Charisma-free pop star Avril Lavigne isn’t only deficient in mugging for the camera, she is unaware of the etiquette involved in outdoor shows that are held in snowy conditions: Namely, you don’t make your fans freeze their asses off, even if they didn’t pay anything to get in. And yet that’s what she did over the weekend, when she played a show in Burnaby, B.C., that celebrated the opening of a new Best Buy. Luckily, one of the attendees has a blog, and she helpfully provided the blow-by-blow:
So my friend and I ended up with free tickets to the Avril Lavigne/ Bestbuy concert so we thought it would be fun to go. Boy were we wrong! We made our way through a blizzard to this outdoor concert. We arrived about half an hour early because it was general admission and we didn’t want to get bad seats. We got up pretty close to the stage and were totally stoked… 15 minutes go by… 40 minutes… 1 hour??? Some people were booing others were shivering in their best buy ponchos. Avril had us and her fans waiting in the freezing cold, and she was no where to be found. Some lady came on and started telling us about Avril’s album history… and then said she Avril was ‘on her way’ and ‘should be arriving soon’. By this time, my toes and fingers were completely frozen and my friend was eye’ing me to leave. We turn around to walk out and then we hear “Hey Hey Hey Hey…”
We stayed for the first 40 minutes and by then our lips were blue and we could hardly move so we booked it out of there. The only good thing I have to say about this is that at least Avril sounds like she does on her albums. She has a very unique voice, but was definitely not lip syncing. She even looked pretty cute all bundled up with her matching mittens and scarf.
Oh and when she did get there she did NOT apologize for making us wait…
Well, of course she didn’t! Because that isn’t punk rock.
Avril Makes Me Wait [mia's meddlings]
[Photo: AP]
You know what, I’m going to have to side with Avril Lavigne on this one. When have people ever been on time for a concert, let alone a free one to commeorate a friggin Best Buy.
And it’s not like Avril Lavigne was having a warm Christmas dinner while a bunch of freezing orphans peered in through a window. She had to perform in the exact same weather. So to the people complaining about an outdoor concert in British Columbia, well, you honestly should have known better.
Of course, even wanting to see Avril Lavigne in concert was your first bad decision. Almost as bad as te Hawthorne Heights thing.
What…too soon?
Wait, Avril Lavigne performed at a Best Buy opening? Isn’t that the joke here?
Also, R.I.P. to the 376 electrocution victims from her “Enchantment Under the Sea” show at the Winnipeg YMCA.
Yes, Avril Lavine was an hour late but her concert was worth it. She sang at last eight awesome songs, she even sang frosty the snowman! She was telling the crowd how she loved to preform for her fans (Rain or snow!)
@Dead Air ummm Dead Air:
I agree!