Concert Review: Avril Lavigne

[Captain Barbossa]

The color pink truly went a long way on this stage—into the drum set, the microphone, the eye shadow, lighting, wardrobe, checkered flooring and all the adorable eight year olds with pink fluorescent wands in the audience, waving them about.

Unfortunately, outside of the initial flash-glam, the Avril Lavigne concert at the Air Canada Centre on April 7, lacked any depth to make it memorable. Add on a few confusing moments where Avril disappeared off the stage while a video of her played as a few of her dancers filled the gap.

To her credit, she was poised and very well rehearsed as the DVD crew filmed her live. She's a pretty girl with definite ability. Obviously she's made it this far but it just didn't shine beyond the glam. Despite her punk image, the performance came off contrived and awkward as she did her model's strut about the stage. It's getting stale and unless Avril wants to be the next solo spice girl, it's time for an image overhaul.

Opening act was Boys Like Girls. Crowd pleasers yes. But a more appropriate name for them would have been the Banner Boys as their banner was the size of the entire backdrop. Huge! Maybe their music will catch up to the brand, the little glimpse last night showed possibility

[Lewymocha Original]

"It's getting stale and unless Avril wants to be the next solo spice girl, it's time for an image overhaul. "

I have never mind her image until that sentence

Oh my!

[HeartAvril]

Thanks for posting... it kinda bothres me that all reviews talk about how she's not ver natural anymore. All seems to be part of an act.

[theabcmystery]

Well the minute you add dancers and coreography (even if you limit it) it still makes it into an act reather than just a musician on stage... I don't mind the setlist but I liked it better when it was just more her and the band and not so much reharsed.