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Post by geelicon on Aug 20, 2024 23:24:55 GMT
I must say that I saw the whole concert with a smile on my face. I'm so happy with her performance: Her powerful vocals are back. Her old stage persona came back I'm so happy but at the same time I'm so jealous because I know there are a really tiny, almost not existing hope for latinamerican fans (and I'm talking for mexican fans). Please, everybody that are going to be to her next gigs, please enjoy and sing along really loud for all the fans that can't make it for one or another reason.
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Post by rfisher4 on Aug 21, 2024 12:40:45 GMT
who went to the buffalo show last night?? streets are saying she was awful
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Post by Jinkxx on Aug 21, 2024 12:49:56 GMT
who went to the buffalo show last night?? streets are saying she was awful That's kinda rude In what way? I always seem to like every show from her but I'm not attending a show in the US.
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Post by rfisher4 on Aug 21, 2024 12:53:30 GMT
who went to the buffalo show last night?? streets are saying she was awful That's kinda rude In what way? I always seem to like every show from her but I'm not attending a show in the US. someone on reddit who went to the concert said she was super drunk and slurring songs???
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Post by whateverjustaname on Aug 21, 2024 13:04:54 GMT
That's kinda rude In what way? I always seem to like every show from her but I'm not attending a show in the US. someone on reddit who went to the concert said she was super drunk and slurring songs??? The few videos I’ve seen on Instagram look good, strong voice, nice energy.. but of course I don’t know how it was in person. Can you link the Reddit thread?
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Post by TomX on Aug 21, 2024 15:32:53 GMT
Just came back from the Buffalo show. I don’t know why they would be saying the show was bad. Her energy was good, even if not her best. I’d say it was more standard. But she seemed to be happy to be there and was smiling most of the time!
At one point during WYG, the screens went off and you could see the “back end” prompts only lol. It was a bit of a mess, but she pulled through it regardless (I don’t think she even noticed when it happened, but she did mention it before introducing SP and alluded it was mercury in retrograde or something lol). WYG was cut short, so now she’s just doing the first verse and the chorus and that’s it.
The setlist remained the same, no songs were cut or swapped. She’s been super consistent this tour in regards to the setlist. Seems like it’s the first tour in a long time where she’s playing the same songs every night without cutting any.
Simple Plan and Girlfriends were amazing. I loved Girlfriends’ set even though I wasn’t very familiar with them, and Simple Plan even felt short, but that’s a personal opinion since I’m also a fan of them. The openers really help to make the waiting time a lot more fun and pass by faster.
When they sang Addicted together, she picked two girls to go on stage with her and took individual pictures with each. She even rested her arms over one of the girl’s shoulder lol, like she was super chill and casual. I think the girl was too shocked since she didn’t react much.
It was a nice show and I thoroughly enjoyed it! And the screens are next level. Production-wise a 10/10. Her vocals were also great. She nailed the high notes and didn’t use the accent at all, it was more of her standard “studio” voice pitch, which is my favorite. Not too deep, not too high.
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Post by rga98 on Aug 21, 2024 15:32:55 GMT
She sang "Losing Grip" twice?
