the studio next year. I will be hanging out at the a.d.d.y. g Foundation fundraiser this Saturday night, November 3rd in Orange County, California. It's a great cause, so come down and say hello. Go here for more info: http://www.nodoubt.com/news/?nid=8955 Thanks! Tony

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Photos of Tony and Erin taken 10/31/2003 at the Joey and T Halloween Party with Moet Chandon Champagne

Tony Kanal Hallowen 2007

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Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape Tour October 30-San Diego, CA - Cox Arena

FAN POSTS ON THE NO DOUBT FORUM
(John)nbaby-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Okay just want to tell you all first off it was awesome. Second off i will write a FULL report tomorrow, i have been at work for 16 hours straight on 4 hours of sleep so im VERY TIRED!!! Talk to you all tomorrow afternoon!
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(John)nbaby-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Okay so I changed my mind, I just cannot wait to tell you all what happened!!
"justalittlelamb" and I met at the venue at 6 on the dot and headed to the radio booth, there we waited for about 20 minutes only to be told that the meet had been pushed back to 7:30 instead of 6:30 and to get in line at any of the turnstiles cause we now had to go in the regular entrance and meet inside at 7. Well 7 came and went and I was getting worried cause they were not opening the doors yet. Finally at about 7:15 I heard someone yelling my name and to come over there, so needless to say we bolted out of the front of the line and headed towards the voice :) There we learned there was some sort of technical issue with something technical and we were now going through some side entrance, so in we went and on went our AWESOME meet and greet stickers. Then everyone who had a meet and greet got split up into two groups "friends and family (BULLSHIT, if you were friends and family then you wouldn’t need a meet and greet!!!)" and "Contest winners (two didn’t even show up!!!!!)" the later being us we formed our group and headed towards the arena. We were lead into a normal entrance to the arena but then a side door and down an elevator. Now this is were we checked out the others to see who the competition, and let me tell you there was NONE, not a single person out of 16 was wearing ANY L.A.M.B. nor did anyone even have anything for her to sign! Then the elevator hit the right floor and we lugged our Nordstrom bag full of crap for her as everyone stared. We were then lead into a hallway where we lined up and hung out for a couple minutes. During that time we started talking to the man in the suit behind us and learned he was from the city to present Gwen with a plaque declaring October 30th Gwen Stefani day in San Diego! After he went to meet her, the rest of us were lead into a locker room with fabric over the walls and lockers. There this little man that I have never seen associated with Gwen explained all the rules (one thing signed per person no cell phones or else Gwen will get mad and leave, no pictures other than your one, and pictures were to be taken in groups of two) and whatnot before Curtis came in and said “YEAH, WHAT HE SAID!” with a smile. Curtis then turned on the little pink boom box and we listened to The Sweet Escape for about 20 minutes before Curtis came back in and said, “Lets welcome Gwen and the Harajuku Girls everyone!!!!” Then there she was in all her glory and beauty GWEN FREAKIN STEFANI!!!!!!! I totally teared up when I saw her! She made her way around the room in her 8 inch heels signing everyone’s stock photo (on Kodak paper by the way! Someone should call Hp! ☺) Followed by the girls then right before she got to us the little man came up to us and said “Only one thing!” I was holding three and didn’t budge, lamb was hold three also and turned to put one back and he repeated “Only one!” lamb was all like “Yeah, I heard you and I’m going to let HER decide which one she wants to sign” Then she got to lamb and looked at her stuff, a ND collage and said
G: “Ohhh whats this? Did YOU make this? Its awesome!”
L: “Its something I made a long time ago”
G: “Where do you want me to sign it?”
Then she signed her Tragic Kingdom vinyl and turned to me she signed my Tick Tock Gwen, My Picture, and My Vinyl, she was so taken aback by us, cause we stuck out so much. She then asked if it was the first time we had been to the show and I said no it was the forth, she was like “That’s so awesome guys, thank you so much for supporting, its been fun hasn’t it?” now she was still going down the line and signing other peoples pictures and STILL talking to ONLY US, “I’m so nervous there are only 4 shows left ya know, I have been on tour for like 8 months, its so crazy, I cannot believe its ending! Make sure you guys go crazy tonight, were filming for the DVD tonight, its going to be awesome! Then it was time for picture and she was putting her hands in front of her for all the pictures until she got to us and she wrapped her arms around us and pulled us in!!!!! It was so awesome but then it was over and Gwen said “Enjoy the show guys see you in a little while!” Man guys it was SO flippin awesome! As far as the show went it was awesome of course and there were plenty of moments where she was looking at us, it just made me feel so good. I’m going to upload all the photos for you all tomorrow because that CAN wait but I just thought the story COULD NOT!! ☺
below you can see John(nbaby)and Just a little LAMB with Gwen-go to the forum for more from John and Just a little LAMB


