AFI singer Davey Havok teamed up with No Doubt members Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, and Adrian Young last night (May 6) at a private home in Los Angeles for a surprise appearance at the 11th Annual Musack Rock & Roll Carnival, a charity event benefitting music programs for teens.
In 2017, the quartet released a self-titled album as Dreamcar but has been largely dormant since. At the time, Havok was adamant that he was not replacing No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani and instead, the band introduced an ’80s-inspired, new wave sound that was far from the Orange County ska/punk material that propelled No Doubt.
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Last night, Dreamcar performed the original song “The Assailant” and covered the Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop.” After those songs, Kanal, Dumont, and Young performed No Doubt classics with the Musack students, including “Spiderwebs,” “Underneath It All,” “Sunday Morning,” and “Just A Girl.”
Coincidentally, Stefani was headlining the BeachLife Festival in nearby Redondo Beach last night. No Doubt…
