GWEN Stefani has reunited with her ex for a Coachella rehearsal, over a decade after No Doubt called it quits in 2013.
The pop star and No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal began dating when they were just teenagers.
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The pair eventually broke up while on tour for their third album, Tragic Kingdom.
Gwen, 54, and Tony, 53, reunited for the first time in years to film a new rehearsal video for their upcoming performance at Coachella.
The clip, shared on the official No Doubt profile, began with the singer arriving backstage where she greeted her former bandmates.
The Voice U.S. alum first hugged bandmates Tom Dumont and Adrian Young before running around to hug others backstage.
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“It’s happening! We’re doing it!” she said while smiling at the cameras.
“We’re doing it!” she screamed, then asked, “Where’s Tony?” who was awkwardly standing behind her the entire time.
“Right behind you!” someone exclaimed, as she replied, “Oh!” in shock and ran in his direction.
Gwen hugged Tony in a light embrace saying, “This is fun!” as he smiled back.
“I didn’t know that many memories would flood in coming through those gates,” she confessed.
“It’s just very weird. Lots of memories,” she sighed, as the rest of the band chimed in to say, “The smell too!”
The video included footage of the entire group rehearsing for their massive performance set to take place at Coachella in April.
No Doubt captioned their post, “HERE WE GO!!! @coachella rehearsals are underway. See you in the desert next month!!!
“Shot by @monkeyes; Edited by @bruiserpictures.”
‘AWKWARD!’
Although many fans filled the comments with excitement over the band’s first performance together in over a decade, others noted that their reunion seemed a touch “awkward.”
“Not awkward,” one wrote sarcastically with a laughing emoji.
“Totally awkward. They’ve treated G horribly for years. She’s so kind and is the one to go over to each of them. They don’t deserve her, but it’s about the music,” a second agreed, slamming the band for their “treatment” toward Gwen since the band split up.
“You realize that Tony said last year on a podcast that they don’t talk with Gwen at all, right? Like he explicitly mentioned that they only speak through lawyers,” a third claimed.
“Looks so awkward those hugs,” a fourth admitted.
“Thought the same,” a fifth asserted.
“Idk the vibes seem kinda off. Low key no one looks excited,” another agreed.
We were going through a breakup. It was so brutal, but I don’t know how we made it through
Tony Kanal
DIFFICULT BREAKUP
Tony previously opened up about his split from Gwen in a 2012 interview with The Guardian, explaining, “We were on tour for the Tragic Kingdom for 28 months. We were going through a breakup, and in every interview, we were talking about it, so we were opening this wound on an hourly basis. It was so brutal, but I don’t know how we made it through.”
Gwen went on to marry Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale and welcomed three children with him, Kingston, Zuma, and Apollo.
The couple called it quits in 2015, and by 2021 she tied the knot with her co-star from The Voice, country singer Blake Shelton, 47.
Tony, a UK native, married an American home designer named Erin Lokitz in 2014.
The couple shares two daughters.
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