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NoDoubtfanatic28-People who went to the San Diego show
oh ok..:) i have a video of everyone singing happy birthday to kristopher pooley ill post it later otnite! this is what i posted on the other thread... didnt' want to plaster my face all over the forum...here's the pic for those who are interested. i made this for gwen.. please check it out...i took all the photos..iam a photography major. i was able to give it to her then we took a picture.

Bo on stage with Gwen

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sdnyc99-People who went to the San Diego show
Okay, brand new here, but thought I'd add to this ...

I loved this show so much more than her first show here back at Coor's. She seemed in awe of the fact that the tour is at an end...talked more than once about how she was here at the very beginning and is now back after 7 months and 96 or 97 shows. She ran around the arena like crazy. We were worried about her...balancing on top of tiny rails with security holding onto her for dear life and prying people's hands off of her. Does anyone know what exactly they were filming for? She didn't say, just said "we're filming tonight". We loved when she talked about Kingston as a tiger..."If you thought he was cute before...this was mind-blowing!" And talking about working out at the gym at SDSU that day and no one taking pictures, trying to talk to her or even looking at her..."I wasn't wearing make-up". We spotted Gavin just a few rows in front of us right before she came out. To the guy who got up on stage with her (don't remember your name, sorry)...thanks for sharing that picture and the book you made for her. I'd been wondering what it was. Loved when she called you up and then said "omg, he even has on lamb shoes!"

I took a 9-year-old with me who was sad that the tour is ending. I promised her we'd be back to see Gwen with No Doubt before too long.
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NoDoubtfulLamb-People who went to the San Diego show
Here you go Bo Enjoy!

Congrats again




To everyone who was there last night... it was awesome!

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djscourge -I caught Gwens sweaty towel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111

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(Brandon)bstheeo-Some SD show pics

Ok, so I thought I would share my pics from the SD show. You will have to scroll to the bottom to get to the Gwen pics.

I proposed to my gf that night (a huge Gwen fan), so for her it was the perfect night. Enjoy!
http://picasaweb.google.com/bstheeo/ProposalAndGwenStefaniConcert

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NoDoubtfanatic28 -YOU STARTED IT! from san diego
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Gabe's Anatomy-This is the most craziest *** ever!!!!!!!!!!!
so i made a shirt to give to gavin at the sd sow. i tried to give it to her during the day. i failed, so during the show i threw it up onstage and i don't think she got the fact it was for gavin, lol but at least i got it to her!!! thanks kungfucandy!!! ..(go to the forumto read the rest of this great post:)

