Avril Lavigne’s Black Star Tour, Live in Hong Kong
Chinmoy Lad
Asia World Expo Arena, May 7
Avril Lavigne had the fervent mob hooked with her catchy tunes, interplay with the passionate audience in between songs and constant references to her love for Hong Kong. The riffs are simple but catchy, the lyrics plain but relatable. The self-appointed ‘queen of pop-punk’ played to a sellout crowd of prepubescent teens, teens and adults seemingly still stuck in their teens. And blew them away.
The highlights of the night were her heartfelt renditions of “When You’re Gone” and “My Happy Ending”. Older favourites like “Complicated” and “Sk8er Boi” were particularly well received by the crowd, who to a man, literally, sang along as Avril took a mini-break and let the enthusiastic spectators do the choruses.
The lyrics of the songs from the newer album Goodbye Lullaby, which Avril is touring to promote, weren’t quite as familiar to everyone, who instead decided that wildly waving glow-sticks and glow-stars in no particular rhythm would make an appropriate substitute for singing along.
Hong Kong responded favourably to Avril and she reciprocated with a passionate performance. She came back for an encore, predictably playing another crowd favourite in “Girlfriend” before signing off on another successful Hong Kong tour.
SETLIST
1. Black Star
2. What The Hell
3. Sk8er Boi
4. He Wasn’t
5. I Always Get What I Want
6. Alice
7. When You’re Gone
8. Stop Standing There
9. I Love You
10. Wish You Were Here
11. Unwanted
12. Airplanes
13. My Happy Ending
14. Don’t Tell Me
15. Smile
16. I’m With You
17. Complicated
- ENCORE -
18. Girlfriend
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