Avril Lavigne’s No American Idiot

Brian Wong of Chart Attack reviewed Avril Lavigne’s show at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on July 15th. Wong writes, “There’s little room for spontaneity for this tightly-rehearsed show – she bounces out in a tank-top, black skirt and Converses, belts out angst-fuelled rockers like ‘Losing Grip’ and ‘Unwanted’, stalks the stage and twirls around, throws in more hits like the power ballad ‘I’m With You’, sits down at the ivories for her Chantal Kreviazuk-assisted tunes ‘Together’ and ‘Forgotten’, tells us how great it is to be back in Canada, goes on a solo acoustic detour for ‘Nobody’s Home’ and then takes on the skins for her band’s cover of Blur’s ‘Song 2′. Concurrently, Girls shriek, wave glow sticks, clap and stand up at Lavigne’s bidding and then it’s all over. There’s almost nothing new, save for a by-the-numbers run through Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’.” Read more.