Boredom not an option at Gwen Stefani concert

By Kevin W. Smith
Arizona Daily Star

“This is the end of the dance-record phase of my life,” Gwen Stefani proclaimed to a sold-out show at AVA Monday night. “I’m going back to No Doubt.”
Despite Stefani’s allegiance to the other three musicians in the veteran Orange County, Calif., rock band No Doubt — from which she got her start — it’s hard to imagine things ever being the same.
No Doubt hasn’t released an album of new material since 2001, and Stefani has since become one of the planet’s biggest pop stars, starting off in 2004 with her unexpected smash solo debut, “Love. Angel. Music. Baby.”
When she says she’s returning whence she came, you applaud the loyalty but also scratch your head.
There wasn’t a single No Doubt song played at AVA, but the mostly female all-ages crowd, some dressed like their idol, came for Stefani’s offbeat brand of hip-pop.
The show started with a largely underwhelming set by teen singer Sean Kingston, who delivered his reggae-infused pop with the kind of intensity better suited to a mall food court than an amphitheater.
Luckily, Kingston set the stage for Stefani, who is the total pop package: singing and rapping in her quirky yet unmistakable girlish voice and exuding a personable charm behind an electric smile that is nothing short of irresistible.
Stefani also brings a vivid style and imagination that has become as much a part of her persona as her music.
Just prior to her opener, “The Sweet Escape,” off the 2006 album of the same name, the venue lights went down and dancers dressed as cops and robbers ran around the audience, eventually finding their way on stage.
As red sirens blared, a full band on a giant riser appeared. The riser split in two, revealing a gold jail cell containing the leggy Stefani with her signature platinum ponytail and bright red lipstick, dressed in a sequined black-and-white striped prisoner outfit.
Each song in the AVA show was nothing short of a full-blown production, with up to eight dancers (half of which were Stefani’s trademark Harajuku Girls), set changes and funky, colorful costumes, from prep school to kimonos, coordinated to each tune.
Large video screens and a giant, lit-up letter “G” that looked like it was swiped from a Vegas marquee completed the stage setup, but it was Stefani whom you needed sunglasses for.
The 38-year-old is so genuinely enthusiastic and engaging, boredom is not an option. Always on the move, she’d be running and jumping around the stage for “Hollaback Girl,” and shortly after, singing the song “Cool” from the audience aisle in between the grass and seats of AVA.
She took several moments to talk with fans, who rewarded her with flower bouquets, balloons and in one case, a frog pillow.
It was during these candid interludes that Stefani let slip several f-bombs, which probably didn’t comfort the parents who brought kids, but that’s yet another thing to love about Stefani the pop star: underneath, she’s still an unpolished rock star.
Stefani told the crowd it was around the 95th show of the tour and you wonder if it’s times like these when she’s missing the comfort of glancing over at her bassist and knowing that’s the same guy she went to high school with and formed No Doubt.
She closed with the fist-pumping anthem that ignited her solo career, “What You Waiting For?” The song details her inner battle and insecurities of becoming a solo artist.
A star-making three years later, Stefani is doing Hewlett-Packard TV commercials, selling Barbie-like dolls in her likeness, designing her own clothing line (L.A.M.B.), and playing arenas around the globe.
You wonder if there’s any way she can go back to being just a girl in No Doubt’s world.

Gwen Stefani Pledged to Donate Proceeds of Concert to Wildfire Victims

When Gwen Stefani first heard of the California wild fires she was going to cancel, but it occurred to her that donating profits from her recent gig would benefit the victims more than a canceled show. Stefani, who is a California native said, "When I heard about the devastation of the fires, at first I felt I should cancel my show out of respect, but then it occurred to me there might be a more useful solution." All the proceeds from Stefani's Tuesday night concert in San Diego will go to those who suffered in the aftermath of the fires. Kudos to Gwen, let's get some more celebs on this bandwagon!

Gwen Stefani, the homecoming queen

The No Doubt frontwoman was easily the standout at the Anaheim celebration put on by KIIS-FM. Peers seemed to have trouble winding it up.

By Mikael Wood, Special to The Times

With five shows left on the world tour that's kept her on the road for much of 2007, Gwen Stefani stopped at the Honda Center in her Anaheim stamping grounds Saturday night, and to mark the occasion, KIIS-FM (102.7) threw a homecoming celebration -- complete with the USC marching band -- for 17,000 or so of Stefani's closest friends.

The No Doubt frontwoman shared the stage with some high-profile opening acts, each compelled to perform not only out of respect for Stefani but also by the unspoken quid pro quo that radio-festival gigs represent to artists interested in preserving their on-air presence.

Timbaland, the influential hip-hop producer who this year has become a pop star in his own right, performed, as did the Brooklyn rapper Fabolous, Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls, R&B crooner Lloyd and Sean Kingston, the 17-year-old Jamaican singer whose "Beautiful Girls" made a serious run for song-of-the-summer status.

Still, there was no question that this was Stefani's party. When her song "Wind It Up" cropped up in an energy-drink spot during an interstitial video package, the crowd cheered as though the singer herself had appeared.

The roar reached a deafening level when that actually happened.

On her two hit solo albums, Stefani has made much of the idea that she's "just an Orange County girl living in an extraordinary world." Thankfully, that's not at all the case.

