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Avril Lavigne is sending a subtle message to Metallica, Linkin Park and other groups who have pulled their music off Apple’s iTunes recently – Let Go. While several artists have distanced themselves from the online music store because it makes tracks available individually, the Canadian singer is supporting the new service by giving iTunes an exclusive live EP. The five-song collection, available only at iTunes beginning Tuesday (July 15), features “Sk8er Boi,” “Losing Grip,” “Nobody’s Fool,” “Unwanted” and a cover of Green Day’s “Basket Case.” Each track is 99 cents. The material was recorded March 23 at the Dublin, Ireland,… Read more »

Finally finished with her world tour behind her multi-platinum 2002 debut Let Go, Avril Lavigne is turning her attention to her next studio album. “I think I’ve really come along in my songwriting,” Lavigne says. “I really believe in myself, and I’m going to make a record that really comes from inside, from my feelings. I’ve had time to grow and become a better writer, a better guitar player, and I’ve learned more about studio work.” While Lavigne works on her next batch of songs, fans will be able to fill the time with her live CD and DVD, My… Read more »

Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, and Sarah McLachlan are just a few of the artists who will help their home country of Canada, and especially the city of Toronto, by performing a benefit concert at Toronto’s Skydome and Air Canada Centre on Saturday (June 21). Canada is the only country outside of Asia which has had any SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) related deaths. Fear of the disease has cost Canada, and in particular Toronto, millions in tourist dollars. The concert’s promoters hope the event will boost the city’s economy and serve as a symbol to the rest of the world… Read more »

If you had one shot, one opportunity to own Eminem’s handwritten “Lose Yourself” lyrics, would you capture it or just let it slip? Well, here’s your shot. A framed lithograph of the scribbled lines to the “8 Mile” anthem is being auctioned to raise funds for Los Angeles cancer research and treatment facility City of Hope. The lyrics, which are autographed by Eminem and “Lose Yourself” producers Jeff Bass and Luis Resto, had at press time garnered the Songs of Hope auction’s highest bid, $10,600. Avril Lavigne’s words to “I’m With You,” written on Time Square’s W Hotel stationery, is… Read more »

Country star Shania Twain didn’t get her wish when she won three prizes at the 32nd annual Juno Awards, Canada’s equivalent of the Grammys, over the weekend. After winning the Country Recording of the Year nod at the untelevised ceremony in Ottawa on Saturday, she had said she would prefer not to win anything at the next day’s televised event because she wanted to concentrate on her role as host. Alas, she ended up nabbing the Artist of the Year and Fan Choice Awards the next day. “I’m here to host the show and perform,” Twain said Saturday at a… Read more »

Avril Lavigne, Korn, Limp Bizkit and Sum 41 are the first batch of those slated to pay tribute to Metallica in “mtvICON: Metallica,” the third installment in MTV’s annual series. The artists will perform Metallica covers before an audience on May 3 in Los Angeles for the taped 90-minute special, which will air May 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, according to a network spokesperson. Metallica – singer James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and new bassist Robert Trujillo – will cap off the concert with a performance themselves. Additional performers and artists who will give testimony to the… Read more »

An elementary school is cashing in on a wardrobe decision by pop singer Avril Lavigne. She wears a Wilkesboro Elementary School T-shirt in the video for her song “Sk8er Boi.” The green-and-gold T-shirts hadn’t been sold for at least four years, but with the Canadian singer giving them new currency, the school’s Parent Teacher Organization ordered 500. Principal Mike Dancy said he learned from a Canadian writer that Lavigne probably found the shirt in a New York thrift store. The writer was doing a story on how the singer popularizes almost everything she wears, he said. About 300 of the… Read more »

You can tell Fred Durst’s been kind of down lately by the way he’s all agitated when responding to the have-you-and-Britney-been-dating questions and, more importantly, the fact that he’s not sporting his usual jaunty red baseball cap. At the 45th annual Grammy Awards in New York he wore a brown cap, an olive T-shirt over a gray long-sleeve top, and a sour though resolved expression when he admitted that he and Britney were seeing each other for a while, before she “played him out.” Durst was pretty much alone in his dressed-down look at the event, however. The men, everyone… Read more »

Multiple Grammy nominee Avril Lavigne picked up six nominations Wednesday for the Junos, Canada’s music awards, including new artist and album of the year for her hit debut release “Let Go.” Shania Twain, who will host the April 6 ceremony at the Corel Center in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata, received five mentions, including album (“Up!”) and artist of the year. Four nominations each went to Celine Dion, Our Lady Peace and Remy Shand. Dion is squaring off against Alanis Morissette, Twain, Shand and Daniel Belanger for artist of the year. Our Lady Peace is vying for group of the… Read more »

Ground control to Avril Lavigne: It’s David Bowie, like doughy – not Bowie, like Howie. That’s how the 18-year-old Canadian singer pronounced the veteran rock star’s name when the Grammy nominations were announced Tuesday. Lavigne was helping announce the nominees for best male rock vocal performance at Madison Square Garden when she made the gaffe, pronouncing Bowie’s name like “Howie.” When an Associated Press reporter told her afterward that she’d flubbed Bowie’s name, Lavigne said: “Oops! I knew that was going to happen, I knew I was going to pronounce someone’s name wrong.” Lavigne – that’s pronounced luh-VEEN – received… Read more »