“This is like a friends and family show,” Gwen Stefani told the crowd at the kickoff concert of her Sweet Escape world tour, Saturday night in Las Vegas.
The Orange County Girl girl performed at the opening of George Maloof’s new pet project, the Pearl Theater at the Palms Hotel.
Stefani is playing arenas of 12,000 and more on this tour, but the Pearl is “intimate” by comparison, holding a max capacity of 3,000.
Gwen had to adjust her production to accommodate the smaller venue, which made Saturday night’s show a scintillating preview of the full-scale spectacle that every other audience will see on this tour.
The Haraujuku Girls are back - accompanied by a tight band, and while Stefani focused on all her solo material, she gave a shout out to that band that made her famous.
“This is for the No Doubt boys, who are here tonight,” Gwen said. “That [record] is next.” Which is very exciting!
Equally exciting was getting to meet Miss Stefani herself at the after-party at Moon nightclub.
Oh yeah, and we also got to chat for a while and have some drinkies with the deliciousness that is Gavin Rossdale.
He’s also the nicest guy!
Swoon.
Viva Las Vegas!
[Perez’s tshirt courtesy of Harajuku Lovers.]
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