In fact, she's a smart, savvy professional who knows what it takes to make an arena show work. Performing an abbreviated 45-minute version of the spectacle-packed set she premiered in April at the Coors Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, Stefani did appealingly goofy dance moves, changed costumes nearly half a dozen times and mugged for the cameras like a silent-film star -- all while singing in a voice stronger than many of her peers often muster live.

For "Cool," a gorgeous new-wave tune about her faded romance with No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal, the singer (and a crew of beefy bodyguards) snaked through the adoring hometown crowd. "This is where I grew up!" she crowed, and for a moment the disbelief was audible in her voice.

Compared to Stefani, everyone else on the bill seemed to be killing time onstage while they waited for their dressing-room refreshments to be replenished.

Fabolous couldn't have seemed more bored as he commanded audience members to get their hands up. Kingston, looking rotund but not exceptionally jolly, sang along halfheartedly to his filler-stuffed CD. Scherzinger's dancing came through loud and clear, but her vocals were swallowed by booming digital beats. Lloyd took off three different shirts.

In a fascinating display of the producer's behind-the-scenes inferiority complex, Timbaland spent most of his set insisting that fans prove they value him as much as Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado and the other stars for whom he's crafted hit records. His groundbreaking music is easy to love, but when it comes to live performance, Timbaland could do with a lesson or two from Stefani. With any luck, her enthusiasm might prove contagious.

Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape Tour October 29-Tucson, AZ - AVA Amphitheater

FAN POSTS ON THE NO DOUBT FORUM

new71819-I got on stage with gwen in tucson!
Lets just say it was amazing! I had a sign that said can I come on stage? and she brought me up during the bow at then end. I have a picture of me/her while I was on stage and several other fans are sending me pictures. I'll post soon! The show was amazing as usual-- nothing different. She seemed very appreciative of her fans. If you are reading this-- thanks gwen, it was an awesome night!

Gwen Stefani chatting with Kiss FM's Johnjay and Rich before the show in Tucson

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Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape Tour October 26-Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl Theater

NxDCrashNxd-The Las Vegas show was Awesome!!
Ok, just got home, standing around all day since 7 am was terrible, they didnt actually let us line up until 6 pm for a general admission show.. it was chaotic, i was almost thinkin it would be one of myt worst concert experiences ever.. IT WAS NOT. the show was awesome, we were front row center agaisnt the bar, and I got up on stage again, she totally knows me and shes like do i know you, then she saw my pictures fro mthe past few shows, we were sort of talking to eachother, then shes like u want another picture, im like ya with you in the pink dress... its exactly what i wanted, i have been planning for a few weeks now. It all happned just the way i wanted it to, it was awesome seriously! Best on stage experience ever problay. She said im like irrestisible or somthing like that also! One of my friends recorded a video of it also, so i should have that tomorrow, and if anyone else got picures, please send me some, pictures or videos!! It was rite before early winter.
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saraybe-My Videos and pics from the Vegas show
The audio is really great! Some of the videos are kinda messed up cause I had drunk people stepping of my feet and pushing me around. I was standing next to the backstage pass door thing and people were always running in and out of it. And the old drunk people sucked. They really did not know any of her songs. Oh well...These are in no real order.

Early Winter Pt.1:

Early Winter PT.2

Early Winter PT.3

The real thing before my camera died:

Cool in the Crowd

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Gwen Has a Bloody Sunday… on Thursday

Gwen Stefani leaves her New York City hotel early Friday morning with son Kingston, 17 months.

What a cute stuffed animal! Is that a penguin?

Last night during the AIDS prevention Black Ball 2007, Gwen performed a duet with Alicia Keys. According to Rolling Stone, it was “an elegiac version of ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday,’ with Keys‘ vocals lingering in the air, long, haunting and elegant.”
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Singer Gwen Stefani and Musician Alicia Keys perform at Conde Nast Media Group's 4th Annual "Black Ball" Concert for "Keep A Child Alive"

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Bono Honored by Alicia Keys, Sheryl Crow, Gwen Stefani at AIDS-Prevention Banquet

David Bowie, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Jay-Z, Clive Davis and Mike Mills of R.E.M. all made their way into New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last night for the Black Ball, an event sponsored by Keep a Child Alive to honor Bono, British actor Nick Reding and Dr. Pasquine Ogunsaya — individuals who’ve contributed significantly to the furthering of AIDS education and prevention in Africa. The event — part honors banquet, part pop concert — opened with thundering drums and hyper-kinetic dancing from Zulu troupe Juxtapower, whose lunges and kicks jump-started an evening that was long on both sentiment and showmanship.

