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No Doubt have formed a supergroup without Gwen Stefani.
The 'Don't Speak' hitmakers - Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Adrian Young - have recruited AFI's Davey Havok to front the new untitled project, but it's not known if Gwen has left or if it's just a side project, according to Billboard.com.
The group will no doubt come as a surprise to fans as back in April the band said they were uncertain about their future.
At the time, Drummer Adrian said: "We're a little bit of limbo right now.So, we'll see where that takes us."
Meanwhile, Gwen is focused on relaunching her solo career and has just dropped the second single 'Make Me Like You', which, judging from the lyrics, is about falling in love with her new beau Blake Shelton following the break down of her 13-year marriage to Gavin Rossdale last year.
In the track released on Thursday (11.02.16), she sings: "I was fine before I met you. I was broken but fine. I was lost and uncertain. But my heart was still mine. I was free before I met you I was broken but free. All alone in the clear view. But now you are all I see."
The blonde beauty, 46, took to Twitter to announce the new tune and thanked her fans for the continued support and said it was "surreal" reading all of their kind words.
She wrote: "U guys make me so happy #MakeMeLikeYou omg #loveuback. THANKU for all your tweets gx ... Reading all your tweets #surreal #MakeMeLikeu #MMLY #thanku gx (sic)."

Jessie J's "whole life" has changed since being managed by Joel and Benji Madden.
The Good Charlotte twins began working with the 'Price Tag' singer six months ago - after she parted ways with Disturbing London last year - and she says it's had a positive impact on her as a performer and personally.
Speaking in a joint interview with the 'Makeshift Love' hitmakers for Good Charlotte Musicians Institute Conversation Series, she said: "We have been working together for six months and my whole life has changed, literally my whole life, not just my life as Jessie J but as Jessica because they get it."
And the 27-year-old singer is glad she is overseen by fellow musicians who understand when to "push her" and when not to because it'll help her explore her niche.
She explained: "The best thing about being managed by artists is they understand. It's from inside out from everything; emotionally from business to health to being a human being to understanding when to push me and to pull me back and they get me. Being an artist is a different wave, it's a different energy."
Jessie J is currently on vocal rest, but returned to her hometown to support the American rock band at the O2 last night.
During the gig, she tweeted: "Killing it! So proud of you @joelmadden @benjaminmadden @TheO2 (sic)"

Adele donated eight pairs of tickets for her London shows to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The 'When We Were Young' hitmaker teamed up with the Give to GOSH charity to give lucky fans the chance to see her in concert at The O2 this year by handing over the tickets for a prize draw.
The 27-year-old singing superstar's support for the campaign started by The Independent and London Evening Standard newspapers to provide funds for the world renowned children's hospital follows in the footsteps of Sir Paul McCartney, Johnny Depp and David Beckham, who have long supported GOSH.
Tim Johnson, chief executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, said: "It is so wonderful that Adele has backed our appeal in such a generous way. These tickets are like gold dust and it's fantastic that we are able to offer readers a chance to win them in a way that will also support the Give to GOSH appeal. Adele is a record-breaking artist and this has been a record-breaking charity appeal so this feels like a fitting way to see out the final week of this incredible campaign."
'Adele Live 2016' has become one of the most highly-anticipated live shows of the year, with tickets selling out in minutes.
Adele will perform at The O2 for eight nights from March 15 to March 22.

Katy Perry will not be attending the Grammys.
The 31-year-old pop star will be skipping the prestigious awards show on Monday (15.02.16), instead choosing to watch it in her pyjamas "eating matzo ball soup".
However, Katy is hosting her own alternative party in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday evening (13.02.16) music creatives and no publicists or managers are on the guest list.
Speaking to the New York Times, she said: "The party is for artists, producers and songwriters. And it's a mixture of new and familiar artists, a combination of the past two years' Grammy nominees and also [acts] from the Spotify Discover playlist. It's Kacey Musgraves, Karen O, Miguel, Tove Lo, Shirley Manson, Max Martin. Then up-and-coming songwriters like Blood Pop and Bonnie McKee all under the same roof as Diane Warren. In some ways, I'm trying to start the Met Ball of music."
The 'Fireworks' singer has also revealed she has tentatively started work on her next album and admits she's "taking a little" time to "evolve" before she starts laying down tracks.
She said: "I'm in the research and development phase. I've been going at it for eight or nine years in the spotlight, and then before that there's that decade of hustle that never gets recognised but still shows up in your wrinkles. So right now I'm taking a little time. I don't want to jump on any trends. I just need to evolve. I do my records in a more traditional way, where the cycle is three years, so that once I start writing them, I know exactly where I'll be in spring of 2018. That can get a little bit like, 'Ugh.' I need a little bit more freedom, especially when I've been doing it for this long."

Elton John has "so much more to do".
The 'Rocket Man' hitmaker insists he is nowhere near finished with music yet and isn't worried about what others think about him as he knows he is a "good musician, good writer and good artist".
He said: "I'm not finished yet! I'm more interested in keeping going. I have so much more to do. I'm not nostalgic. I don't think about my place in music history at all. I know my own worth as a musician. And if I know that I'm a good musician and a good writer and a good artist, that's all that matters to me.
"It's up to others to judge me but I know the piano playing on my new record is pretty f***ing special! You have to keep trying to improve as you get older. Look at Leonard Cohen. That comeback at 75 was astonishing."
And the 68-year-old singer also revealed he continued volunteering in a record shop in Soho, London even when he started to find fame as he was just so "fascinated by what people would buy".
He added to The Sun newspaper: "Even in 1970 when I started to make it, I used to go to Musicland in Berwick Street and work on a Saturday for nothing. I was fascinated by what people would buy and I just loved it. It was the job I might have done."

