Tour to have A Clockwork Orange theme, Spin exclusive
• From Buzznet.com:
Exclusive: No Doubt reveals to Buzznet tour will have A Clockwork Orange them
“This morning I got the opportunity to talk to No Doubt’s guitarist Tom Dumont about their upcoming tour, picking Paramore as a tour mate and the direction their new material is headed, and most importantly the fact that the tour will be modeled after A Clockwork Orange, which he revealed exclusively to Buzznet today.
Fans of the band know that this tour will be jam-packed full of their favorites—No Doubt did a survey on their official site a few months ago to see which tracks people wanted to hear most—but without an album, how will the tour look?
Tom had an answer.
“You know, it’s kinda funny, whenever we do an album or a tour we’ve noticed that if we have a really strong theme that everything falls into place better. Gwen came up with the Clockwork Orange thing—she started getting into the visuals of those modernist movies from the 60’s. We’ve been looking at tons of art and it’s like this space-age modernism from that decade—it’s retro and modern at the same time, so we’re building this crazy stage set that has that vibe. We have a bunch of really great artists doing t-shirts and posters that echo that. There’s a whole look for the tour even though there’s not an album yet.”
No Doubt begin their summer tour May 19th, after playing The Bamboozle Festival in Jersey and the Tiger Jam in Las Vegas. If you need a little head start, the band will be performing a cover of Stand & Deliver on the CW’s Gossip Girl, airing May 11th.
“We tape it next week. It’s kind of a crazy thing. We were trying to find out ways—because we’re not releasing an album—to raise awareness for the tour. When that opportunity came up, we were like ‘Well, the last song we put out was a cover from the 80’s, so we don’t really want to go there, but at the same time it just seemed like fun.”
Dumont said they finished pre-recording the Adam and The Ants song last night. It will not be released on an album, or as a single, but top-tier ticket buyers who get the No Doubt catalog download package will be getting that track as well.
• From Spin.com:
No Doubt kick off their first tour in more than five years on May 5, at New Jersey’s Bamboozle Festival. To get the inside details on what fans can expect from the longtime Orange County hitmakers, we sat down with them recently in Los Angeles.Don’t Call it a Reunion
Drummer Adrian Young wants to clarify something. “I feel like everywhere I look people are saying, Oh Blink-182 is getting back together and Jane’s Addiction is getting together and No Doubt is getting back together. As far as I know, those other guys broke up. We never did. It’s frustrating to keep hearing that.”
And the Survey Says?
Because they haven’t played live in five years, the band were curious to know what songs their audience wanted to hear. A survey on their website provided the answer. “I was totally surprised the fans said their favorite song was ‘Sunday Morning’ [from 1995’s Tragic Kingdom,]” says bassist Tony Kanal. “I thought that would be up there, but I wasn’t expecting it to be number one.” What was he expecting? “‘Don’t Speak’ or something from Rock Steady.”
Ain’t No Hollaback
Don’t plan to hear Gwen Stefani’s solo hits on this tour. A No Doubt concert “isn’t the time or place for those songs,” says Stefani. “No one asked for No Doubt songs on my [solo] tour and no one will ask for my songs on a No Doubt tour.” Love. Angel. Music. Baby. fans have reason for hope, though. The singer says she “might be singing ‘Hollaback Girl’ somewhere else someday.” She wouldn’t be specific, but we’re hoping one spot is the karaoke bar a block from our office.
Buy One, Get Lots Free!
Fans who purchase a top-tier ticket online for one of the No Doubt’s upcoming shows can download the band’s entire digital catalogue — free. Sales ploy? Sure. But as Kanal explains, there was also another motivation: “We’re going to have a lot of Gwen’s fans at the shows, as well as people who have never seen No Doubt before. We wanted to make sure they know our music.”
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