(For photos of Bono, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani and more from the event, click here.)

Debuting a hefty cache of songs from her forthcoming As I Am, Keep a Child Alive global ambassador Alicia Keys served as a kind of de facto MC. She egged along the ten-piece band and took pains to connect her material to the evening’s overriding theme. Her new songs are warm and relaxed, firmly rooted in gospel and late Sixties R&B. “Like You’ll Never See Me Again” was a gorgeous slow-burner, built around a twinkling piano arpeggio and a melody that steadily swells. The empowerment anthem “Superwoman” was insistent and affecting, Keys spilling out its refrain, “Even when I’m a mess / I still put on the vest / with the ‘S’ on my chest” over spry, bounding chords. Her rendition of “No One” felt triumphant, gaining a kind of power and determination with each pass through its chorus.

If she could have taken on the rest of the night’s performances alone, the super-charged Keys probably would have accepted the challenge. After a low-key rendition of “Every Day is a Winding Road,” Sheryl Crow joined Keys for a duet on “I Shall Believe.” The song is Crow’s, but Keys swiftly claimed it, laying deep into its sinuous grooves and filling it with a kind of raw, pulsing ache. Gwen Stefani duetted with Keys on an elegiac version of “Sunday, Bloody Sunday,” with Keys’ vocals lingering in the air, long, haunting and elegant.

Only two performers were capable of matching Keys’ mettle. One was Metropolitan Opera singer Kathleen Battle, who joined Keys for a haunting rendition of the semi-obscure U2/Pavarotti collaboration “Miss Sarajevo.” The other was Bono himself, who strode onstage near the night’s end to duet with Keys on their 2005 collaboration “Don’t Give Up.” Leaning hard into his phrases, the U2 leader used volume and emphasis to drive the song upward. Near the conclusion, they were joined by members of the Agape Orphanage’s children’s choir, whose appearance transformed the song from well-meaning sentimentalism to a kind of anthem. Their voices rang out together, a single word over and over, louder every time: “Africa.”

Rolling Stone
J. Edward Keyes

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Gwen Stefani-4th Annual "Black Ball" Concert for "Keep A Child Alive"

Gwen Stefani arrives in a gorgeous blue gown at the 2007 Annual Black Ball Concert for AIDS charity Keep a Child Alive at Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday in New York City.

Gwen, 38, wore “Para La Cruz” shoes by Christian Louboutin.

Both Gwen and Alicia Keys performed at the benefit concert, which honored Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Humanitarian Bono for his groundbreaking and crucial work in the AIDS movement.

Gwen Stefani Keeps a Child Alive

Super chic Gwen Stefani enters backstage of Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday afternoon in New York City.

Tonight, Gwen and Alicia Keys is performing at a benefit concert. The concert, aka The Black Ball 2007, benefits AIDS charity Keep a Child Alive.

Amy Sacco, Padma Lakshmi, and Iman will also be in attendance to help honor Bono. Tickets for dinner and the show, which benefits the Brooklyn-based group, range from $100,000 for a table for 10 to $5,000 for individuals




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Gwen Stefani Steps Out on the Town

Gwen Stefani can do no wrong. Seriously, the girl has a smile that just lights up everything around her. Here she was seen leaving the Wallse Restaurant in the West Village in New York City. She looks SO beautiful! The elegant black dress is quite a change from her usual funky, out-there style, but I like it…do you?
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Gwen Stefani arriving back at her uptown hotel New York City

Kingston’s Pattern Play

Gwen Stefani holds on tight to her 17-month-old son Kingston while out and about in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon.

Look at how many different and crazy patterns baby Kingston is wearing. And looking like a total cutie!

The mother-son pair entered through a back entrance of a 34th Street theater to rehearse for tomorrow’s benefit concert. The concert, aka The Black Ball 2007, benefits AIDS charity Keep a Child Alive. Alicia Keys will also be performing. Amy Sacco, Padma Lakshmi, and Iman will also be in attendance to help honor Bono.

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2007 10 23 Gwen Stefani leaving Ye Waverly Inn Restaurant after having a late night dinner with friends