Went to see Avril Lavigne last night.
It was at a big hockey stadium - when the lights went off I reckon and there was more emotion and screaming going on than for a whole season of matches. And with all the light-sticks being waved it sure did look pretty....
I only went in order to take Josh (of course), and we were greatly outnumbered by female members of the audience. But I enjoyed it and liked her - there seemed to be a bit more honesty aout her than somebody like Shania, for instance, but if anything she was trying a little too hard to impress the crowd. She didn't talk as I'd imagined though, as in interviews she sometimes seems fairly opinionated.
Her songs don't seem to have developed much from her first album, so she could be in trouble with her next one. Some of them did seem to be reminiscent of each other, and she's got to stop using the word 'confused' as she's not a teenager anymore. But I reckon there's a chance she could turn into an 'angry young woman' and become another Sinead, or she could just stick to the pop music and end up as a future Kylie.
I was impressed that she played the drums in the encore for a version of Blur's Song 2, and she was brave enough to finish with a slow song written about her grandfather who has died recently, which made for a subdued ending.
Don't think you could call it art though, when somebody comes round every 10 mins trying to sell you popcorn.