Well, except for Young, who was good-naturedly called out by Stefani. “Adrian,” she asked early on, “Is this where you got arrested in the snow?” The tattletale went on to say the incident happened during a previous band visit to Colorado because the often scantily clothed drummer “was a little bit warm in the van, so he decided to go outside in the snow without any clothes.”
Young (right) provided comedy relief this night, too, parading around during the “Stand and Deliver” encore with a snare drum, tutu and world-champion Lakers T-shirt, the latter certainly worn to incite the hometown fans who didn’t care enough about their Nuggets to stay home and watch the crucial Game 5 of the Western Conference finals. Bradley countered by wearing a No. 7 Chauncey Billups Nuggets jersey.
For better or worse, Stefani no longer is the foul-mouthed beach blanket bingo babe with an attitude. Gentle Gwen speaks fondly of spending off days with her kids at the aquarium, introduces her parents in the audience, continually thanks the adoring audience and displays an enriched voice with passionate feeling. Maybe a renewed sense of being brings a different meaning to the lyrics of a song such as “Simple Kind of Life,” which she dedicated to her sons Kingston and Zuma.
The wild child of the Eighties might be long gone but this “Hey Baby” Mama hopefully is here to stay. Welcome back, Gwen, or as they liked to say back in the day, “You go girl.”
Extras
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Article comments
1 - melanie
Loved this concert and your review as well. Gwen, like a bottle of wine just gets better with age.
2 - Michael
I think you're right, Melanie. Hopefully, young Hayley and tough-as-nails Maja will learn a thing or two this summer from Gwen, who said she wants to try and hang out with her touring mates over the next couple of months.