No Doubt is weeks away from opening their residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Ahead of the group’s May 6 opening night at the MSG-owned, seventeen-thousand-six-hundred-capacity venue, guitarist Tom Dumont posted a health update to Instagram on April 11. The fifty-eight-year-old, who joined the band in 1988, revealed he had been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease.
“A number of years ago I was experiencing a number of symptoms,” he shared.
“I went to my doctor, I went to a neurologist, did a whole bunch of tests, and I was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s disease. It’s been a struggle, it’s a struggle every day,” he added.
Dumont confirmed in the video that the diagnosis would not be pulling him from the shows. The group has dates at the Sphere running through mid-June. He also spoke about the months spent preparing, adding that
“The last couple months, getting ready for the No Doubt Sphere shows, it’s been very fun. It’s kind of made me think about how grateful I am for the life I’ve gotten to lead, as a musician all these years. It’s thanks to our families and our friends and our listeners and everyone who’s come to our shows over the years.”
No Doubt announce third reunion after going quiet in 2015:
As per a report shared by NPR on January 17, 2024, No Doubt announced their return in a one-minute video posted to social media, marking the third time the ska-pop group had reunited. The band had been inactive since 2015. They had also previously stepped away from 2004 to 2008.
Morning Edition host Michel Martin shared the news on NPR, adding that
“No Doubt is coming back. No Doubt released five albums during their first run in the late ’80s and ’90s that included hits like ‘Just A Girl’ and ‘Don’t Speak.’ Another album came during the 2000s, before the quartet took a break. No word yet on a tour, but get your throwback outfits ready; they’re on the bill for Coachella in April.”
No Doubt formed in California in 1986. For most of their career, the band has consisted of Gwen Stefani on vocals, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. Gwen’s brother Eric Stefani, a keyboardist, was also part of the lineup when the group began releasing albums in 1992. Since the mid-1990s, trombonist Gabrial McNair and trumpeter Stephen Bradley have performed with the band as session and touring musicians.
Here is what each member had been up to since No Doubt last went their separate ways in 2015.
From Gwen Stefani’s new chapter to Tom Dumont and Adrian Young’s supergroup:
The years following No Doubt’s 2015 hiatus pulled the band’s members in very different directions. Gwen Stefani filed for divorce from Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale that same year and began a relationship with country singer Blake Shelton, whom she married in 2021, with the couple releasing a duet called “Purple Irises” three years later.
Stefani’s career never slowed down, as she released her third studio album, This is What the Truth Feels Like, in 2016, backed by producers including Greg Kurstin and songwriters including Justin Tranter. A Christmas TV special and album, both titled You Make It Feel Like Christmas, aired on NBC in 2017, and her first concert residency, Just a Girl: Las Vegas, followed the year after. In 2019, she returned to The Voice as a coach, stepping in for Adam Levine after a four-season absence.
Tony Kanal leaned into production work during the downtime, putting his skills to use with acts including Weezer and adding three songs to the 50 First Dates soundtrack. Dumont took a similar behind-the-scenes route, mixing production work with time out on the water surfing. Adrian Young stepped furthest back from the spotlight of all. He’s been on the golf course.
That being said, both Dumont and Young maintained a musical outlet through Dreamcar, a synth pop and new wave supergroup they formed with Davey Havok of AFI in 2015, releasing a self-titled debut album in 2017. As per a report shared by Billboard, Havok opened up about the group’s sound, adding that
“It doesn’t sound like anything, it actually doesn’t sound like AFI or No Doubt. And sometimes I’m not objective enough to really understand it. And I ask my wife or friends, I play them a snippet and I go, ‘Does this sound like either one of these bands?’ And they’re like, ‘No.’ And I think that’s a good thing.”
Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal