Long story, sorry!
I went to Helsinki on the 29th. I came there with friend but my friends don’ t really like Avrils music that much so i was attending the show alone. Before the show during the day we went to Linnanmäki which is an amusement park.. I was ok and not nervous at all until Marianne who also was a vip (and a bandaider) started to text me about how nervous she was.. I was soon starting to feel the exitement!
After the amusement park i went back to the hotel and i left to the icehall around 5 pm. Marianne was already there and it was nice to get to know her. And it was a huge plus that she was also pretty talkative. So the time basically flew to the time when all of the vips where supposed to get in. And it was right on time, actually a lil bit early.. We didn’t really have to wait that long inside either.. There where not many of us, i guess like 23 persons. Some fans had bought Avril a real Finnish hockeyteams shirt that said LAVIGNE on the back with number 01 on it too. IT was pretty cool. One girl who i’ve talked with online gave that shirt to Avril during her M&G. She also had other stuff that other fans had given her to give to Avril. And i got the feeling that Avril was really suprised to see that much stuff given for her from ”one” person
Funnyy..
We waited in line. I didn’t have a watch on me so i have no idea how long we waited until it was time to meet Avril. (By the way, Deryck was there too) I was third person to go in. The first one was some little girl dressed all up looking like Avril. I don’t know why they took 2 pictures of her and Avril and the rest of us just one.. I know that some find it unfair, but for me it really doesn’t matter..
So anyway, i went in, shaked hands with Avril and i said my name and she was like ”Nice to meet you”. I was nervous which i honestly didn’t think i would be.. Quickly she turned to face the camera but i was thinking like nonono.. ’cause i wanted to ask her if it would be ok if both she and i could put our middlefingers up to the picture.. MISTAKE ONE. Don’t ask anything special for your picture, you’ll just make her feel akward. She made this really nervous laugh, looked over at Matt and said ”ohhh, NO!” and then faced back to the camera. The picture was taken and after the pic i was like.. really feeling bad for asking that from her.. So i started to walk away whe she stopped me and asked if i wanted her to sign my vip pass. She already had the pen in her hand and she was ready to grab my pass.. But then MISTAKE TWO i said no. (’cause i really don’t want one. I don’t need one and i don’t understand what’s the point with signatures!). Well, she kind of stepped back and had this weird look on her face and i tried to explain why i didn’t want her autograph but i guess it came out wrong ’cause she looked at me like i was like fucking weirdo! I think.. i pretty much walked away.. I guess i didn’t even say bye.. i was really like… out of it… It was such an weird experience and i was at that time already feeling like shit.
So i walked out, got that ugly bag and went tou our vip place to the front row. I just heard later that Avril hadn’t asked the guy who was after me if he would have wanted an autograph. I just heard him say something like he didn’t understand that he would have understand to that he would have to ask for it.. or something.. so i kind of feel like i messed his m&g as well.. ’cause i guess he really would have wanted one… and didn’t get it.. ’cause i probably made Avril feel so akward at my m&g when she asket that from me.. So yay, i really suck!
So we didn’t get the hat, we just got the bag and i gave it away ’cause it isn’t just anything i would need..
I know some people have said that there weren’t that many people to see her, but definitely there were more than i expected! I don’t know about the GA ’cause i was in the front row so you don’t really see how many people are behind you, but looking over the seating area there where only one section where no one sat. Otherwise, to me at least, it looked really full!!
The support act was pretty bad. I hadn’t heard any of their songs before so i basically just wanted to Avril to come out already! The show was pretty on time. I guess Avril started to play at 9 pm.
Girlfriend
I Can Do Better
Complicated
My Happy Ending
I’m with You
I Always Get What I Want
-Faint-
Don’t Tell Me
Hot
Losing Grip
Bad Rep
The Best Damn Thing
Everything Back But You
I Don’t Have To Try
Runaway
He Wasn’t
Girlfriend Remix
Sk8er Boi
I was really wondering about the setlist… Because when they were prepairing the stage for Avril there was already a setlist taped to the floor but TWICE came some guy over and taped a new list! And people here say they saw the pink piano on the side of the stage but the piano never came on!
