Posted on the official yesterday:

“Tony + Erin = Coco

Welcome to the world our gorgeous daughter – Coco Reese Lakshmi Kanal. She entered our lives on January 24, 2011. Mom, Dad and Baby are happy and in love.”

Go here to download!  :)

So, Gwen is the newest L’Oréal girl!

From E Online:

“It’s a match made in makeup heaven.

Gwen Stefani, who rarely goes out without her signature red lips and black eyeliner, has been named the latest face of L’Oréal Paris.

“I can’t believe I get to be one of the L’Oréal Paris girls,” the No Doubt frontwoman said in a statement. “I love playing dress-up, onstage or shooting videos—it’s always been one of my favorite parts of being in a band.”

Gwen joins an A-list group of ladies, including Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé, who rep for the cosmetics brand.

Her TV ads will debut during Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards.”

L’Oréal has posted a few behind the scenes/teaser videos on YouTube:

The band uploaded a 4 second audio teaser!!!! :

The “Beacon Street” house is up for sale!!  Seems sort of sad.  I wish I could buy it!!

Recent tweets:

1. Bass/Drums http://updates.nodoubt.com/VLWDK4 about 13 hours ago via Tap11
2. http://twitpic.com/3q5srd about 14 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
3. http://twitpic.com/3q5skg about 14 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
4. http://twitpic.com/3q5sc3 about 14 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
5. http://twitpic.com/3q4ypv about 15 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
6. Cozy studio pix gx http://twitpic.com/3pu6ig Friday, January 14, 2011 12:46:59 AM via Twitter for iPhone
7. @gwen_stefani is a fake twitter account FYI :-) -Tom Thursday, January 13, 2011 10:47:14 PM via Twitter for iPhone
8. Photo test http://updates.nodoubt.com/PVCA4T Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:45:03 PM via Tap11
9. Working on “settle down” yum gx http://twitpic.com/3psbaz Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:34:08 PM via Twitter for iPhone
10. Studio days – spike making it happen :) gx http://twitpic.com/3psars Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:32:12 PM via Twitter for iPhone
11. Adrians test http://updates.nodoubt.com/VM2W57 Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:01:20 PM via Tap11
12. Vid test 2: http://updates.nodoubt.com/VZEX8H Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:57:37 PM via Tap11
13. Okay so that didn’t work. anyone know how to configure iphone to upload video here? -Tom Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:50:44 PM via web
14. No Doubt video tweet test: http://twitvid.com/WDLUM Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:42:42 PM via Twitter for iPhone
15. Happy Thursday everyone! No new ND babies have arrived yet, therefore this recording business will continue into next week…carry on. -Tom Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:38:06 PM via Twitter for iPhone
16. Adrian doing drums on “Dreaming the Same Dream” now. I’m on deck for some 80′s fretless bass next – Tony http://yfrog.com/h8ssuvj Wednesday, January 12, 2011 12:01:36 AM via Twitter for iPhone
17. Food coma Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:36:39 PM via Twitter for iPhone
18. schzimmydeanie So stoked to see @nodoubt are recording again…..maybe we can tour on our new albums…hmmm #iwish Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:28:38 PM via Echofon Retweeted by nodoubt and 100+ others
19. Family night in the studio, there’s a gang of little boys running the halls screaming. Chaos rules! -Tom Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:18:36 PM via Twitter for iPhone
20. Studio food from Antonio’s tonight. Taste! -Tom http://twitpic.com/3p90vs Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:16:25 PM via Twitter for iPhone
21. Thanks everyone for all the birthday wishes! Layering some dreamy tones on “Dreamning the Same Dream” today… -Tom 5:08 PM Jan 11th via Twitter for iPhone
22. @threeltlbirds I have both, a Nikon D50 and a Canon G12. Ha! :-) -Tom 7:13 PM Jan 10th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to threeltlbirds
23. @GavinRossdale hehheheh!! Gx 7:05 PM Jan 10th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to GavinRossdale
24. @thingsweheart. It is time to post a belly pic I think! :) gx 7:02 PM Jan 10th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to thingsweheart
25. Early Happy Birthday wishes to our compadre and bandmate Tom Dumont!!! – tony http://twitpic.com/3oypw2 6:56 PM Jan 10th via Twitpic
26. Our amazing producer Spike! – tony http://twitpic.com/3oypcs 6:54 PM Jan 10th via Twitpic
27. http://twitpic.com/3oyoui – I just took 35 pictures of myself- to give u this one :) gx 6:53 PM Jan 10th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
28. I took these on Friday: -Tom http://twitpic.com/3oyo1g http://twitpic.com/3oyo1k 6:50 PM Jan 10th via Twitter for iPhone
29. http://twitpic.com/3oyne7 – Hi guys- week # 2 studio days – still exciting :) gx 6:48 PM Jan 10th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
30. Adrian is working on some drum looping and layering on Settle Down. There is a Jamaican Street vibe making the woofers shake in here. -Tom 6:34 PM Jan 10th via web
31. Okay one of the song titles has changed, “Hold On This” is now “Settle Down.” Change is good, embrace it! -Tom 6:33 PM Jan 10th via web
32. We got a lot of music done this week. It’s sounding excellent; songs feeling good, studio good. All good! More next week, good night! -Tom 8:50 PM Jan 7th via web
33. http://twitpic.com/3noxuw – Tony playing bass for ” gravity” right now gx 7:45 PM Jan 6th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
34. Tony laying down some rad keyboard parts. Adrian http://yfrog.com/gyvumhj 11:20 PM Jan 5th via Twitter for iPhone
35. Today we begin on a song called “Get A Hold On This”. It is Wicked with a capital W. -Tom http://twitpic.com/3ndjq7 4:48 PM Jan 5th via Twitter for iPhone
36. New studio update with photos on our site http://bit.ly/g6HGQY 12:55 PM Jan 5th via web
37. http://twitpic.com/3n5crp – Tom doing guitar solo for “one more summer” delish gx 8:35 PM Jan 4th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
38. yes, agree with gwen, tom dumont is rad! so is this awesome website http://beaconstreetonline.net/ – tony 5:23 PM Jan 4th via web

Happy birthday to Tom Dumont!!!! :)

Hello!

