Avril Lavigne to Put on a Spectacular Tour

[rockpit]

Get ready for some cheerful news.

Avril Lavigne to Give Everyone the Bird on Upcoming Tour
2/6/08, 12:20 pm EST



For her upcoming tour, Avril Lavigne is taking a cue from Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera. “They go offstage ten friggin’ times!” says the singer, who plans to take nightly breathers when she crisscrosses the globe on her five-month trek, which kicks off on March 5th in Victoria, British Columbia. “I’m going off, like, twice [per night]. I’ve never done a change or a break.”

On this tour, her third, Lavigne’s clothes won’t be the only thing changing: For the first time, dancers will join her onstage, hyping the crowd on big numbers like the amped-up “Girlfriend.” “There are kicks and punches, but nothing cheesy or super bubblegum,” says Lavigne, who will also revisit her earlier hits. And while the twenty-three-year-old says she’s grown out of her “Sk8er Boi”-era sassiness, her inner badass lives on. “I’m covering [Joan Jett’s] ‘Bad Reputation,’” she says. “While I’m singing the track, there will be a montage of videos of me with a cigarette, flipping the bird.”

Avril will pause her tour on April 6th to perform at the JUNO Awards (Canada’s version of the Grammys), where the Ontario-born singer scored five nominations, including Album of the Year for 2007’s The Best Damn Thing. But she’ll be looking forward to getting back on the road. “I just went back to Canada to visit my family and I got off the airplane and was like, ‘Fuck that!’” she says. “It was so cold I couldn’t deal.”

When Lavigne’s tour wraps in June, she’ll go back to sunny Los Angeles to spend some quality time with her hubby, Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley, and she’ll also dive back into a new batch of songs. “I have so much creative energy, so I’ve been writing,” she says. “It want to do more acoustic stuff. It doesn’t mean that’s what my next record is going to be, but I’m doing it to get it out.”

In the meantime, she’s resting up—and watching the presidential candidates battle it out on TV. “I wish I could vote here,” she says. “I think Hillary might get it. It’d be fucking awesome if a chick won!”

Nicole Frehsee


Source: Rolling Stone : Avril Lavigne to Give Everyone the Bird on Upcoming Tour



Okay, seriously, cigarette-smoking-and-flipping-the-bird video? What the fuck, Avril? There will be more youngsters than ever in this tour, and what does she want to do?

On a positive note, I'm very happy about the writing part.

EDIT: Okay, maybe not smoking, but what else will she be doing with a cigarette other than smoking it? Holding it would be lame, and anyway, she seems proud about it, which is not good. At all.

[Madina]

Thank you JC
this video
That's great she likes Hillary

[orange-sky]

a video montage of her flipping the bird and smoking while singning Bad reputation (A song I like) is not badass it's trying to be badass a little too hard. Wonder how the cover will turn out.

Glad she is writing though and especially more acoustic stuff. Sounds like she may already be getting over the fun fun fun TBDT era

[rockboi]

Originally Posted by rockpit

“I’m going off, like, twice [per night]. I’ve never done a change or a break.”

she needs breaks for her shows? i hope she is not serious about that

[fanavril]

Fuck the dancers!!!!!!!
I don't want dancers!!!!

Come on Avril!
You don't need dancers! Your shows are perfect, your voice is amazing, everything is so good, please get off the dancers!

[Open Your Eyes]

Who cares. It's her attitude. Let her do what she wants.

[fanavril]

I can't stand dancers, if I want dancers I go to see Rihanna........

[Open Your Eyes]

Then go see Rihanna. It's not your decision on how Avril wants her show to be

[avrilrocks4lyf]

lol avril is a legend fliping the bird and i like the song bad reputation too i thought she would cover umbrella which i would not be happy about since i hate that song