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Avril Lavigne plays Philips Arena
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Canadian pop-rocker Avril Lavigne is good for many things, but beer sales are not one of them. Yes, it was a young-skewing crowd Thursday at Philips Arena, so young that a twentysomething reporter arriving with a messenger bag was asked if he’d come straight from school.
Atlanta singer/songwriter/producer Butch Walker opened the show, playing chunky rock and taking a swipe at Lavigne rival (and busted lip-syncer) Ashlee Simpson: “Avril and me would rather play than press ‘play,’ if you know what I mean,� he said.
Lavigne herself came off with a winning mixture of mall-punk sass and Canadian sweetness. At 20, she’s still cute as a ladybug. And best of all, she’s a budding talent. She played three instruments Thursday — guitar, piano and, on a cover of Blur’s woo-hooing “Song 2,� drums — and sang in a voice surprisingly strong at its high-end.
Safe enough for parents and angsty enough for teenage girls, Lavigne has synthesized the disparate elements that made Debbie Gibson and Alanis Morissette momentary mega-stars. Lavigne’s also musically literate enough to have artistic growth potential, and she’s got youth on her side. She could be around awhile.
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