What did you think of No Doubt last night? Are you still singing along this morning? Go ahead and add your show reviews in the comments. If we like 'em, they might be in the paper tomorrow.
Here's what I had to say about the concert. And here's an awesome photo gallery of No Doubt pics from The Bee's Darrell Wong. After the jump you can catch up with my Tweets from last night.
[photo: Darrell Wong / The Fresno Bee]
Here are my Tweets (follow @fresnobeehive if you don't already) from the show. Be sure to yell us what you thought of the concert in the comments.
NO DOUBT
- Right before the curtain was raised for No Doubt http://twitpic.com/5jez2
- First two songs Spiderweb and Hella Good http://twitpic.com/5jf11
- Gwen: "Fresno is one of my favorite places in the whole United States to play and I am not joking you."
- The crowd filled in pretty good. I'm guessing it topped 10k -- maybe getting close to 12k http://twitpic.com/5jfj4
- If you want a look at No Doubt merch http://twitpic.com/5jg55
- Their stage is cool -- it's this shiny white spiderish looking thing that could have come from Star Trek.
- All the people hella dancing to this ska instrumental should go to a Suppressors show
- Costume change for Gwen. She was dressed in all white -- tank top and pants -- plus black shoes. Now she's in a sparkling checkered dress
- One of the coolest things is that they did a bunch of original video for the big screen behind the stage.
- The best, though, was "Running" because they used a bunch of old video footage from the early days of the band. Right amount of nostalgia
- Gwen just pulled a guy out of the crowd and said she remembered meeting him back in the day when he was a kid ... Kinda cool
- The band finished, but is now back for an encore. Adrian is in a tutu and Gwen changes her clothes. Encore is "Rock Steady," Gwen's fave ND song
- Now she took off, ran thru the middle of the pit and up the steps between sections 103 and 104
- Then she did push ups during the intro to I'm Just A Girl
- One more pic http://twitpic.com/5jiau
- No Doubt ended with its cover of "Stand and Deliver" then "Sunday Morning." Overall, really good, fun show. Better than Gwen solo, for sure
- Gwen said bye bye by wiping her lipstick onto a towel and tossing it into the crowd.
PARAMORE
- Here's Paramore's stage set up: http://twitpic.com/5j9fb
- Paramore is on now -- and the kids in here are going nuts. The older No Doubt are just kinda sitting there.
- Overheard: Guy 1: "Who is Paramore?" Guy 2: "Dude, couldn't tell ya."
- I don't really care for Paramore's music, but I do think Hayley is a good lead singer -- energetic, fun, etc.
- Paramore has played two new songs so far -- one was called "Ignorance," the other, they didn't give the name.
- Josh is having guitar problems, but Hayley was good about bantering with the crowd. They started the next song w/o him ...
- Hayley: "This isn't Warped Tour 2005 when we played that little truck stage."
- Guitar problems still for Paramore. Cutting their set short a little bit maybe. "If anything we're never ever ever gonna forget this show."
- The crowd here is pretty diverse: couples (both younger and middle aged), bros, moms having a night out, packs of girls dressed up like Gwen
- Overall, the crowd is younger than I thought ... And also not as numerous as I expected. Can't be even 10,000 people here.
Best concert I've ever been too!!!!! It tops all other concerts I've been too!!!
NO DOUBT ROCKSSS!!!!!
This was a typical No Doubt concert! It was amazing! They did not miss a beat!
My daughter kept getting annoyed with me for saying, "They are gonna play Sunday Morning, they just HAVE to!"
Gwen was awesome as usual and the whole band seemed like they were never apart.
The stage was awesome and simple but dramatic as hell.
I love the horn players in the back who dont get the same amount of regard that the rest of the band do BUT without them, No Doubt wouldnt be a ska band.
As for Paramore, I was disappointed that they had to cut it short. I love their music and Hayley is so bad a$$, even if I'm old enough to be her mother.
The highlight was Gwen running through the crowd yelling, "Dont F*cking touch me!" then when she reached the stage said, "I cant believe you guys didnt touch me. Now thats trust!"
AWESOME CONCERT!
Yo, Beehive: I was sad that I couldn't attend the concert, but THANK YOU for the tweets! My phone was blowing up last night with your updates and helped me feel like I was there and not stuck somewhere else. You guys/gals rock.
