Secret Of Avril Lavigne’s Success Not So Complicated

Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times reviewed the Avril Lavigne show at the UIC Pavilion Saturday night. He writes, “Lavigne has much to learn about arena rock. Except for when she was pogoing in place, she moved about the stage awkwardly, and her heavily accented between-song banter was almost entirely unintelligible. None of that mattered either, because Lavigne delivered the goods, belting out her signature ditties in a booming, brassy voice that belied her diminutive stature.”