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Post by mfprince on Aug 21, 2024 18:54:19 GMT
About the Toronto show on August 16, she was FANTASTIC! I think her voice is in great shape and is stronger on this leg of the tour so far. She sings 3-4 songs continuously and then a short break to change costume and onto the next set of songs. I dont think the break is that long/bad and the HAW intro isnt that bad either. Surprisingly I saw ppl around me chanting HAW song and watching the HAW intro excitedly. Avril did all the songs like previous shows except that WYG was cut short for this show (just the 1st verse and chorus - I think she did it on purpose to save her voice for the show on the next day - 2 shows in a row - or her voice needs a bit of a break that day. I would cut her some slack for this). But other than that, her energy is perfectly fine - not insanely wild but not boring at all. She comes off as really down to earth and mature and authentic during the whole show. The visuals are great - it goes well with her songs and her image. Nothing over the top but very pleasant on the eyes. The first 4 songs of the show are packed with her biggest hits and the crowd went wild. Girfriend is the perfect opening song. The crowd chanted really loud during the mf princess part too loll. The Under My Skin - Bite Me song set hit hard and so cool! She seems to be feeling those songs well. Her voice during Losing Grip reminds me of Alanis Morrisette in a good way. The crowd was feeling it during My Happy Ending and even applauded for a while after that song is done. He Wasnt and Dont Tell Me was well received too and a lot of ppl seem to know those songs. I was a bit surprised that Avril has quite many male fans at the concert I went to and those fans know the words to her songs, esp her earlier hits. She nailed Im With You as always and the crowd really loved it. Love It When You Hate Me seems to be the weakest song of the night but even then it doesnt stick out like a sore thumb or the worst song/performance of all time. It's just the weakest song out of her biggest songs, but it's fine and the visuals, her vocals during that song are good. I think she put her effort to take this tour to the next level and it shows. Her voice got stronger/sound better and more consistent compared to last few tours, song choices are great as they work well together, visuals are cool and pleasant on the eyes. I dont have much to complain about this show. If there's more songs, its great. But I think if she could consistently around 15 songs per night-around 1h30mins - I think its still acceptable for her standard and for our expectation. And I think she got much better and much more confident compared to the first few shows of the tour. I think the success of the Uk tour helped her understand what works for her show, what she's capable of, and what makes ppl love her as an artist. Its great to see she is getting better and out there doing the shows and boosting her Spotify numbers. I'm really happy for her and inspired by her efforts to build things up since she got back to the industry in 2019 and after some ups and downs afterwards. I cant wait to see what she plans to do next and hope that she will continue to tour and that she's still in good shape to do so What a lovely review! I really enjoyed reading your words, so thanks for posting it. I can only go by what I've seen from online footage, photos etc. but you've nailed a lot of what I thought about Avril's recent shows. The visuals look really cool and I love the various nods to different phases of her career, and the way the setlist is structured flows nicely. I'm so glad to see that Head Above Water got so much appreciation at your show as its one of my favourite songs and deserves more love IMO! Most of all though, I agree with your last sentence - seeing Avril looking so happy and well on stage again after all that she's been through is absolutely fantastic and that's the main reason why this tour is so great. Thank you for taking the time to read and sharing your thoughts! Yes, I think the setlist flows nicely too. She seems to be in a great place, and her voice sounds better and more consistent as well. And I love HAW the song and the album for what they are and for the stories behind them too (the majority of the unreleased songs are also good). Ironically, I couldnt hear her voice at tbe concert venue as clearly as when I went back home and replay the recordings I took. Her voice definitely sounded good at the concert I went to but sometimes the sound system sounds a bit "buzzy/bassy" - like a lot of sounds (guitar, voice, keyboard, drum, etc.) - are meshed together all at once (not to mention the sound of the crowd), which makes it difficult to hear every note clearly. And it was an outdoor venue so I guess that didnt help with the sound either. I think its more of a venue thing and probably where my seat was as well.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 22, 2024 15:55:52 GMT
My review of last night's show:
I thought it was really good and lots of fun! I didn't have high expectations for the openers either, especially girlfriends because I'm not at all familiar with their music, but I really enjoyed them quite a bit. Very Avril-adjacent 2000s pop punk. Even my husband surprisingly enjoyed them. Simple Plan was also great, they stacked their set pretty well with hits that the general audience would know. They were very fun and brought out performers dressed like Scooby Doo during the Scooby Doo theme song they play. The drummer Chuck also stage dived and crowd surfed.
The waiting time between acts wasn't bad at all. Girlfriends played for about a half hour, then 15 minutes later Simple Plan came on and they played for maybe 45 minutes or so, then it took about a half hour to set the stage up for Avril. We had very good seats, we were up on the upper level but had aisle seats so we could see clearly, the video screens also helped.
She played the usual songs she's been playing. For outfits she wore the white/black/pink hoodie and the UMS jersey. She has now cut down WYG to only the first verse and chorus, as Tom mentioned. Otherwise no changes. She brought out SP for Addicted and they pulled a couple girls from the audience onstage. It was a fun crowd moment to sing along. Her vocals were on point, she sounded great and her energy seemed fine enough for me, she was very interactive and talkative with the crowd. The only thing that was weird was I think the venue made the sound sound weird, she sounded chipmunkish the whole time, even when she was only talking or when the videos onscreen were playing like the one with the LG interviews, it sounded noticeably high pitched. But when I play my videos back they sound normal, so maybe it was just due to the venue being like open air and the sound bouncing off weirdly. The sound in general for all the acts was SUPER loud to the point I could barely make out the lyrics of the songs and had a hard time understanding when the acts were just talking. I didn't notice any heavy use of backing tracks with her set.