Tom posted on the official site yesterday:

“Hello there,

I can see how our tweets might have been less than clear about our songwriting and recording process. We worked (in a little studio) most of last year writing songs. We ‘demo’ them as we write, which is like making rough draft recordings.

At one point we did go into a ‘real’ studio last year (in May I think) to really record some of them for the final album versions.

But we didn’t finish those songs completely in that session. After that we resumed in the writing studio and wrote more tunes during the rest of last year.

Now, starting today, we’re back in a real studio really recording again. Excitedly!

There are two new ND babies coming soon, mine and Tony’s, so there will be a little delay for that. :-)

This process does take us awhile, it always has. Plus life is a little more complicated and busy than it was before we all had kids etc.

So the goal is to write a couple songs more this year and of course finish recording all of them.

We’re really really happy with the new songs and feel this great sense of momentum going into the new year.

Tom”

They also posted some studio photos, so make sure to check them out!

Tom also updated his own blog yesterday with some studio gear photos:

“No Doubt are in the studio for two weeks tracking a couple of new songs for our forthcoming album. A friend of ours named Spike is in the Producer’s chair. I thought it’d be interesting to show you what it looks like, including some of the gear. We’re in this place for 10+ hours a day at the moment, so there’s plenty of downtime to take pictures. Enjoy!”

The band has been tweeting like crazy!  They’re back in the studio working on recording the new album!!

1. Adrian in action: http://twitpic.com/3n2sv2 http://twitpic.com/3n2sv1 3 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
2. Tom dumont is rad :) I like him a lot :) gx about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
3. Drum kits, electronic and acoustic. http://twitpic.com/3mvwc4 about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
4. Details details (from this thread today): http://forums.nodoubt.com/forums/2375821/ShowPost.aspx http://twitpic.com/3mue54 about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
5. http://twitpic.com/3mucqv – So excited gx about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
6. http://twitpic.com/3mucjc – First day in the studio!!! Yummmmmmm:) gx about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
7. Yours truly http://twitpic.com/3mtuw4 about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
8. T & G: http://twitpic.com/3mtuez about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
9. Adrian drums with a broken foot! http://twitpic.com/3mttyx about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
10. Guitar geekery in the studio today. -Tom http://twitpic.com/3mtt7p about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
11. To clarify: last yr we were in studio mostly writing, just some recording. Starting 2day back in the studio, mostly recording… -Tom 12:11 PM Jan 3rd via Twitter for iPhone
12. Holidays over. 2010 done. 10 new songs written. No Doubt’s 2011 New Years resolution: to record our new album…beginning TODAY! -Tom about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

Here!

Hi all! Adrian played with The Vandals on Dec. 18th in Anaheim!

Also, Tom posted about playing at the Kennedy Center Honors on his blog today:

“A couple of weeks ago No Doubt performed at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC. We were asked to be part of the musical tribute to Paul McCartney, who was one of the honorees this year. We performed a four-minute medley of Beatles songs: Hello Goodbye, All My Loving, and Penny Lane. This was a career highlight for us in so many ways. All of us in the band grew up loving Paul’s music, and to perform these songs for Paul himself was mind-blowing to say the least. Not to mention nerve-wracking! And to add to the epicness of it all, this was in the Kennedy Center Opera House, full of folks like President Obama, loads of Senators and Congresspeople and lobbyists and Merle Haggard and Oprah, etc etc. Also I sat next to Florence Henderson at the State Department dinner. She was awesome.

Crazy!

The whole show including our performance will be shown on television on CBS on December 28, 2010 at 9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT

Gear: In the spirit of the memory of George Harrison, I had my trusty Hamer Monaco outfitted with a pair of TV Jones Classic pickups, to capture the vibe of an old Gretsch like George used to play. Below is a picture of the guitar, plus the pedalboard my buddy and long-time tech Donnie wired up just for this show. The pedals are: Eventide Timefactor, Malekko Ekko 616, and Boss Chromatic Tuner. I used the Eventide for delays on the Reggae upbeats on “All My Loving” and the Malekko for a slapback vibe on “Hello Goodbye.” And then just straight guitar, no effects used on “Penny Lane.”"

From the Official:

“No Doubt ICON is available in stores and online today. The new catalog release features the same track listing as the Singles Collection, including “Hella Good,” “Don’t Speak” and “It’s My Life,” but with new artwork and at a lower price.

The album is part of the ICON series which features greatest hits and favorites from the most popular artists in music for just $7.98. The No Doubt ICON release is available now at Best Buy, Barnes & Noble and other major retailers or click here to order the collection online.”

“Dumont: Party of Five | News

Tom, Mieke, Ace & Rio Dumont are happy to announce that they will be adding a new member to their family when Mieke gives birth to the couple’s third child this winter!”

Tom recently updated his blog:

“No Doubt performed at the Bridge School Benefit show last year up in Northern California. Neil Young hosts an eclectic group of artists to raise money for this great charity every year. It was a really important thing for us to be a part of, not to mention a rare and fun all-acoustic set for the band. I kinda dig this live image (below left). I’m playing my new Martin OM-42 KOA.
“Koa” is a tropical hardwood native to Hawaii and prized for it’s beauty (duh) and strength. Check it out.

Gwen and HSN have partnered to create a Harajuku Lovers ornament to benefit St. Jude’s.  You can buy it here.

xxxooo!