That was a great concert!! I will admit, i wasn't that excited for it because i felt bad for not staying home and studying for my final i have today, but omg! I am so glad I went! Paramore was really good, but No Doubt. wow. They put on a great show!! And Gwen running through the audience! So cool! Especially when she ran right by my section and since I was in row B, she was like 6 feet away. That was one of the coolest moments of any concert I have been to. This concert was up there with nkotb ;)
This was literally one of the best shows I've ever been to! Gwen was amazing. I'm still smiling...
I saw them on their last tour and nothing has changed. They were just as awesome last night as they were years ago! Great Show!!!!!!
I was in the pit of the concert!!! It was amazing...she ran right in front of me!!! It was worth getting stepped on & water splashed on us!!! The Sounds were cool, Paramore was HOTT, & No Doubt just absolutely KILLED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment to exclamation point ratio so far, for those playing along at home:
8:60
I had a great time. They sounded great, and had so much energy. Everyone was up dancing and having a good time. Loved the videos that played behind them on stage. Only complaint is to Save Mart Center: It was too hot and stuffy, turn up the air.
Oh and I forgot to ask, was it me or did Gwen forget some of the lyrics to Rock Steady?
That was a little confusing considering she said it was her favorite No Doubt song!
Counting exclamation points doesn't seem like a whole lot of fun to me, but YES THE SHOW WAS THAT GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't F*cking touch me!
gotta give it up to gwen for keeping it punk; also pulling up the guy who was at the show 7 years ago gets major props... the look on his face was priceless
YES! Rob, that was one of my fave parts too. "Don't f-ing touch me or I will quit No Doubt!" I couldn't believe how many times it took her telling the crowd to make room, before they actually did it!
BEST concert hands down!!! loved it!!! favorite moment was when she ran through the crowd and came near the section I was sitting in..phenominal! They rocked!
Gwen rocked the save mart center.... i had a blast i didnt stop dancing until she stop singing..
NO DOUBT RULEZ FOREVER !!!!!
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does anyone have any pictures from when she was in the crowd? i was in the section where she was and we were like a centimeter away from her and i want pictures because my camera died :(
Wow, that's so weird. I was three rows away and couldn't take any pictures either because my camera died! I do have really poor quality camera phone pix tho...
I LOVE No Doubt! The concert was sooo awsome!
The whole show was great. No Doubt and Paramore rocked but lets hear some shouts for the The Sounds! They were really good and held there own out there. They were really a perfect start to a perfect show
P.S. to Fresno the next time Gwen Stefani tells you to move, F-ING MOVE!
This group is awesome and that concert rocks Gwen Stefani is a really good and No Doubt is really great music group unlike a certain wannabe singer from fresno[and his big mouth fake wife mia who both talk big but hide behind a computer] who is a has been who still thinks he is popular but isn't lol.But seriously a great concert.
Great show. My ears were ringing, not from the band, but from the high pitched screams of such a large female crowd. The ratio of gals to guys was easily 5-1. Nice for a single guy to be around so many beautiful women.
Here's a link to some video I took of the opening curtain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RylUL-BdDf4
Another one of Don't Speak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtcUZROdmJE
No Doubt's cover of Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyfgbMfLBcE
Also, by Paramore, the opening band, their song Decode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GizWmYfec_w&feature=channel_page
This was a fantastic concert! Because of Paramore, there were a lot of younger people in the crowd with their moms and dads but all in all, a pretty decent crowd.
I missed The Sounds because I was still getting inside.
Paramore played a great show as they usually do despite the technical difficulties experienced. Their set got cut 3-5 songs from the down time.
No Doubt definitely stole the show though as they should. Great set list. Great songs. Great energy. Gwen is so funky and has such a great stage swagger that it's fun to watch her move on stage. Great stage presence. One of the best shows I've been to.
P.S. I definitely cleared an aisle for Gwen to run through. She was like a foot away and it was amazing. Haha!
The No Doubt show in Kansas City was as good or better than expected. They were very professional, Gwen was personal with the crowd, and picked out quite a few signs. She even pulled a gal up on the stage and snapped a photo of the two of them with the sign. I thought the band was tight, the vocals spot on and the stage was awesome. I wished a second encore was done, but that is my only conplaint. Did I mention how sexy Gwen was?