I have no notes or complaints about the show. My only thing I think could be improved is if she added a surprise song every night just to make each show unique and to kind of mix it up. But otherwise I think the setlist is good, she hits on all the right songs she should be playing, and you realize when you hear them all back to back how many fun songs she has to sing along with that have great hooks that make for a great concert experience. I know some complained about LIWYHM being there but I thought it flowed well in the setlist and had a nice singalong chorus. I also expected them to just play the blackbear track during his part but instead her guitarist sang his part so I think they handled that really well. Losing Grip was another major highlight, she sounds great on it and the band goes so hard playing it live. She messed up the lyrics a little on the last couple choruses but it didn't really matter too much.
I expected the He Wasn't hands up and down game to last longer than it did but she didn't go on too long with it like past tours. I thought the video interludes were all fine, it kept the crowd's attention without feeling like they went on for too long. Maybe the opening video intro is kind of long with each logo appearing on screen one by one but it's well edited. I liked the throwback LG one, I hope they post it to her YouTube or something so we can see it in full screen quality. I agree with previous comments about the HAW intro being pretty long but I think it was well edited and the way the music builds during it makes it a little more interesting.
I think the best thing about this show was the visuals and the special effects, for sure. It's unlike anything she has ever done. It's a million steps above what she's been doing and I think easily her biggest production, maybe even bigger scale than TBDTour. It's certainly way better than her past couple of tours. There's pyro, smoke machines, fireworks, lots of cool strobe lighting effects. It's exactly what a Greatest Hits tour should be, just her singing through her main hits and then a few costume changes and some cool visuals. It's a real show and not just a concert. Her vocals and energy are plenty fine. I think most any long time fan would be overall satisfied with the show. Like I said, maybe barring her adding a surprise song or a small acoustic set or something each night, I have no real complaints about anything.
I really needed something fun to look forward to and just have fun and sing along to all the songs I know and love. I have been having a very stressful and difficult time for the last few months and this was much needed. Core memories were made! Even my husband enjoyed it all and had fun. Oh, I also went a bit crazy at the merch stand and spent more than I planned but I splurged on TWO shirts and a tote bag! I only planned to get one shirt (the black and white one with the GH album cover on it and the tour dates on the back) but they had another shirt I liked too (the one where she's dressed in the Complicated outfit and had the dates on the back too) and I couldn't decide which one I liked best so I panicked and bought both lol The tote bag is also way bigger than I expected it to be and it came in handy to carry everything, I love it!
Sadly the photo booth that was present at some of the shows was not there last night, so I don't know if that was something for Canada only maybe. They did have a marquee sign that my husband and I took a photo in front of though. I was more impressed with the venue than I expected to be, I had read some bad reviews on it, but we had no issues finding parking or getting inside. Plenty of restrooms and merch line went relatively quick despite a long line. Finding our seats was a little confusing and I think lots of people had issues finding their seats, we had to keep getting up for people which was annoying, but we were able to find our seats without too much issue. Getting out afterwards didn't take as long as I thought either.
She went onstage around 10 PM I think so the show didn't end until 11:30 and then it took about an hour for us to get home, I went to bed at almost 1 AM! And I'm working today so quite tired lol
I hope maybe one of these shows will be professionally filmed but I kind of doubt it. It would be so nice to have a professional recording of it to watch over and over. I had initially thought maybe this would be my last time seeing her for a while but I honestly think once you're there you forget about things like the setlist or the vocals or whatever and just enjoy. It's always a fun time seeing her no matter what she plays and her band is great too. You just can't beat going to see your favorite singer in person and just having a fun time singing and dancing along with all the hit songs! I will definitely try to see her again if I can if she comes back to my area.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 22, 2024 16:03:06 GMT
Might I add as well that it's really fun seeing what everyone is wearing to these shows, some people really go all out and dress in the ties or goth inspired outfits, some people just wear tour merch like me lol I wore the LG album cover shirt and saw many people wearing the exact same one lol
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Post by mfprince on Aug 22, 2024 17:39:20 GMT
