I went to the MEN Arena last night to see Avril Lavigne. Unfortunately it was raining so I got quite wet walking there – took about 20 minutes. Outside the arena, some guy was giving away from FREE posters – not bad!!.
It was the first night in her UK tour. We arrived a little late and missed the opening act/special guests. The special guests were a band called Simple Plan from Montreal. I have heard some of there stuff before and its pretty good. I was buying a t-shirt when they were playing.
Everyone was waiting patiently for her and a mexican wave even started. Instead of the usual 2-3 waves going around the crowd it went round at least 8 times. It got a bit much. At around 9pm it all went dark. On the stage behind a big sheet you could see the silouette of Avril playing on the guitar playing He Wasn’t. Everyone was shouting and screaming. Excellent. As well as the rock songs, she also played really nice slow songs including a few where she played solo piano. She did interact with the crowd abit and almost dived into the crowd – but didnt want a lawsuit on her hands!
She was on the around 1 and a half hours. The crowd really got going with classics like Sk8r Boi (which was brilliant!) and Complicated. She sounded great. I recorded a couple songs on my phone – unfortunately the quality is not that great so I properly wont upload it to the site.
The complete setlist was:
He Wasn’t
Happy Ending
Take Me Away
Freak Out
Sk8er Boi
Anything But Ordinary
Who Knows
I’m With You
Mobile
Naked
Losing Grip
Together
Forgotten
Tommorow
Fall To Pieces
Nobody’s Home
Dont Tell Me
Unwanted
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Complicated (Encore)
Slipped Away (Encore)
Click here for photos. There are some more photos from some people on Avril Lavigne Bandaids, who were a lot closer than me. You can view them here – I may put them on my site nicely resized, which will be faster loading if I get permission. Direct link
Rating: 9/10 – (would have been better if was closer but thats not her fault)
Related links:
Photos
Manchester Evening News review (Manchesteronline.co.uk) (Rating 4/5)
Seeking Avril
Avril-lavigne.com
Avril Lavigne Bandaids
My Avril page
