Live Review: Gwen Stefani
Step aside, Ashlee, Kelly and all you clones. Gwen Stefani has something to show you: Aidin Vaziri | For her second solo arena show ever Tuesday night at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Stefani set out to break free of not only No Doubt's shadow but also of blood-sucking clones like Ashlee Simpson and Kelly Clarkson, who sound like puking cats by comparison. She didn't mess around. There were pirates, break-dancers, marching bands, magic mushrooms, wind-up toys and more sequins onstage than in Beyonce's sewing drawer. Stefani, 36, opened the show by rising from a double-layered platform and sitting on a huge throne, appropriately dressed like an albino Snow White and flanked by four body-rocking Asian women. She threw off her cape and crown and it was on -- a full hour of madhouse electro-funk, louche R&B and android rock. It sounded exactly like what 2005 is supposed to sound like.
posted by Aidin at Friday, October 21, 2005
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