My review of last night's show: I thought it was really good and lots of fun! I didn't have high expectations for the openers either, especially girlfriends because I'm not at all familiar with their music, but I really enjoyed them quite a bit. Very Avril-adjacent 2000s pop punk. Even my husband surprisingly enjoyed them. Simple Plan was also great, they stacked their set pretty well with hits that the general audience would know. They were very fun and brought out performers dressed like Scooby Doo during the Scooby Doo theme song they play. The drummer Chuck also stage dived and crowd surfed. The waiting time between acts wasn't bad at all. Girlfriends played for about a half hour, then 15 minutes later Simple Plan came on and they played for maybe 45 minutes or so, then it took about a half hour to set the stage up for Avril. We had very good seats, we were up on the upper level but had aisle seats so we could see clearly, the video screens also helped. She played the usual songs she's been playing. For outfits she wore the white/black/pink hoodie and the UMS jersey. She has now cut down WYG to only the first verse and chorus, as Tom mentioned. Otherwise no changes. She brought out SP for Addicted and they pulled a couple girls from the audience onstage. It was a fun crowd moment to sing along. Her vocals were on point, she sounded great and her energy seemed fine enough for me, she was very interactive and talkative with the crowd. The only thing that was weird was I think the venue made the sound sound weird, she sounded chipmunkish the whole time, even when she was only talking or when the videos onscreen were playing like the one with the LG interviews, it sounded noticeably high pitched. But when I play my videos back they sound normal, so maybe it was just due to the venue being like open air and the sound bouncing off weirdly. The sound in general for all the acts was SUPER loud to the point I could barely make out the lyrics of the songs and had a hard time understanding when the acts were just talking. I didn't notice any heavy use of backing tracks with her set. I have no notes or complaints about the show. My only thing I think could be improved is if she added a surprise song every night just to make each show unique and to kind of mix it up. But otherwise I think the setlist is good, she hits on all the right songs she should be playing, and you realize when you hear them all back to back how many fun songs she has to sing along with that have great hooks that make for a great concert experience. I know some complained about LIWYHM being there but I thought it flowed well in the setlist and had a nice singalong chorus. I also expected them to just play the blackbear track during his part but instead her guitarist sang his part so I think they handled that really well. Losing Grip was another major highlight, she sounds great on it and the band goes so hard playing it live. She messed up the lyrics a little on the last couple choruses but it didn't really matter too much. I expected the He Wasn't hands up and down game to last longer than it did but she didn't go on too long with it like past tours. I thought the video interludes were all fine, it kept the crowd's attention without feeling like they went on for too long. Maybe the opening video intro is kind of long with each logo appearing on screen one by one but it's well edited. I liked the throwback LG one, I hope they post it to her YouTube or something so we can see it in full screen quality. I agree with previous comments about the HAW intro being pretty long but I think it was well edited and the way the music builds during it makes it a little more interesting. I think the best thing about this show was the visuals and the special effects, for sure. It's unlike anything she has ever done. It's a million steps above what she's been doing and I think easily her biggest production, maybe even bigger scale than TBDTour. It's certainly way better than her past couple of tours. There's pyro, smoke machines, fireworks, lots of cool strobe lighting effects. It's exactly what a Greatest Hits tour should be, just her singing through her main hits and then a few costume changes and some cool visuals. It's a real show and not just a concert. Her vocals and energy are plenty fine. I think most any long time fan would be overall satisfied with the show. Like I said, maybe barring her adding a surprise song or a small acoustic set or something each night, I have no real complaints about anything. I really needed something fun to look forward to and just have fun and sing along to all the songs I know and love. I have been having a very stressful and difficult time for the last few months and this was much needed. Core memories were made! Even my husband enjoyed it all and had fun. Oh, I also went a bit crazy at the merch stand and spent more than I planned but I splurged on TWO shirts and a tote bag! I only planned to get one shirt (the black and white one with the GH album cover on it and the tour dates on the back) but they had another shirt I liked too (the one where she's dressed in the Complicated outfit and had the dates on the back too) and I couldn't decide which one I liked best so I panicked and bought both lol The tote bag is also way bigger than I expected it to be and it came in handy to carry everything, I love it! Sadly the photo booth that was present at some of the shows was not there last night, so I don't know if that was something for Canada only maybe. They did have a marquee sign that my husband and I took a photo in front of though. I was more impressed with the venue than I expected to be, I had read some bad reviews on it, but we had no issues finding parking or getting inside. Plenty of restrooms and merch line went relatively quick despite a long line. Finding our seats was a little confusing and I think lots of people had issues finding their seats, we had to keep getting up for people which was annoying, but we were able to find our seats without too much issue. Getting