WHEN you’ve sold 30m albums by the tender age of 23, plumping for the album moniker, Best Damn Thing, seems less like arrogance and more a statement of fact.
Yet, as with any precocious act – particular one which hails from the other side of the Atlantic – Avril Lavigne is not everybody’s cup of tea.
Sullen, stroppy – a typical teenager, when she first burst on to the scene seemingly in a fit of pique with her debut offering Let’s Go in 2002, Lavigne spoke for a host of skater-gear clad youths on the look out for a feisty pin-up for the bedroom walls.
Now approaching her mid-20s, the Ontario performer’s image and demeanour has noticeably softened.
Married to Sum 41’s Deryck Whilbley (who helped produce her latest offering), Lavigne has also forged a budding film career thanks to roles in Fast Food Nation and Over The Hedge.
Last in town on the Under My Skin tour in 2004, expect to see a smilier, more content Avril Lavigne performing her punk-pop anthems this time out
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