Product Description

HARAJUKU LOVERS LIVE is the first-ever solo DVD from Gwen Stefani. This new release captures her recent high-energy crowd pleasing headlining tour, which brought her music to life in an elaborately staged live show. Filmed in Gwen's hometown of Anaheim, CA and directed by longtime visual collaborator Sophie Muller, this beautifully shot DVD features 2 brand new songs, was recorded with a 5.1 sound mix and contains extensive bonus material captured along the way.

BONUS MATERIAL
* Countdown to Tour: behind the scenes documentary on how the show came together
* Meet The Band and Dancers: an in-depth look at the moves and grooves that made the show
* Photo Gallery: all of your favorite show moments
* The Real Thing Camera Remix: see the show from new angles

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43804 in DVD
• Brand: UNIVERSAL MUSIC VIDEO DIST.
• Released on: 2006-12-05
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics, Live, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• Gwen Stefani takes the stage in HARAJUKU LOVERS LIVE. Stylish and energetic, the No Doubt frontwoman puts on a great show when she goes solo. A musical chameleon, Stefani takes her cues from sources as varied as a marching band ("Hollaback Girl"), a Broadway musical ("Rich Girl"), and R&B ("Luxurious"). Featuring all her biggest hits from LOVE. ANGEL. MUSIC. BABY, the conce

Customer Reviews

A Review of the DVD, Not Just the Tour
Okay, a lot of the reviews posted already review the tour. It's theatrical, it's high in energy and pop, it was good. As for the DVD, it's pretty good. Instead of just straight live footage, the DVD is filmed like an actual film. Great quality, the sound is good.

The tour draws its strength from Gwen's energy and ability to move around and keep the concert going. Not just that but she actually sings live (which seems rare for a lot of artists these days). The costumes, they're okay. Nothing breath taking. I thought the lighting was a bit dark during the entire concert, but that may be a personal complaint. It's fast paced, there isn't any time wasted in the usual speeches in between numbers and long waits for costume changes. The stand out numbers are "What You Waiting For?", "Orange County Girl" (which has a rock-mix to it instead of the straight R&B mix on her new album), and the encore "Hollaback Girl." The dancing and choreography is pretty good as well.

The box boasts of having bonus features. The mini tour documentary is okay but nothing spectacular. It simply shows the behind-the-scenes actions of Gwen contemplating touring with the album and all that it took to put the tour together. The "meet the band" feature is pointless in my opinion. In the tour she acknowledges the band members and dancers, and this is just a still screen with the person's image and a mini bio with small text that could have been left off. The "Real Thing Camera Remix" is okay. It simply shows more shots from the video that plays behind her during the concert. There was news that there would be a release of the "Serious" video that was filmed ... but it didn't make the DVD release. Unfortunate, it would have made the bonus features a bit stronger and more interesting.

In all, it was a nice tour that featured the songs from Gwen's "Love, Angel, Music, Baby" tour. It was nice to hear her sing live and really have and bring all the energy to the stage and into her performance. The two 'new' songs 'Wind it Up' and 'Orange County Girl' were also nice additions to the DVD. It would have been nice to see a few other unreleased songs that she performed while on tour included, but it's nice we got the tour on DVD, period. Check it out.

Gwen's Tour Was Awesome!
I saw Gwen at Madison Square Garden with Ciara and she put on one of the best visual displays I have ever seen at a concert! The whole place literally shook when she played Hollaback Girl (the highlight of the performance) and the energy that she and her dancers gave was unreal. She had some really great things to say about New York and I remember her saying something along the lines of "Since you keep buying so many of my records I have to keep making them."

I was also amazed at how fast between numbers she was able to change costumes and the show kept screaming for more. The only downside to the performance was I was hoping she would have thrown in one or two of her No Doubt numbers (Don't Speak especially) but she only performed her numbers from the Love Angel Baby CD.

We love it!
My 11-year-old daughter LOVES Gwen Stefani and I do, too. In the fall of 2005, we went to see Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers tour in Chicago. This DVD let's us re-live that awesome concert and makes us even more devoted fans. While some of the songs and dances may be for a more mature crowd than 11, all-in-all I believe Gwen Stefani is an incredibly strong, talented woman and a positive role model.