out afterwards didn't take as long as I thought either. She went onstage around 10 PM I think so the show didn't end until 11:30 and then it took about an hour for us to get home, I went to bed at almost 1 AM! And I'm working today so quite tired lol I hope maybe one of these shows will be professionally filmed but I kind of doubt it. It would be so nice to have a professional recording of it to watch over and over. I had initially thought maybe this would be my last time seeing her for a while but I honestly think once you're there you forget about things like the setlist or the vocals or whatever and just enjoy. It's always a fun time seeing her no matter what she plays and her band is great too. You just can't beat going to see your favorite singer in person and just having a fun time singing and dancing along with all the hit songs! I will definitely try to see her again if I can if she comes back to my area. Thank you for sharing your review! I'm glad you had a great time there! I agree with a lot of points! I have the same issue with the chipmunk sound (which I forgot to mention in my review earlier) at the venue I went to as well. It happened not just in Avril's set (including the video of her talking during set breaks) but in Simple Plan's set as well, and I think when they were talking too. But the recording sounds normal so thats strange lol. I hope she will bring back acoustic set one day. Just her voice + the acoustic/electric guitar or a piano and that would be dope! I wish she had done that in this GH tour because that would showcase that ability of her and would be a nice throwback to the UMS era where she did a lot of acoustic performances. I also hope she will perform all her deep cuts one day and rotate less performed songs for each show. Do that + acoustic set + keep the visual as it is or improve it further and her show will continue to sell or at least will get to the next level artistically speaking. She still has potential and hopefully her health allows her to do so.
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Post by rga98 on Aug 22, 2024 20:42:29 GMT
Was "The Best Damn Thing VIP Early Entry" package available for all US dates on presale/general sale?
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Post by andrew1984 on Aug 22, 2024 21:47:33 GMT
My review of last night's show: I thought it was really good and lots of fun! I didn't have high expectations for the openers either, especially girlfriends because I'm not at all familiar with their music, but I really enjoyed them quite a bit. Very Avril-adjacent 2000s pop punk. Even my husband surprisingly enjoyed them. Simple Plan was also great, they stacked their set pretty well with hits that the general audience would know. They were very fun and brought out performers dressed like Scooby Doo during the Scooby Doo theme song they play. The drummer Chuck also stage dived and crowd surfed. The waiting time between acts wasn't bad at all. Girlfriends played for about a half hour, then 15 minutes later Simple Plan came on and they played for maybe 45 minutes or so, then it took about a half hour to set the stage up for Avril. We had very good seats, we were up on the upper level but had aisle seats so we could see clearly, the video screens also helped. She played the usual songs she's been playing. For outfits she wore the white/black/pink hoodie and the UMS jersey. She has now cut down WYG to only the first verse and chorus, as Tom mentioned. Otherwise no changes. She brought out SP for Addicted and they pulled a couple girls from the audience onstage. It was a fun crowd moment to sing along. Her vocals were on point, she sounded great and her energy seemed fine enough for me, she was very interactive and talkative with the crowd. The only thing that was weird was I think the venue made the sound sound weird, she sounded chipmunkish the whole time, even when she was only talking or when the videos onscreen were playing like the one with the LG interviews, it sounded noticeably high pitched. But when I play my videos back they sound normal, so maybe it was just due to the venue being like open air and the sound bouncing off weirdly. The sound in general for all the acts was SUPER loud to the point I could barely make out the lyrics of the songs and had a hard time understanding when the acts were just talking. I didn't notice any heavy use of backing tracks with her set. I have no notes or complaints about the show. My only thing I think could be improved is if she added a surprise song every night just to make each show unique and to kind of mix it up. But otherwise I think the setlist is good, she hits on all the right songs she should be playing, and you realize when you hear them all back to back how many fun songs she has to sing along with that have great hooks that make for a great concert experience. I know some complained about LIWYHM being there but I thought it flowed well in the setlist and had a nice singalong chorus. I also expected them to just play the blackbear track during his part but instead her guitarist sang his part so I think they handled that really well. Losing Grip was another major highlight, she sounds great on it and the band goes so hard playing it live. She messed up the lyrics a little on the last couple choruses but it didn't really matter too much.I expected the He Wasn't hands up and down game to last longer than it did but she didn't go on too long with it like past tours. I thought the video interludes were all fine, it kept the crowd's attention without feeling like they went on for too long. Maybe the opening video intro is kind of long with each logo appearing on screen one by one