Gwen Stefani Plays First Solo Show in Six Years at L.A.'s Orpheum Theatre — billboard.com

Less than three weeks ago, Gwen Stefani was near-vomitous with nerves over her first performance as a solo artist in six years at Los Angeles' Orpheum Theatre. Gwen Stefani Q&A: On Returning to the Stage Solo & Finishing Her Third Album The 45-year-old No Doubt frontwoman had just enlisted her friend and longtime video director Sophie Muller to helm a series of custom videos, was still trying to figure out costumes for her four dancers and putting together ideas on how to best surprise ticket-buyers from MasterCard, which was sponsoring the Saturday (Feb. 7) performance. And, oh yeah, she had to remember all the words to the songs from Love. Angel. Music. Baby. and The Sweet Escape that she hadn't performed anywhere since 2009.

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