After the heartbreaking news of the passing of Prince, Tony and the rest of the world took to social media to express their personal stories and condolences. He shared an incredibly personal and touching tribute and throwback photo of himself outside of First Avenue in Minneapolis and reflected on how he’s leaned on Prince and his music throughout his life, including the passing of John Spence.
Heartbroken 💔💔💔
— Tony Kanal (@Tonykanal) April 21, 2016
Prince. We will always be grateful for your music and for being able to work together. We will miss you greatly. https://t.co/kVIfYCIPYd
— No Doubt (@nodoubt) April 22, 2016
No Doubt notably collaborated with Prince on “Waiting Room” which appears on the Rock Steady album. Gwen also appeared on the track “So Far, So Pleased” from Prince’s Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic earlier in 1999.
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I’m not a fan of Prince, but I respect that he is a musical genius. Tony’s words were beautiful…
Very nice tony. I’m surprised gwen never said anything
I found that odd as well.
I’m not surprised by it, I’m afraid to say it but she has become too self absorbed and narcissistic.
No Doubt released a statement. In case anyone forgot, No Doubt includes Gwen… Sorry to disagree, but for me, choosing to be part of a collective band statement, instead going for the publicity of an individual statement, many of which were subsequently quoted in the press, shows she’s the opposite of “self absorbed and narcissistic”. Truth be told, many of these celebrities belatedly crawling out of the woodwork to acknowledge Prince in death probably did not spend much of their days thinking about him while he was alive. There are exceptions of course. Gwen and Gavin supported him by actually showing up the last time he performed at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
I agree Alex. For Tony, Prince was his personal hero, it makes sense for him to come out and as an individual and pay homage to Prince and his legacy. Tom and Adrian also did not send a message on their individual accounts and choose to release a statement as a group, same goes for Gwen.
She spoke of David Bowie’s death. Gwen is an A list celebrity. Of course she is going to be self absorbed and narcissistic. How could she not be? When everything is about her 24/7? 90s Gwen is gone and never coming back.
Was April the “Lets bash Gwen” month? So many negative and rude comments towards her lately. When did it become mandatory to tweet RIP everytime someone famous or big dies?
Agree with you 100% Cynthia. Very well said.
Well Gwen has changed her twitter photo to one of her with Prince at the Staples centre now, if thats good enough for you. I agree with Cynthia and Charles, No Doubt’s statement reflects all of the bands feelings.. including Gwen’s. Honestly, how insensitive do you have to be to call Gwen out for not grieving the way you want her to?
Very good spot, Leah, thanks for that. I’m sure most of you know that her twitter pic used to be a photo of Blake as a child. So for her to switch that to one of Prince and her performing their song So Far, So Pleased should really tell us something about how she wished to remember him. IMHO, this was a subtle and classy way to celebrate the man without calling too much attention to the gesture. Everyone is different. Some really do prefer to grieve in private, some like Gwen might choose to do so quietly in subtle ways and on the other end of the spectrum there are some who want to make a show of it. You decide, if any, which represents being “narcissistic”. We also do not know how many of his peers chose to do things the old-fashioned way by sending flowers, condolences directly to Paisley Park.
I can’t believe some of you are being so nasty to Gwen. You should read this https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgsDGAsUUAANgZJ.jpg
And by the way she changed her avatar on twitter. An image is better than words sometimes. Plus No Doubt posted a note about it.
Blake Shelton tweeted about Prince, and he was with Gwen when she received the news. Maybe she couldn’t find the words to post something on twitter. Give her a break.
Gwen dancing at Prince’s concert
http://youtu.be/6uhfuR_Ru6E
Apparently Gwen and Tony went to a memorial for Prince held by his ex-wives this week.