Gwen Stefani admits to taking on too much at once while balancing music with motherhood... ahead of No Doubt reunion: 'I should have just been with my family'

Just days ahead of No Doubt's much-anticipated reunion at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival, Gwen Stefani is expressing some doubt over how she balanced her work and home life after starting a family. Gwen Stefani, 54, shared some regrets over how she tried to balance her career with her family life when she and ex-husband Gavin Rossdale began having children in 2006; she is pictured in The Voice promo in 2023 'I was dead,' Stefani said of her self-imposed workload, which only got more complicated when she learned she was pregnant again with second son Zuma. Stefani now sees that she was 'trying to please' her No Doubt bandmates, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Adrian Young by fitting too much into her calendar between her band career, solo career, L.A.M.B. fashion line and family life After her split from the Bush frontman, Stefani found love again when she started dating country singer Blake Shelton, whom she married in 2021; they are pictured getting her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in October 2023 By this time it had been around nine years since No Doubt had shared a stage together. No Doubt came clean and announced they were reuniting in a Zoom call on January 16 Since rehearsals began a few weeks ago, Stefani has been sharing teasers on Instagram ahead of the reunion at Coachella 2023 Stefani has shared snippets of the band rehearsing some of their hits ahead of the first reunion show on Saturday, April 13 While the festival kicks off on Friday, April 12, No Doubt will hit the Coachella stage on Saturday at 9:25 p.m., right before Tyler, The Creator is set to perform as the headliner.