Acoustic Xmas, Tony, vote, Nov. 28 audio
Hello! Well, I’ve got to catch up a little bit! First, No Doubt played a surprise set at last night’s 23rd Annual Almost Acoustic Christmas at Gibson Amphitheatre!
I’ve uploaded some photos to the gallery.
KROQ posted a backstage interview video in which No Doubt dropped a bombshell! They are in the studio recording new music now! Holy crap! Also, they mentioned possibly touring this summer! You can watch the video on KROQ’s site here!
Here is the setlist:
Push And Shove
Sunday Morning
Hella Good
Underneath It All
Ex-Girlfriend
It’s My Life
Don’t Speak
Just A Girl
Spiderwebs
Also, Gwen joined Bush on stage the night before to sing “Glycerine” with Gavin! In the above KROQ interview, Gwen mentioned that they wanted to do something special, because they met each other 17 years ago at Almost Acoustic Christmas.
Thanks to sophstress on YouTube for uploading a video! :
I’ve added a handful of photos to the gallery.
From Rolling Stone.com:
“KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas is a sentimental occasion for Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, since it’s the show where he met wife Gwen Stefani 17 years ago. And when Rolling Stone spoke with Rossdale backstage at Almost Acoustic Christmas in 2011, he immediately got nostalgic, reminiscing about the dressing room where the two met.
So, last night, at the end of two years of touring, back at Almost Acoustic Christmas, the rock & roll husband and wife celebrated their history at the event by performing together. Rossdale, on stage with just a guitar, started in on “Glycerine,” singing the song’s first verse alone. Then an unannounced Stefani walked onstage to join in on the second verse, drawing an insane response from the crowd.
After the show, Rossdale told Rolling Stone that the initial idea for a duet was Stefani’s, and it left a stunned Rossdale speechless. “She actually asked me about this and I was so surprised, I didn’t say anything for two days,” he said. “She said, ‘Maybe we should do a song together.’ And I couldn’t answer her.”
After Rossdale got over his shock, the two worked out the logistics and ultimately settled on “Glycerine” rather than Bush’s “The Afterlife,” which Rossdale said is Stefani’s favorite song. Performing the song alone together was his idea. “I thought it would be so powerful, the two of us on stage like that, that’s what we went for,” he said. Rossdale was very pleased with the result; asked how “Glycerine” sounded with Stefani on the song, he laughed and said “So much better.”
For Rossdale, it was the cap to a special evening. “This is the culmination of two years of work, and then to finish it off playing here, in this venue, this full circle thing, it was an incredible night.””
Los Angeles magazine has posted an article about some of Tony’s favorite local places to hang out, etc. You can view it here!
Don’t forget to keep voting for No Doubt in the People’s Choice Awards. Voting closes this Thursday! Click here to go vote for them! They are nominated in the favorite band category.
Finally, I’ve added audio of the full November 28th show, and it’s awesome quality! Click here to download. Thanks so much to JB for sharing! Per request, I’ve left the files in the original .flac lossless format. Should you need help with playing .flac files, you may find this guide helpful. If you have Windows, I think the easiest solution is to install Winamp if you don’t already have it.
