No Doubt, photo by John Shearer

No Doubt arrived in Las Vegas on Wednesday to set off their 12-show residency at the technologically unmatched arena. The Gwen Stefani-fronted ska punk outfit’s kick-off performance was its first full headline show since a series of festival dates in 2015, and the band marked the momentous occasion by adding some songs that had left its live repertoire before the hiatus to its 21-track set.

No Doubt’s Sphere series continues their resurrection, following their reunion after nearly a decade away with two appearances at Coachella in 2024 and a set during The Forum’s FireAid benefit concert last year. The residency is billed as their first run of shows since a 2012 series in Los Angeles and aligns with the 30th anniversary of their breakthrough third album, Tragic Kingdom. After Stefani greeted the audience with a voice-over introduction and a giant CGI hand holding a moldy orange came crashing through a collage of clippings from their heyday, the band embarked on a celebration of that record with the title track, which they hadn’t played live since 2009.

No Doubt went on to perform nine of the 14 songs on Tragic Kingdom, proceeding with “Excuse Me Mr.” and “Different People” before moving to The Beacon Street Collection for “Total Hate ’95.” Other big surprises through the evening were Tragic Kingdom B-side “The Climb,” staged for the first time since 1997, the 2001 single “Running,” staged for the first time since 2012, and “Trapped in a Box,” drawn from their 1992 debut and staged for the first time since 2002.

“The opportunity to create a show at Sphere excites me in a new way,” Stefani, now the first frontwoman to lead a Sphere residency, said when the series was extended for “incredible fan demand.” “The venue is unique and modern and it opens up a whole new visual palette for us to be creative. Doing it with No Doubt feels like going back in time to relive our history, while also creating something new in a way we never could have imagined.”

Get an inside look at the visuals from No Doubt’s Sphere kickoff in the gallery, courtesy of photographer John Shearer, and watch fan-recorded videos of the bust-outs below.