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GWEN STEFANI - 2023 UK TOUR
Gwen Stefani will be making her highly-anticipated return to the UK in June 2023 at Bolesworth Castle in Chester . Fans will be treated to Gwen ’ s catalogue of chart-toppers from her solo career , as well as unforgettable hits from her band No Doubt .
A multi GRAMMY ® Award winner , Gwen Stefani has achieved global success as a songwriter , performer , charismatic frontwoman of No Doubt , and as a multi-platinum solo artist . Throughout it all , Stefani has remained a trend-setting music and fashion icon with an impressive array of honours – four MTV Video Music Awards , two Billboard Awards , an American Music Award , and a Brit Award . To date , she ’ s sold more than 60 million units worldwide , including her four-times platinum debut solo album Love . Angel . Music . Baby . – that delivered the huge hit singles “ Rich Girl ,” “ What You Waiting For ?” and the Pharrell Williams produced No . 1 hit “ Hollaback Girl .”
Her second solo album , The Sweet Escape , featured the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single “ Wind It Up ” and the unforgettable anthem “ The Sweet Escape .” Her critically praised latest album , This Is What the Truth Feels Like , debuted at No . 1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart and includes her powerful No . 1 single “ Used To Love You .” In 2020 , Stefani had two No . 1 hits on Billboard ' s Hot Country Songs chart with husband Blake Shelton , “ Nobody But You ” and “ Happy Anywhere .”
Gwen hasn ' t ruled out a No Doubt reunion ... They last played together in 2019 , haven ' t released a new album since 2012 ' s Push and Shove , which came 11 years after 2001 ' s Rock Steady , but she still hasn ' t completely closed the door on the chances reuniting in the future . Anything can happen .
Best Moment With Your Band - No Doubt ... Early in our career we performed in a pub in Munich where everyone knew all the words to " Don ' t Speak ." It was incredible . And what ' s really insane is that I recently worked with a photographer who was at that same show as a 13-year-old , and he had tried to take off my shoe !
Gwen previously opened up about her dyslexia in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music for his ' At Home With ' series , admitting she wasn ' t aware of her condition until her sons Kingston , 14 , Zuma , 12 , and Apollo , six , from her marriage to ex-husband Gavin Rossdale began to have trouble reading .
The video for ' Let me reintroduce myself ' ahead of the new album features recreations of your iconic looks over the years , looks fun . “ I got to dress up as my old mes ! That was super emotional , [ Being a style icon ] makes me feel great , I love it ! It doesn ’ t get old for me ,
It makes me so happy that all the natural looks I did that nobody helped me with that I pieced together ended up being people ’ s Halloween costumes . That ’ s when you know you really made it , when you ’ re boiled down to a costume , “ I feel like I keep recycling myself , I will wear the same thing over and over , but different versions of it , and the same goes with the music . I ’ ve always liked the same things , for the most part , and whenever I slip them back out , I guess they sound like evolved versions and a lot of it has to do with who I ’ ve collaborated with at the time . My best work that I ’ ve ever done is when I collaborate . When I got to finally work outside of No Doubt , and I don ’ t say that as like ‘ Ugh , I FINALLY got to work outside No Doubt ,’ we were so homegrown , we didn ’ t even have producers or writers helping us for a long time . But when I got to work outside the band with some professional songwriters , it just changed my songwriting and it evolved me in the best way possible . ' Let Me Reintroduce Myself ’ is just a great way to say , ‘ I ’ m gonna have new music coming ! Here you go , if you want it , take it . The record is not finished yet , I have enough songs to put out two records at this point , but I just wanted to keep writing until I get to a place where I ’ m done and that ’ s what ’ s so cool , I ’ m just releasing singles which I ’ ve never been allowed to do , and letting them just come out and still be writing ."
Guilty Pleasure ?... ' A deliciously simple Margherita pizza , all to myself '. Gwen has been vegetarian since the age of 12 , her husband and ' The Voice ' co-judge ( country singer ) Blake Sheldon is a meat-eater , but both are eating more vegan these days for health reasons . On tour Gwen requests soy milk , spinach , celery , almonds , and organic fruit like bananas , plums , apples , and pears . She said her time in the gym also helps her mental health .
Biggest Style Inspiration ... My eighth-grade self . In 1982 , I was into ska music , James Dean , and the Latino culture in my Southern California neighbourhood . As a result , I tried to dress outside the box , different from what the other kids were wearing , with a laid-back vibe - and big accessories . More than 30 years later , that ' s still my look !
Favourite Family Tradition ... When I was growing up , Santa Claus would cover the living room doorway in wrapping paper so we kids couldn ' t peek at what was under the tree . Our parents would count to three , and then we ' d crash through the paper to get our presents . It ' s the craziest thing because now Santa does the same thing for my kids . Weird , huh ?
Stefani will be performing on Wednesday 28 June , Bolesworth Castle , Chester . For tickets , visit Ticketmaster . merseylife . com 23