Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani

  • Profession: Singer
  • Place/Date of Birth: Orange County, California, 03 October 2020

Benefit CD to aid the victims of hurricanes Rita and Katrina - Oct 19, 2020
Coldplay, Elton John, Gwen Stefani and Barbra Streisand are among the huge acts appearing on a double-disc benefit CD to aid the victims of hurricanes Rita and Katrina. ’Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now’ will contain brand-new songs written in the wake of the killer storms. It is being released through EMI, Sony BMG, Universal, Warner and Concord labels in mid November.

The record will include live versions of Coldplay’s ’Fix You,’ Brown’s ’Try Me’ and Elton John’s ’I’m Still Standing,’ which he recorded in New Orleans. "Come Together Now", the signature track on the album, features vocals by Celine Dion, Joss Stone, Ruben Studdard, the Game, and many others.

The entire net profits of the CD will be donated to the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund. New Orleans native, Harry Connick Jr, who sings "City Beneath the Sea" on the charity record said: "This CD helps us heal a place that has given so much music to the world."

Gwen claims her lifestyle makes her cry - Sept 05
Gwen Stefani claims her showbiz lifestyle makes her cry. The sexy ’Cool’ singer - who has also started up her own fashion label, L.A.M.B - says her gruelling work schedule gets her down and she often bursts into tears because she can’t cope with all the demands placed upon her. She explained: "An example of my day would be, go to Italy to shoot a video and squeeze in a meeting about a jewellery range that ends up taking up five hours. "Then I sort out clothes and make-up for the video, which takes a couple of hours. Finally we start shooting - that takes five hours. Then I start to cry because I’m supposed to be on holiday."

However, the blonde beauty says she manages to put her ’problems’ in perspective with the help of her friends. Gwen, 35, claims whenever she starts to feel sorry for herself, her pals bring her back down to earth by reminding her she is a pampered pop star. She added in an interview with Grazia magazine: "My friends tease me and I start to laugh. Then I think I’m so lucky to have all these opportunities - this is what I wanted. Then I go to sleep, wake up and start again. Every day I have these "pinch me" moments, so I’m not complaining about anything."

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Biography

Born on October 3 1969 in Orange County, California, Gwen Stefani grew up listening to the Ska and Punk music which was so popular in the So Cal area at the time. It was older brother Eric that really turned Gwen’s musical dreams in to reality, asking her to join a band he had started with friend John Spence, with whom she would share lead vocals. They called themselves No Doubt and invited Tony Kanal to join.

However, in 1987 Spence committed suicide and Gwen was left to take over as the band’s only vocalist, a role which she juggled with college studies and a romance with Kanal. No Doubt gained a solid following in the local area and when Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ Flea recorded a demo for the band it was only a matter of time before they signed a deal.

Although their eponymous debut album and the follow up, The Beacon Street Collection, were seen as something of a failure by their record company, No Doubt’s third try, Tragic Kingdom (recorded without Eric, who had left to become an animator on The Simpsons), became a hit thanks mostly to stand out single Don’t Speak It was at this time that the rest of the band were pushed to the sidelines as the press and public focused increasingly on Gwen who, having split with Tony, was romantically linked with Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale.

Two more albums followed the success of Tragic Kingdom – Return of Saturn and Rock Steady – but it was Gwen the world was interested in as she dueted with rapper Eve, featured on Moby’s Southside and married Gavin in a 2002 ceremony in London. While No Doubt took a break Gwen hooked up with writer Linda Perry and a house-full of collaborators for her debut solo album Love Angel Music Baby, which sold millions on the strength of the fantastic What You Waiting For?

While Gwen’s professional life was on the up – she launched L.A.M.B, her own clothing range and appeared in Martin Scorcese’s The Aviator as silver screen icon Jean Harlow – her personal life seemed to be taking a turn for the worse when it was revealed that her husband had a secret lovechild with tabloid favourite Pearl Lowe (she of the Sadie/Jude wife swapping revelations). However Gwen has vowed to stand by her man and is even talking of starting a family of her own…we just hope parenthood doesn’t stop her wearing those fantastic fairytale outfits in public.
Biography by Laura Heaps, 2005
September 2007

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