After more than a month break, Gwen Stefani’s “This Is What The Truth Feels Like Tour” returned to the road with a Saturday night show at Mountain View, California’s Shoreline Amphitheatre along with opener Eve.
With a crowd that appeared to be about 70% women, the party started well in advance of Eve’s energetic set which had the packed amphitheatre on its feet and dancing along. As the crew set up the stage for Gwen’s set, it was clear that she was pulling out all the stops for this show. Criss-crossing ramps, platforms, giant screens, and oodles of lights set the tone for the balmy fall evening and what amounted to nearly a two-hour set.
Not surprisingly, the setlist drew heavily from her most recent release, but in spite of pulling a whopping 10 songs from her somber “breakup record,” Gwen kept things light. Clearly relishing in the crowd reaction, Gwen didn’t hesitate to get up close and personal with the fans that packed the front of the stage and at one point even invited a member of the audience up so that she could sign a tattoo.
With eight dancers coming and going during the choreographed set and a few wardrobe changes, the show still managed to feel surprisingly loose and natural. For its part, the band sounded great—only four musicians covering all the instruments with ease as Gwen belted it out.
It would not have been a Gwen Stefani show without a handful of No Doubt covers, in this case seemingly carefully selected to meld well with the rest of the set. Not surprisingly, Eve took the stage one more time to join the band for “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” and “Rich Girl” much to the audience’s glee.
Unfortunately this run of shows ends soon, wrapping at the soon-to-be-demolished Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on October 30.
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GWEN STEFANI SETLIST
Red Flag
Wind It Up
Baby Don’t Lie
Obsessed
Where Would I Be?
Cool
Make Me Like You
Underneath It All
Misery
Luxurious
Harajuku Girls
Let Me Blow Ya Mind
Rich Girl
Hella Good
What You Waiting For?
Rare
It’s My Life
Asking 4 It
Don’t Speak
Naughty
Used to Love You
Hollaback Girl
ENCORE
Truth
Just a Girl
The Sweet Escape
