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01 Sept 2005 >>
Boston
Herald |
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Maturing Singer's Ready,
Willing And Avril >>
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Avril Lavigne is growing up.
And nowhere was that more
evident than onstage at the
Tweeter Center last night.
The Canadian singer turns 21
next month and the few short
years since her splashy 2002
debut have had a positive
effect on her live show.
Lavigne has done a 180 from
the sullen girl who toured
for the multiplatinum ``Let
Go.'' Then, the little but
loud pop rocker made her
impressive voice known but
marched around robotically,
too rigid to let the rhythm
move her.
While her patter was still a
bit stiff and she's still
holding on to some junior
Alanis vocal tics, her much
more dynamic performance
style made it clear that
Lavigne has finally, truly,
let go. The newly engaged
songbird skipped gaily in
her Chuck Taylors, shaking
her long blond hair, not in
a girly way, mind you, and
several wide grins let the
slightly more than
half-capacity crowd know she
was having as much fun as
they were.
At a little over an hour the
show was short but still
packed a tidy sonic wallop
as Lavigne and her
four-piece band played tunes
from both ``Let Go'' and
2004's ``Under My Skin.''
Zippier pop trifles like
``Sk8er Boi'' and the Veruca
Salt-esque brat jam ``I
Always Get What I Want''
were fluffy fun. But when
Lavigne showed off her
powerful pipes with
harder-edged but still
melodic tracks like the
pounding ``Losing Grip'' and
the brassy ``Don't Tell
Me,'' she slayed a crowd
that had everyone from 5- to
50-year-olds singing along.
Lavigne displayed an
endearing vulnerability, but
never lost her flinty edge
on several tunes including a
plaintive acoustic version
of ``Nobody's Home,'' the
moody ballad ``I'm With
You'' and the surprisingly
dark dirge ``Forgotten,''
which featured blood-red
lighting and the singer
attacking a grand piano.
For her encore Lavigne
manned the drums for a manic
cover of Blur's ``Song 2''
that had melodramatic opener
Butch Walker handling the
whoo-hoos and led the crowd
in a spirited sing-along of
``Complicated.''
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