Just who is Avril Lavigne? Her Best Damned Tour attempts to answer that question

March 8th, 2008 admin Posted in News |

She made her first album at 17, her third when she was 23. In between were the ages of 18-22, the prime years of identity crisis (and, significantly, the time when schizophrenia strikes). She’s come through that passage a married woman and still earthbound star.

So then who is Avril Lavigne?

Her Best Damned Tour, which stopped at GM Place on Friday night, suggests a few clues. She started as though she meant business with “Girlfriend,” surrounded by four dancers and a five-piece band, on a stage that lit up in pink with images of skulls and crossbones. The singers and dancers added a visual dimension to the show but not much else. If the songs on the new album are mechanical, then in concert they have more character, even if the band is anonymous.

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