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No Doubt's Tony Kanal on Las Vegas Sphere Residency and Future Music

Just hours before No Doubt's Las Vegas Sphere residency began, bassist Tony Kanal tearfully reflected on the moment. He shared with Variety his emotional soundcheck experience before the first of 18 performances.

Variety Music·May 8, 2026·via Variety Music

No Doubt's Tony Kanal on Las Vegas Sphere Residency and Future Music

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May 8, 2026 2:14pm PT

No Doubt’s Tony Kanal on Las Vegas Sphere Residency, Why They Haven’t Toured in Years and Whether New Music Is in the Works

By Steven J. Horowitz

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It was mere hours before No Doubt kicked off their residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere when the emotional weight of the moment struck bassist Tony Kanal. “I had a good cry at soundcheck,” he tells Variety of their Wednesday night performance, the first of 18 shows at the state-of-the-art venue through the end of May. “I’m glad I got that out of the way before the show, because I would have probably started losing it on stage.”

Along with his bandmates — lead singer Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Young, plus longtime horn/keyboard players Stephen Bradley and Gabrial McNair — Kanal brought the group’s vision to life across the two-hour show, a retrospective that traces No Doubt ‘s scrappy early years to its rise as a global phenomenon.