Jade Thirlwall used to sing with Jamie Lambert from Collabro.
The Little Mix singer, 23, grew up in South Shields near Newcastle upon Tyne, north England, and long before she joined the international girl group, Jade used to perform with Jamie and ended up becoming a big fan of the operatic boy band.
Tom Redgrave exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "Jamie and Jade are from the same place, South Shields, and they used to sing together when they were younger, so they have always known each other, which is nice.
"When we started doing well, through Jamie's friendship with her, she became a fan."
Over the years, Jade has been a huge supporter of the group - which also includes Matt Pagan, Michael Auger and Richard Hadfield - particularly when they did a live cover performance of 'I'll Be There For You' at the iconic London Palladium.
Jamie previously shared: "Our album 'Act Two' is full of these huge key changes and really big songs and suddenly it gets totally stripped back. At the Palladium, Jade from Little Mix was in the audience and we do a really slow version of the song and it's really about harmonies and beauty.
"We did 'So no-one told you life was gonna be this way" and then Jade went [token Friends claps] and it was incredibly off-putting and it got to such a famous moment that by the end of the tour the whole orchestra did it. What they didn't realise was we all had our in-ears in and they have little microphones so I almost jumped off the piano because I was so frightened."

Hozier has teamed up with Saoirse Ronan to raise awareness of domestic violence.
The 25-year-old singer/songwriter is "honoured" to have the Oscar-nominated actress in his music video for his song 'Cherry Wine', in which she depicts a woman having to deal with a physically abusive relationship.
Discussing the artistic project, he said: "Domestic violence is an ongoing issue in our society, the statistics of which are shocking and the effects of which damage whole families, communities and span generations. With the song 'Cherry Wine', I tried to get across the difficulty of coming to terms with and facing up to domestic violence and the dynamic of an abusive relationship. I'm honoured to be joined by Saoirse Ronan, Dearbhla Walsh and Moe Dunford in spreading awareness on this issue."
And Saoirse hopes the video will "shine light on the issue" and was also thrilled to work with the Irish musician.
She said: "I am equally honoured to join Hozier to create awareness for the #FaceUpToDomesticViolence campaign with the release of 'Cherry Wine' as a charity single. The song has always been one of my favourite tracks on his album. I hope through the video and song we can shine light on the issue and complexity of domestic abuse and in doing so help those caught up in the cycle of domestic violence."
'Cherry Wine' - taken from Hozier's 2014 self-titled debut LP - was written from the male perspective of an abuse suffer.
The video will premiere on Valentine's Day (14.02.16) this weekend. Proceeds from the single sales will benefit domestic abuse charities worldwide including Women's Aid in the UK.

A Kanye West fan predicted his new album title 'The Life of Pablo' and is waiting to be rewarded with a pair of Yeezy sneakers.
Dante Holley, 20, managed to work out the title from lyrics the single 'No More Parties in LA' and now he's patiently waiting to be rewarded with the footwear which Kanye promised anyone who could guess the name of his LP.
Revealing how he worked out the name, Dante told BBC's Newsbeat: "He was talking about how he felt like Pablo when he was working on his shoes, he felt like Pablo when he was on the news. I thought either he's talking about Pablo Escobar or Pablo Picasso. So I just thought 'The Life of Pablo'."
Recalling the moment the title was revealed, Dante - who is from New Jersey and a budding rapper-and-music producer with HW4L Records - said: "My phone started ringing. I guessed Kanye had announced the title and it was 'The Life of Pablo'. People kept on saying, 'You won, you won.' It was crazy. I never would have expected it."
The 'All Day' rapper wrote on Twitter earlier this week that he would give anyone who guessed his album title correctly a pair of Yeezys and a ticket to his Season 3 fashion show, which takes place in New York today (11.02.16).
The hip hop superstar tweeted: "@studio /final verses /new album title T.L.O.P ... That's the new album anybody who can figure out the title gets tickets to Season 3 and free Yeezys (sic)"
And although Dante is yet to hear from Kanye or his management, he has plans to run across the whole of America in the highly sought-after footwear to raise money for a worthy cause.
He said: "I'm going to run across the whole country in these Yeezys and do it for charity.

Dame Shirley Bassey, Elvis Costello & The Imposters and Will Young will perform at Henley Festival 2016.
The news follows the announcement that Sir Elton John will open the music extravaganza by performing on the event's floating stage on July 6.
Bassey will be teaming up with Brit Award-winning vocal group BLAKE on Saturday July 9 and music legend Elvis Costello & The Imposters will provide the entertainment on July 7.
The following night sees classical Welsh Opera singer Bryn Terfel performing with the Welsh National Opera Orchestra.
And closing the week of world class entertainment is pop singer Will Young who will bring the festivities to a close on July 10.
The 'Leave Right Now' hitmaker can't wait to headline the festival and is thrilled he has top billing on one of the nights just like his hero Elton.
Of his closing slot, he said: "I'm really very excited to be closing Henley Festival on the Sunday night. I had such fun playing there last time, it's such a beautiful setting on the banks of the river Thames, not to mention headlining alongside one of my favourite people, Sir Elton John."
One further headliner is to be announced for Saturday July 9.
Tickets go on sale on February 25 at 10am.
Go to Henley-festival.co.uk for more information.