No Doubt Reunites at Coachella and Fans Are Geeking Out Over This Throwback Fact
Millennials were quick to point out the significance of this memorable on-stage moment.
After nearly 10 years, No Doubt reunited to play this year's Coachella music festival and the millennials among us just cannot handle it.
From the epic set list and the "Just a Girl" callbacks, to lead singer Gwen Stefani's throwback outfit, the band's performance was nothing short of iconic. But there was one moment on stage between Stefani and bassist Tony Kanal that had fans losing their collective minds.
For the uninitiated among us, Stefani and Kanal dated for seven years before going through a tense, public break-up, inspiring arguably the band's biggest hit, "Don't Speak."
During their 2024 Coachella performance of the 1996 hit, the former couple slow danced on stage, as reported by Billboard, putting to rest any rumors that there is lingering animosity between the band members and former lovers.
"ARE THE CHILDREN EVEN AWARE OF HOW BIG OF A DEAL THIS IS ??:?/!//‘" one fan posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, along with two photos of Stefani getting a piggyback ride from Kanal onstage.
On Sunday, Kanal posted a photo of himself during the band's Coachella set on Instagram, along with a moving caption describing what the night meant to the bassist.
"This moment was captured by my friend Tony and it pretty much sums up last night for me: a truly beautiful, transcendent experience," he wrote. "I am filled with gratitude and appreciation to be able to rock with my bandmates again. Thank you to Paul T and @coachella for having us. There was no better place to return to the stage together. And thank you to everyone who came out to see us last night, everyone who watched on livestream and everyone has supported us over the past 37 years. We love you. See you next week."
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Prior to the band's reunion performance, Stefani also posted a video on Instagram, showing off her Coachella look, which included two gold necklaces featuring her last name and her husband, Blake Shelton's, last name.
"Toniiiiight @nodoubt :) !!! 🏜️✨ @coachella r u READY ?! 🖤 gx" Stefani captioned the post.
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In a previous interview with People, Stefani opened up about the band's decision to reunite at this year's Coachella music festival.
“It just happened so fast, and that’s my favorite kind of thing to happen. We haven’t really figured out the next steps of how we’re going to do this, but we’re just all so excited,” she told the publication at the time. “And I think really just watching the internet blow up (with) how excited that the fans are? It’s inspiring us.
“It's just going to be cool," she added. "It's just going to be: Get up there and do what we always do, which is play our music and try to connect and be so grateful that we got this amazing career that we never expected to have.”
Danielle Campoamor is Marie Claire's weekend editor covering all things news, celebrity, politics, culture, live events, and more. In addition, she is an award-winning freelance writer and former NBC journalist with over a decade of digital media experience covering mental health, reproductive justice, abortion access, maternal mortality, gun violence, climate change, politics, celebrity news, culture, online trends, wellness, gender-based violence and other feminist issues. You can find her work in The New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, New York Magazine, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, TODAY, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, InStyle, Playboy, Teen Vogue, Glamour, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, Prism, Newsweek, Slate, HuffPost and more. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and their two feral sons. When she is not writing, editing or doom scrolling she enjoys reading, cooking, debating current events and politics, traveling to Seattle to see her dear friends and losing Pokémon battles against her ruthless offspring. You can find her on X, Instagram, Threads, Facebook and all the places.
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