The May 11th episode of Gossip Girl is the big ep where the proposed new spin-off series based on the life of the young Lily van der Woodsen in the 80′s gets featured. In order to help kick off the new show, No Doubt has been enlisted to portray the fictional 80′s band called Snowed Out and will perform on the show via 80′s flashback. Saying Snowed Out out loud sounds like you’re saying No Doubt … which is actually kinda cool (thanks Alex). Yeah, it’s a bit confusing but the plan is to entice the viewer into wanting to see more of this new as yet untitled new show. Here is our first look at No Doubt as Snowed Out in the upcoming Gossip Girl ep titled Valley Girls:

May 11 is bound to be a really big day for our beloved Upper East Siders — not only are they getting a potential spin-off starring Brittany Snow and Krysten Ritter, but No Doubt is gracing the show with their SoCal presence. Well, sort of. Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Adrian Young and Tom Dumont will play a fictional 1980s band called Snowed Out in the flashback-heavy hour. We come across the faux-strummers when a young Lily checks out her very first rock show with sister Carol. If all goes according to plan, the “Gossip Girl” spin-off and characters will be appearing on your TV weekly.

It’s funny how the No Doubt of the 80′s looks a lot like the No Doubt of the late 90′s. Nonetheless, I’m really looking forward to seeing the band on the show. I understand that they will be performing a cover of the Adam Ant song Stand and Deliver, which they recorded and gave away to fans who purchased VIP tickets to their upcoming tour. The May 11th ep of Gossip Girl will feature a whole lot more 80′sness than just No Doubt as a faux band. After the jump, check out a few promo photos released by The CW of some of the characters that will be featured on the upcoming GG spin-off series …

As we already know, Brittany Snow will play Lily Rhodes (who eventually becomes a van der Woodsen) and she will be spending a lot of time with her black sheep older sister Carol (played by Krysten Ritter). Lily and Carol‘s father Rich Rhodes will be played by Andrew McCarthy (who was a huge star in the 80′s) and Shiloh Fernandez will play one of Lily‘s various love interests (this one named Owen Campos) who she loves and leaves before eventually meeting Keith van der Woodsen in the future. Yeah, it’s an interesting idea for a TV series … but I’m still not sure it’ll necessarily work but, as I keep saying, I’m willing to give it a shot. As a huge fan of all things 80′s, I hope they do the decade justice. I guess we’ll see when the Valley Girls ep of Gossip Girl airs on The CW in a couple of weeks. Does any of this interest y’all? Do you think the new spin-off series will work?

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