Vancouver - April 6th 2004 by Amber - Mall Tour

[Sharifa]

April 6th - Metrotown Mal
Reviewer : Amber

The concert was so much fun!

We got there around 9am and there were about 7 or 8 people there already. Some mom and daughter got there at midnight and slept in their car! That's insane. At around 12-ish the first 100 or so were led to the stage in groups. The girl who got there at midnight was led in first and then the first group after her. I was in the first group, so I got front row. I was on the side close to Avril. It was so cool! There were so many kids there, I felt really old. haha. Omigosh, it seemed like forever until Avril came on. It was outside, so it got really hot with sun beaming on us. ilikedirt came and talked to me for a bit (I'm so sorry if I seemed like a big dork - I'm just really shy!) and she was going to come stand behind me, but a reporter guy came around interviewing everyone in the first few rows. That got everyone excited and standing, so she got lost a few rows back. Awhile after that there were TONS of tv and newspaper reporters filming and taking pictures, it was insane. Tons of screaming was done at this time. lol! Finally around 4:30 Avril's bus pulled up, but it was another 15 or so minutes until she came out. I think we were all getting impatient - it was hot and very squishy. When she came on stage she was smiling - so cute! She was really adorable. She sang He Wasn't, My Happy Ending, Sk8er Boi, Take Me Away, Don't Tell Me, Nobody's Home, and Complicated (I can't remember if it was in that order or not). I sang along to all the songs (of course), but it was awesome when I heard a lot of people singing along to all the new songs, as well! During Take Me Away Avril looked at me and smiled since I was singing along. I think she looked at me again during Complicated, but I'm not sure. Let's just say she was. haha. Oh, Avril didn't know what day it was. haha. She's like "So, what day is it". She thought it was Wednesday. Also, she said that two hours before the show she had just got a filling done in her cavity [sp?] - she said that was her first one. lol. Everything seemed to happen so fast, it ended so quickly. BAM she was gone. It took a lot of work to get out of there because people are clueless and I guess figured she'd come to do an encour or something. There was a HUGE crowd by her tour bus when we got there, but I did some good pushing (sorry to those that I hurt - haha) and got myself & my friends up to the "second row" (meh, it was more of a crowd, but I was so close). Evan came out and signed for a few mintues, but he left to quickly, so I couldn't get an autograph or anything. A few minutes later the bus pulled away and she was gone. It sucked because I thought she'd come out to sign, but I guess since there were SO many people she couldn't. They kind of put her bus in a stupid spot (right beside the stage), so anyone could see it. But I'm not going to complain because that was an awesome show!