It was pretty funny by the way when Avril yelled that do we want to see her play the drums.. And Rodney was at his drums and looking like WTF?! Avril looked at him and was like ”oops, next song” and laughed. She almost skipped over the I don’t Have To Try, which was performed perfectly, not explicit though. She was like ”get ready, ready” (version i’ve never heard her use before). She did sing the bitch slut part on EBBY..
The show was really energetic but she wasn’t that talktative. She talked some before ICDB., like ”it’s good to be back, it’s really cool that people all the way in here listen to my music”. Nothing was said before IWY. IAGWIA was dedicated to them who always gets what they want.. And.. That’s pretty much it. It was pretty sad also that the intro in He Wasn’t was so short. It would have been nice to see and hear everyone so quiet, but she didn’t do that part at all. It was also He Wasn’t when i started to get really into the mood.. And how much it like sucks to know that we only had 2 songs left to hear…
I had earplugs on during the first 3 songs and i had to ditch them ’cause i didn’t really hear the crowd and i do feel that the noice from the crowd is one of the best parts during shows.. So it pretty much sucked that i didn’t understand to ditch them earlier. Also i wasn’t that pleased that i had this security guard standing right in front of me. So anytime i tried to wave my hand or whatever i was near to punch him in the face
So i didn’t really wave then… But i did sing along with every song, and at times i think Avril saw that and i kind of have the feeling like she would have looked me in the eyes and smiled – so i didn’t feel that bad then… But after the show when i went back to the hotel and the next day… I felt so like shit. Like really bad mannered and such an ass. I’m glad i was with friends and it was cool (in a way) that my other friend had pretty similar feelings about some situation she was in.. So we were somewhere doing some sightseeinge and suddenly we both just felt like that the only thing to do now is to get really wasted. And so we did. I was soooo drunk and i had the worst hangover ever today… But i guess that kind of lifted some weight off my shoulders eventhough now when i’m writing this it slowly creeps back on me…
I feel so bad.
They had this response e-mail where you can send some feedback or whatever so.. i sent this to them:
Quote:
+ little feedback for:
- John: I’ve read stories about you that say that you are big and scary. Big yes, but scary??! I found you to be very funny and friendly so yay for that 
- That woman who led us to see Avril (i didn’t really get your name): I’ve read stories about you too and i knew that the minute i saw you there wasn’t really anything to stress about anymore. You are very good at what you do and you made the whole situation so much easier. And i know that if there would have been any problems, i bet you would have solved them easily and within just few seconds.
- Matt: It’s really sweet that you travel with your sister. Honestly, if i asked my older brother to travel with me, he would probably laugh totally on my face about that… I find it pretty funny / weird that i remember your face better than Avrils…
- Avril: I have really mixed feelings about the meet and greet. I kind of wish i could have been just a ”regular fan” and satisfied with ”just” the all-smiles picture and your autograph. Maybe the situation then wouldn’t have been so akward as it now was. I’m sorry about asking some special features in the picture (middlefingers) and i’m sorry that i didn’t want your autograph. I kind of got the image from you that you felt really akward, and by making you feel really akward it made me feel like an ass. And that feeling has kind of stuck with me for days now… And if i could, i’d rather just forget the whole situation all in all eventhough i paid a lot of money that i thought i could get some good memories out of it…
But… the show was great, really fun and energetic. So… good job on that
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I don’t know it it’s any use. And i don’t know if Avril ever gets the chance to see that.. But i guess it makes me feel a little bit better ’cause now i kind of feel like i had the opporturnity to explain myself a little.. And there’s a slight chance that she’ll see that and maybe she gets a better view on me then.. OR something.. I don’t really know..
Anyways.. Here’s me and Avril:
