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29 Aug 2005 >>
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For Lavigne, Heavy Touring
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Avril Lavigne has put the
rock into teen-pop in the
last few years. The Ontario
native has moved from
flavor-of-the-month to the
genuine article. She has
co-written every song on her
two albums -- not relying on
outsiders to shape her image
-- and the response has been
immediate. She sold 15
million copies worldwide of
her ''Let Go" CD from 2002
-- featuring the hits
''Complicated" and ''Sk8er
Boi" -- and followed it with
7 million sales of ''Under
the Skin" from last year.
Lavigne has been touring
nearly nonstop since
headlining the FleetCenter
last November. She is now
engaged to Sum 41 singer
Deryck Whibley (she's open
about her music but won't
talk about her personal
life) and will finally get
off the road after finishing
her US tour at the Tweeter
Center tomorrow then
completing two weeks in
South America.
Q: Where have you been since
you last played Boston?
A: Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Q: What are some impressions
of the places you've been?
A: The crowds overseas are
incredible. They're
diehards. I do
meet-and-greets every day
before the shows and
especially in Japan and
anywhere in Asia, every
single fan will bring a
wrapped gift. They're so
sweet. . . . And every time
they meet you overseas
they'll start crying and
shaking and freaking out,
but over here they're more
mellow. They don't really
say anything.
Q: What do you do with all
those gifts?
A: Well, a lot of it is
letters and little thingies.
And a lot of the time I'll
get a lot of candy, but I
don't eat that. I don't take
candy from strangers.
Q: Where did you go in
Africa?
A: All the big cities, but I
can't remember what they're
called now. Oh my God, my
first show was in front of
19,000 people! It was
completely sold out. It was
awesome. All the shows were
pretty big and pretty much
the same size. We played
Johannesburg and Cape Town,
I remember that. . . . And
we took two days off and
went on safari. It was
exactly like you would think
it would be. I had a gecko
in my room and there was a
toad and a spider the size
of my wrist. I thought I was
dreaming.
Q: You're still only 20. You
turn 21 next month, but
you've packed so much into
your life already. How do
you de-stress? I read that
you're doing a little yoga
now.
A: Yes, I like to do yoga
and eat healthy. I'm happy
in my life. It's fine being
out here totally working all
of the time. I don't feel
stressed that often. And
when I have a day off, I
like to get a massage, but
that rarely happens
Q: I keep hearing about your
fashion changes -- that you
have blond hair now and
you're wearing long, flowing
skirts. Are you changing
your image?
A: That's what girls do.
When they grow up, they
start wearing makeup and
dresses. It's funny because
everyone makes a big deal
out of it, but I did come
out when I was 17. I was a
little tomboy, but now I'm a
woman.
Q: You seem to be a real
career artist. You write a
lot of your own music. You
have talent and aren't a
manufactured pop diva. Are
you thinking ahead to the
future?
A: I'm definitely thinking
ahead. I want to do a lot
and have a very long career
and do it right. And I want
to branch out and do other
things, too.
Q: Other things like movies?
A: If a good one comes my
way that moves me, then yes.
Q: On your last record, you
stepped up with some social
commentary. The song ''Don't
Tell Me" was about telling a
boy to chill out and not go
too fast. What feedback have
you gotten on it?
A: Every night when I sing
it, the girls really cheer
on that part. . . . It has a
lot of meaning and I just
hope it can reach them.
That's what I think about
when I sing it.
Q: I've seen people compare
you to a young Sarah
McLachlan on your ballads.
Do you agree?
A: I don't think we're alike
at all, but I think she's
amazing. When I do my songs
on the piano, they're rock
songs, like ''Together" and
''Forgotten." And I have a
band playing metal chords
behind me. . . . That's what
I like about it. They're
still rock songs.
Q: How have you evolved as a
performer? Some of the
concert reviews say you're
talking more to the crowd.
A: Every crowd is different.
Sometimes you have very
excited crowds, but
sometimes they just sit
there and you have to learn
to work them. When I used to
go out and they weren't
excited or weren't showing
it, I would take that the
wrong way and I wouldn't
talk. But if they're not
really excited, it's my job
to get them excited and I
had to learn that -- learn
what things to say and how
to get them pumped up and
how to get me pumped up. . .
. With every tour and every
leg of a tour I evolve and
change and get better and
learn more. I wish our show
a while ago was at the level
it is now. I feel this show
is so much better now.
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