Nibbles and Bits

No Doubt, the hit rock band from Anaheim, will launch its new Web site with an hourlong Internet video chat on Oct. 25. The host for the 6 p.m. session is Pat Smear, the former Germs and Nirvana guitarist. Dubbed No Doubt Land, the Web site, at https://nodoubt.com, promises to be a veritable Mickey Mouse Club of information, pictures, contests, etc., for No Doubtniks. For information on accessing the Net chat, visit https://www.sonicnet.com/station/upcoming. No Doubt’s last release, “Tragic Kingdom,” has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide, according to Interscope Records, the band’s label. Having recorded a batch of new songs over the summer, No Doubt is writing and recording this fall, with a mid-1999 release projected for a new album.

Two aspiring Irvine opera singers have won the chance to compete in next month’s Western Regional Preliminiaries for a position with New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Bruce Harlan Sledge, 28, and Susan D. Miller, 25, won first and second place, respectively, in local Met-sponsored auditions held Saturday at Chapman University in Orange. Sledge and Miller also won cash awards of $500 and $300, respectively. Margit Jensen of Anaheim took third place at Saturday’s audition, and Hyun Sub Lee of Buena Park placed fourth.

Compiled by Kenneth Williams