Avril Lavigne revamped her set list on her Greatest Hits Tour, which kicked off last Wednesday in Vancouver, following fan backlash over its original length.
After receiving complaints about not including certain songs and how “short” the concert was, the Canadian diamond-certified artist, 39, added a snippet of her 2007 song, Hot, The Best D**n Thing (2008 ), and an abridged version of his Losing Grip, which was released in 2003, in the setlist.
By going from 15 to 18 songs, he increased the length of his show from 1 hour and 20 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Still, social media users criticized Lavigne’s lack of energy toward the show and the setlist, which many complained was outdated and too similar to previous tours.
For reference, he performed the same encore and only five different songs on his Love Sux tour, which concluded last May.
Avril Lavigne revamped her set list on her Greatest Hits Tour, which kicked off last Wednesday in Vancouver, following fan backlash over its original length (seen last week).
“I’ve never seen anyone with less stage presence than Avril Lavigne and she’s clearly reading lyrics off a teleprompter,” one X user wrote.
Another complained that she had been “singing the same 14 or 15 songs without any passion” and was “unfortunately doing the absolute minimum with no stage presence.”
“We want to see the same effort you put into recreating your iconic looks in the way you act,” the disappointed fan tweeted.
Many others asked why she seemed “so bored” or “doesn’t want to be there.”
“Looks like she’d rather be anywhere else but there,” one wrote under footage of Lavigne performing The Best D**n Thing.
Another joked, in the same post: “My grandmother has more energy in the grave.”
Some fans defended the performer, who suffers from Lyme disease, and asked if the video was recorded at the ‘end of the set.’
‘Maybe having a bad day? My God! one wrote amid the sea of angry comments.
After receiving complaints about not including certain songs and how “short” the concert was, the Canadian diamond-certified artist, 39, added a snippet of her 2007 song, Hot, The Best D**n Thing (2008 ), and an abridged version of his Losing Grip, which was released in 2003, to the setlist
By going from 15 to 18 songs, he increased the duration of his show from 1 hour and 20 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes.
“I’ve never seen anyone with less stage presence than Avril Lavigne and she’s clearly reading lyrics off a teleprompter,” one X user wrote.
Overall, X users described Lavigne as “boring” and “exhausted” while writing that her performances were “mediocre.”
Lavigne has been adding songs to the setlist seemingly in response to backlash in her comments section on Instagram after fans spoke out about the length of her show.
Some fans even threatened to sell their tickets after seeing their initial set list.
“I want to sell my ticket after seeing that horrible setlist for your first show,” one wrote in one of their Instagram posts.
Another begged him to “STOP always making the same setlist.”
‘I love you, but this setlist is disappointing. It’s too short and feels almost identical to the Love Sux Tour,” a third chimed in.
Another complained that she had been “singing the same 14 or 15 songs without any passion” and was “unfortunately doing the absolute minimum with no stage presence.”
“We want to see the same effort you put into recreating your iconic looks in the way you act,” the disappointed fan tweeted.
Many others asked her why she seemed “so bored” or “she doesn’t want to be there.”
“Looks like she’d rather be anywhere else but there,” one wrote under footage of Lavigne performing The Best D**n Thing.
Some fans defended the performer, who suffers from Lyme disease, and asked if the video was recorded at the ‘end of the set.’
His song list includes Girlfriend, What the Hell, Complicated, Smile, Never Growing Up, Hot, My Happy Ending, He Wasn’t It, Don’t Tell Me, Losing Control, When You’re Gone, Fake As Hell, Bite. For me, I love it when you hate me, The Best Dam Thing, Sk8er Boi, Head Above Water and I’m with you.
According Concert Addicts ReviewLavigne’s show was much more than a nostalgia trip.
The site claims that fans of the show were “absorbed by the star from start to finish” and that the pop-punk princess “accomplished what she set out to do.”
The review also noted that “the production would have benefited from another rehearsal or technical revision” and suggested that it could have “explored even more corners of its back catalog to complete the show.”
Lavigne has been adding to the setlist seemingly in response to backlash in her comments section on Instagram after fans talked about the length of her show.
Some fans even threatened to sell their tickets after seeing their initial setlist.
While Lavigne has not addressed the comments directly, she previously shared that she suffers from Lyme disease, which previously caused her to be in “pain” and, on some days, unable to get out of bed.
In 2018, while talking about battling Lyme disease, she said she felt like she was “drowning” and had “accepted death.”
In a letter, posted on her website, she told her fans that she had “spent the last few years at home sick battling Lyme disease” and felt like her body was shutting down.
‘I felt like I was drowning. As if he were submerged and just needed to come up for air. As if I were in a river carried by a current. “I can’t breathe,” she wrote.
At the time, she said she prayed to God to keep her “head above water” and help her “see through the stormy weather.”
While Lavigne has not addressed the comments directly, she previously shared that she suffers from Lyme disease, which previously left her feeling “in pain” and, on some days, unable to get out of bed (seen in 2002).
Earlier this month, the Complicated hitmaker promoted the tour on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast.
“It’s been 22 years of my career, which is very twisted to even think about it,” the singer praised.
He continued: ‘I’m releasing a greatest hits album in June and going on the Greatest Hits Tour. “It’s great to get back on tour and do one of the biggest tours of my career so far, just celebrating my catalog.”
“I feel very excited and lucky to still be doing my thing and loving it more than ever,” the eight-time Grammy nominee gushed.