ok, that's an aproximate translation, sorry for my bad english:
the moment i was assigned to write an article about the Avril Lavigne concert of the 13 june 2008 at the Dutch Forum in Milan i didn't realize how big was the avril phenomenon, worldwide. yes, everyone knows of the millions of albums she sold, of what rock-style means for the teenagers and her way of thinking to wihich many can connect. but only when i arrive there everything becomes clear to me: Avril is so successful because her fans are really faithful. they follow her everywhere, to every single concert or tv appearance, tons of fans and her exclusive entourage follow her. for example, Madonna's daughter, Lourdes Maria, loves to go to Avril's concerts too. A "mania" for a whole generation of teenagers. indeed this evening in Milan there are thousands, the arena is completely full and the tickets were sold out very soon.
A phenomenon almost unexplanable for an artist who has been called fake rocker by the critics from the very beginning. critics accused her of being a product of her label that did it to earn more money. (for example boy and girl bands of the 90' ); but avril no, she's the new Higlander of the pop rock, she's young, beautiful and with a promising career ahead.
Hey! Hey! You! You!
i arrive at the station from which i'll take the bus for the Forum and i arleady meet some Avril Girls near a man waiting the departure and they say "Take your feet off the seat (the man) my feet were down you shitty old man". classic friction bewtween generations. anyway, i understood that i had a wrong idea of the average age of the public: it is much higher than i expected, parents followings their children are very few and there are lots of grown ups, alone or taking their girlfriends. at 4 pm, 5 hours before the beginning of the show, thousands of fans are already in queue, many of them wearing the same outfits that avril has already worn. i count 6 Avril doubles who come from Trento or Gallarate (italian cities
).
anyway i was there, there were like 35° Celsius and kilometric queues and the writer is right about everything
even avril was happy because of how the crowd was crazy.
PS: sorry for my bad english, i know some phrases are gonna be hard to read XD