Gwen Stefani insists No Doubt is a family affair second time around with the dressing room doubling as a creche.

Anyone wondering why the '90s chart-toppers are regrouping for their first tour in five years -- even though they still haven't recorded a followup album to their 2001 CD Rock Steady -- need look no further than their blond bombshell frontwoman.

The regrouped No Doubt opted to tour before recording a new album in order to jog the band’s — and particularly singer/lyricist Gwen Stefani’s — creativity. And so far, band members report, the strategy seems to be working.

No album? No problem. No Doubt re-enters orbit with a summer tour - and lures ticket buyers with a download of its catalog.

The singer-songwriter always knew No Doubt would rise again. No matter how long it took.

The real No Doubt recently dished with us about high school and gossip.

The No Doubt reunion tour is finally on. With a pair of high-energy shows — Saturday at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and a Sunday night headlining slot at the Bamboozle Festival — the O.C. hitmakers officially returned to the road.

No album, no game plan, no problem! But as No Doubt embark on their first tour in five years, Gwen Stefani and her droogs face the biggest challenge of their career: uncertainty.

On Saturday, No Doubt will return to the stage, after an almost five-year hiatus, at the Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. But who will be in the audience? Die-hard ND fans? Squealing tweenie-boppers weaned on Gwen Stefani's solo albums?

No Doubt have been off the road for nearly five years now. That’s all about to change.

But there’s one 90s throwback band that splits the difference: No Doubt. The alt-pop superstars haven’t played together in years, though their frontwoman, Gwen Stefani, became even more popular in the interim as a solo superstar. 

EW got an exclusive sit down with band, whose reunion tour kicks off May 2 in Atlantic City, before they took the stage.

No Doubt kick off their first tour in more than five years on May 5, at New Jersey’s Bamboozle Festival (see all tour dates). To get the inside details on what fans can expect from the longtime Orange County hitmakers, we sat down with them recently in Los Angeles.