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15 July 2005 >>
Jam! Showbiz |
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Avril Hits And Misses At ACC >>
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So Avril Lavigne's a blonde
again. With curls, even.
This makes her grown-up,
glamourous, some would say.
The Canadian singing star
was indeed looking beautiful
at Air Canada Centre last
night for the Toronto stop
of her summer "Bonez" tour.
Gone were the skinny ties,
baggy pants and heavy
eyeliner that once defined
her, and mall rats
everywhere. Not to say that
look isn't beautiful, too.
But for a magazine cover
girl, it's just sooo
2002-2004.
Yet softer make-up and a
flowy skirt doesn't
necessarily mean Avril has
matured. She's still
sporting sneakers, after
all. And judging by the
hit-and-miss performance,
the 20-year-old from Napanee,
Ont., is still trying to
figure out how to evolve
from teen pop princess to,
well, something else.
Hey, at least she's not
having a skanky phase.
Avril's 90-minute set
covered most of the material
from her two chart-topping
albums, 2001's Let Go and
last year's Under My Skin.
The production was bare "bonez"
-- no theatrical sets or
back-up dancers here. (The
most effective lighting was
the sea of glow-sticks and
light-up devil horns in the
audience -- purchased by
many parents for $8-$15 a
pop.)
And if the show didn't quite
get the full house of
families onto its feet much,
it sure inspired plenty of
squealing from the young 'uns.
Avril's audience remains
teen and pre-teen girls,
which she plays to like a
chipper Mouseketeer. She's
sassy, not sophisticated.
Her laissez-faire stage
moves consisted of stomping,
prancing and the occasional
twirl.
"Are you ready to rock out
tonight?" she shouted early
on, but there was little
real rocking to be had.
Yes, Avril played electric
guitar (the strap had skulls
on it), but it was more a
prop than a real presence in
the sound mix. Sure, I
Always Get What I Want was
bratty pop punk, but
Disneyfied. Even her
signature single Sk8ter Boi
didn't pack a punch.
Whenever the high-energy
numbers kicked in, Avril
lacked the vocal attitude to
make them work the way a
real rocker would, although
she did deliver the
occasional bad word in her
lyrics.
Where the singer did shine
was on the simple ballads.
On I'm With You and
Tomorrow, she was
comfortable and composed,
slipping into the slight
countrified tone that really
suits her and sets her
apart. This is where she
could find her forever
voice. Once she has
something worth saying to
grown-ups, that is.
Even Avril's newer material,
songs like My Happy Ending,
Don't Tell Me and Forgotten
are still just entries in
her "Princess Diaries:
Adolescent Confessionals"
about boys and independence,
mostly. Maybe the upcoming
marriage to sum 41 singer
Deryck Whibley will provide
some new adult themes (her
engagement rock sparkled in
the video screen close ups).
But this is one young talent
that will never described as
wise beyond her years.
Before the standard encore
(a cover of Blur's Song 2,
with Avril bashing away on
the drum kit, followed by
her breakout hit
Complicated), the band
launched into Green Day's
American Idiot.
While not exactly powerful,
it was a surprisingly
popular with the youngest in
the crowd, who sang along to
every word.
Avril, you can grow up now,
your work as the gateway to
punk rock for a whole new
generation is done.
What she played:
Losing My Grip
Unwanted
I Always Get What I Want
My Happy Ending
Mobile
I'm With You
Fall to Pieces
I'll Never Say
Sk8ter Boi
Don't Tell Me
Nobody's Home
Take Me Away
Together
Forgotten
Tomorrow
Nobody's Home (solo)
He Wasn't
American Idiot
Song 2
Complicated
Encores:
Song 2
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