Kingston lands Lavigne concert

[catatoniaone]

For the first time since she became a multimillion-album-selling international superstar, Avril Lavigne is coming home to play a concert.
Lavigne will be here in April.
The show at the Kingston Regional Sports and Entertainment Centre will be the Napanee pop star's first hometown concert since the release of her 2002 debut album, Let Go, which spawned the mega-hits Complicated and Sk8er Boi and sold 16 million copies.
Lavigne's official website added the Kingston stop to her Best Damn Tour tour yesterday. The site says she will be in Kingston on Tuesday, April 8, at 7 p.m.
Her tour begins March 5 in Victoria and wraps up July 9 in Vienna, Austria. She last toured Canada in 2005, but her closest concerts to Kingston were in Toronto and Ottawa.
Neil Shorthouse, who is in charge of booking acts at Kingston's entertainment facility, confirmed late yesterday that Lavigne is coming.
"We're confirming that a show will take place but we won't be able to release ticket information until Monday," he said.
Live Nation, which is running Lavigne's North American and European tour, says on its website that tickets go on sale for the Kingston concert on Monday, Jan. 28 at 10 a.m.
However, eager fans can join Lavigne's Crossbonez fan club at Avril Lavigne. Club members get an access code that will allow them to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public. Fan club members can buy tickets starting today at 10 a.m., until Thursday, Jan.24, at midnight.
Whatever the concert tickets cost, super fans with deep pockets can consider two packages on sale at all stops of the North American tour.
The Best Damn Package for $199 includes a premier seat, a VIP pre-show party and a meet-and-greet with Lavigne. The Hot Package has the same features but minus the meet-and-greet.

Lavigne, 23, got her start singing in church in Napanee and at country fairs. She dropped out of high school and found success at age 17 with Let Go in 2002 as the anti-Britney. She wore running shoes, T-shirts and always had on her trademark men's tie.
She followed up Let Go with 2004's sophomore record, Under My Skin, and eventually started to revolt against her punk appearance.
The CD didn't sell as well as her first, moving eight million discs, but critics said it was enough to show that she had staying power.
By her third CD, The Best Damn Thing, released last April, Lavigne had gone glam.
Her pretty look (she did modelling with Ford Models) matched her boppy, upbeat radio hit, Girlfriend. The latest disc also features the power ballads When You're Gone and Keep Holding On.
She has won many accolades, including Juno Awards, MuchMusic Video Awards and numerous Grammy nominations. She also acted in the movie Fast Food Nation and did voice work in the animated film Over the Hedge.
Her latest honour came from Mr. Blackwell, who compiles the annual worst-dressed list. Lavigne ranked the No. 7 worst-dressed star in 2007.
In 2006, she married fellow Canadian rocker Deryck Whibley, lead singer of Sum 41. Sum 41 is also making a stop in Kingston at Stages Nightclub on March 18.
Also announced yesterday was another event at the Kingston entertainment facility targeted to the young: Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour. It comes to town March 4 and 5.
Shorthouse said none of the cast from the two hit made-for-TV movies will be in this show, but it will feature all the songs and same storyline.
Tickets for that show go on sale today. They cost $17.50 to $40.

[Jimmyzz]

Very Kewl, I bet Avril will make sure this concert is an especially good one, T4p.