Avril Lavigne’s Energetic Show In San Jose

James Sullivan of the San Francisco Chronicle reviewed Avril Lavigne’s on Wednesday at San Jose’s HP Pavilion. He writes, “The crowd, overwhelmingly consisting of schoolgirls age 7 to 17 (many of them accompanied by a parent/chauffeur or two), could have listened to her whine all night, way past bedtime. There was whining, barking, rejoicing. Lavigne asserts herself. Heralded as the rough-and-tumble tomboy sticking one of the biggest forks in the fading teen-pop craze, Lavigne and her band already have a fairly professional — and conventional — stage show worked up.” Read more.