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If the 6 million fans who made Avril Lavigne’s first album, Let Go, among the best-selling records of 2002 think they know what makes the 19-year-old rocker tick, they’re just scratching the surface. As her second album’s title, Under My Skin, suggests, Lavigne’s about to show them what lies beneath. “There are some songs that are really deep,” she said. “I have this song called ‘How Does It Feel.’ It’s just a very mature song. Just me stepping back and looking at my life, talking about how I am small and the world is big. I’m a deep person and… Read more »

Continuing to labor away in a Los Angeles studio, Avril Lavigne was reluctant to give too much away about the follow-up to 2002’s Let Go. She promised, however, that when she returns to the fray with her second album, she won’t be the wide-eyed newbie she was a year ago. “I’m a lot wiser now,” she said. “Now I know what the business is like – what you have to do and how to work it. As a writer, I’m growing and my guitar-playing is getting better. I know what it’s all about now, so I’m ready to go back… Read more »

Avril Lavigne will celebrate the November 4 release of her first long-form concert DVD My World with a series of simultaneous screenings at AMC Theatres in 24 cities across the U.S. The screenings will take place in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, Houston, Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Seattle, Phoenix, Minneapolis, San Diego, St. Louis, Baltimore, Tampa, Denver, Cleveland, San Francisco, Indianapolis, Orlando and Kansas City. That day, Avril will attend a red carpet affair at the AMC Empire 25 Theatres on 42nd Street in New York City, and she will personally introduce the film. The My… Read more »

Now that pop music has been peppered with so many Avril clones, these days Lavigne is acting out her best Green Day, Bob Dylan and Metallica impressions. Lavigne’s covers of songs by those artists appear on the bonus audio disc that comes with “My World,” the singer’s first DVD, due November 4, according to an Arista Records spokesperson. Green Day’s “Basket Case” was a staple of her live set, while her version of Metallica’s “Fuel” was performed at the mtvICON tribute to the metal band in May. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” recorded while on tour in London, appeared on the… Read more »

Avril Lavigne and the Neptunes are going to each release a DVD later this year, under a deal Arista Records has made with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Lavigne’s DVD is of a live concert, and the Neptunes are releasing a straight-to-DVD movie. Lavigne’s My World is her first live concert DVD, and it features behind the scenes footage, five music videos, and a bonus six song CD. The concert was filmed in Buffalo on May 18, the closing night of her five-week North American Try To Shut Me Up tour. Performances include “Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi,” “I’m With You,” “Losing… Read more »

While most artists wait to put out a live album until several years into their careers, Avril Lavigne has decided one year on the scene is long enough. The 18-year-old singer has announced plans to release a live CD and DVD titled My World in either September or October. The performances were recorded during the pop star’s recently completed North American headlining tour. The DVD of My World will include backstage footage and interviews with Lavigne, in addition to the live performances. The “Complicated” singer is currently working on the follow-up album to her multi-platinum debut, Let Go. Lavigne said… Read more »

Avril Lavigne probably never went to band camp, but that didn’t disqualify her from the soundtrack for “American Wedding,” the third slice of celluloid from the “American Pie” series. The previously unreleased Avril song “I Don’t Give” will be featured on the disc, which comes out July 22. The track was recorded during the session for Let Go, and is about an independent girl who refuses to be played. “You know I’m not gonna cry/ About some stupid guy/ A guy who thinks he’s all that,” she sings in the chorus. The 17-song “American Wedding” soundtrack also features an unreleased… Read more »

Avril Lavigne is the subject of the new television special, Avril Lavigne: Anything But Ordinary, airing Sunday (June 8) on the ABC-Family cable network at 9 p.m. ET. The show chronicles Lavinge’s childhood growing up in Canada, her family life, and her music. The “I’m With You” singer told the program she’s living the life she’s always dreamed. “I have this awesome opportunity to fulfill my dream,” she said. “I am all over the place, flying here and there, going through different stuff every day.” During the show, the 18-year-old singer confides that she used to fantasize about being a… Read more »

Pop singer Avril Lavigne performed a free concert for students at a high school that won a radio contest. Teens flocked to the Dunkirk High School gymnasium Monday to hear the 18-year-old Canadian, who wore an oversized red T-shirt, baggy pants and a pair of vintage sunglasses. “I think it’s the fact she’s our age and being herself,” said junior Katie Abramowicz. “Her fame is not based on her looks. She’s original in her music and the way she dresses.” The students won the regional High School Spirit Contest sponsored by Buffalo’s Kiss 98.5 by collecting about 950,000 index cards… Read more »

Avril Lavigne concludes her first ever North American headlining tour on Sunday (May 18) with a concert at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The “I’m With You” singer has performed more than 30 concerts since the tour began on April 9 in Toronto. Lavigne’s tour was to promote her multi-platinum debut album Let Go. The singer said that when she began to write the album, she didn’t have any set messages she wanted to convey. “I don’t ever plan, ‘Ok, I’m gonna write a song about that ex-boyfriend,’ It’s not like that, or ‘I’m gonna write a song… Read more »