but it's well edited. I liked the throwback LG one, I hope they post it to her YouTube or something so we can see it in full screen quality. I agree with previous comments about the HAW intro being pretty long but I think it was well edited and the way the music builds during it makes it a little more interesting. I think the best thing about this show was the visuals and the special effects, for sure. It's unlike anything she has ever done. It's a million steps above what she's been doing and I think easily her biggest production, maybe even bigger scale than TBDTour. It's certainly way better than her past couple of tours. There's pyro, smoke machines, fireworks, lots of cool strobe lighting effects. It's exactly what a Greatest Hits tour should be, just her singing through her main hits and then a few costume changes and some cool visuals. It's a real show and not just a concert. Her vocals and energy are plenty fine. I think most any long time fan would be overall satisfied with the show. Like I said, maybe barring her adding a surprise song or a small acoustic set or something each night, I have no real complaints about anything.I really needed something fun to look forward to and just have fun and sing along to all the songs I know and love. I have been having a very stressful and difficult time for the last few months and this was much needed. Core memories were made! Even my husband enjoyed it all and had fun. Oh, I also went a bit crazy at the merch stand and spent more than I planned but I splurged on TWO shirts and a tote bag! I only planned to get one shirt (the black and white one with the GH album cover on it and the tour dates on the back) but they had another shirt I liked too (the one where she's dressed in the Complicated outfit and had the dates on the back too) and I couldn't decide which one I liked best so I panicked and bought both lol The tote bag is also way bigger than I expected it to be and it came in handy to carry everything, I love it! Sadly the photo booth that was present at some of the shows was not there last night, so I don't know if that was something for Canada only maybe. They did have a marquee sign that my husband and I took a photo in front of though. I was more impressed with the venue than I expected to be, I had read some bad reviews on it, but we had no issues finding parking or getting inside. Plenty of restrooms and merch line went relatively quick despite a long line. Finding our seats was a little confusing and I think lots of people had issues finding their seats, we had to keep getting up for people which was annoying, but we were able to find our seats without too much issue. Getting out afterwards didn't take as long as I thought either. She went onstage around 10 PM I think so the show didn't end until 11:30 and then it took about an hour for us to get home, I went to bed at almost 1 AM! And I'm working today so quite tired lol I hope maybe one of these shows will be professionally filmed but I kind of doubt it. It would be so nice to have a professional recording of it to watch over and over. I had initially thought maybe this would be my last time seeing her for a while but I honestly think once you're there you forget about things like the setlist or the vocals or whatever and just enjoy. It's always a fun time seeing her no matter what she plays and her band is great too. You just can't beat going to see your favorite singer in person and just having a fun time singing and dancing along with all the hit songs! I will definitely try to see her again if I can if she comes back to my area. Thanks for posting this great review, and I'm glad you enjoyed the show so much! I just highlighted a few bits in bold that I wanted to comment on. I love the idea of having 'surprise songs' or an acoustic segment, but I do wonder if Avril is up to it? Its easy to fall into the trap of thinking her health is 100% again now but I'm not so sure that it is. So maybe rehearsing more songs than needed would be a bit too much effort? I really don't know... another thing is sometimes I've seen fans of other artists complaining on social media that they didn't get to see their favourite song live, only for it to be played at another show. So in that sense, I can understand it both ways. The standard setlist is a good one anyway and the songs are performed really well IMO, which is the most important thing. LIWYHM had the Blackbear verse at Glastonbury so I assume the guitarist singing that part live is a fairly new change? I think its cool - live is better, generally speaking! I agree about Losing Grip... I haven't been to a show but was in awe of how good it sounded on the live stream at Glastonbury, it absolutely ROCKED! Finally, sorry to hear you've been having a stressful time, and I'm glad that the gig was a nice boost. We all need a bit of fun sometimes, don't we? I've been pretty stressed out myself a lot this year, and just watching Avril live on a screen at a home really boosted me a lot, so it must have been great to see the full show in person! Take care.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 23, 2024 0:36:57 GMT
Thanks! I honestly don’t think her health would impede her from practicing more songs. It might be tougher for the band to learn them on the fly, like for example it works for Taylor on her tour because she only accompanies herself. But I can’t see Avril doing that. I think realistically she could rotate in a different song even every few shows if doing a different one each show was too much work. They used to do it back on the Black Star Tour, I don’t see why it couldn’t be doable now.
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