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The Everyman Review: 11-Year-Old Avril Fan Meets Her Hero in NYC

4/20/07, 3:39 pm EST

* Welcome to the third installment of the Everyman Review, a semi-regular column in which you, our readers, get to share your thoughts — in your voice — about everything from a TV On the Radio show to the 10th anniversary of the death of Notorious B.I.G. Here, we dispatch sixth grader — and devoted Avril Lavigne fan — Arielle to give us the word from the frontlines as she attends an in-store guest appearance from Avril at the Virgin Mega Store in NYC’s Time Square.

All my life I’ve been a huge Avril Lavigne fan. I’ve been to a bunch of her concerts, and have her posters hanging all over my room. So you can imagine my excitement when I found out she was doing an in-store signing at Virgin Records Mega Store in Times Square on Tuesday night. Duh, of course I was going.

So off to Times Square I went to hear Avril Lavigne perform a few new songs live from her new CD, The Best Damn Thing. When I arrived, thousands of fans of all ages were lined up outside waiting to see her. Then we were brought downstairs where a small stage with a huge screen was set up as we waited for her to make her entrance. The crowd was getting all psyched up, singing along to the songs playing over the speakers. Finally, she arrived. Everyone went crazy! Paparazzi’s were lined up taking her pictures with flashes going off everywhere.

Avril looked so cool with her long blonde hair and hot pink streaks. She was wearing a grey and black stripped zippered sweat shirt with a gray tank top with hearts sticking out of the bottom, tight black pants with zippers and high black platform Mary Jane shoes.

When she started singing, “Girlfriend”, the whole store went wild — people were even climbing under tables from upstairs to get a peek. She followed with, “Everything Back But You”, which was a blast, and ended with, “Sk8er Boi” — an Avril classic for those of you who don’t know. I am so excited that “The Best Damn Thing” is finally out in the stores. It’s, uh, the best damn thing . . . ever!


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ivan | 6/29/2009, 1:52 am EST

michael | 6/29/2009, 1:50 am EST

avril you are crazy girl????????????

derek | 6/29/2009, 1:40 am EST

you are prettey woman avril…..

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Jessica | 11/23/2007, 1:41 pm EST

Gear up for grub with a tripleheader of pigskin, including a meeting of brothers in Dallas. Everybody knows it’s been a rough year for her, but find out who else had issues

Jessica | 11/23/2007, 1:40 pm EST

Gear up for grub with a tripleheader of pigskin, including a meeting of brothers in Dallas. Everybody knows it’s been a rough year for her, but find out who else had issues

Betty | 11/22/2007, 8:21 am EST

Gear up for grub with a tripleheader of pigskin, including a meeting of brothers in Dallas. Everybody knows it’s been a rough year for her, but find out who else had issues

Betty | 11/22/2007, 8:21 am EST

Gear up for grub with a tripleheader of pigskin, including a meeting of brothers in Dallas. Everybody knows it’s been a rough year for her, but find out who else had issues

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lush | 10/21/2007, 12:30 am EST

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carisoprodol | 10/9/2007, 8:17 pm EST

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avrils no#1 fan | 9/28/2007, 10:25 pm EST

i love avril lavigne and i am soo jealous tht the girl got to meet her instead of ME!! i am her biggest fan and i have so many pics of her on my walls i love u avril plz come back to australia cos i wanna see ur concert and i wanna meet u!!!

LOL @ Posers | 8/25/2007, 12:41 am EST

lawl. I feel bad for that kid. Not only does she listen to the world’s worst shemale singer, but she had to meet her too.

Poor kid.

f | 8/12/2007, 1:47 pm EST

fff

shourtycourty | 7/28/2007, 12:34 am EST

i think that is pretty cool you got to met her and your pic made it on this site

this | 6/29/2007, 1:59 pm EST

what a bunch of morons

kids I know you’re young and don’t know good music…but Avril IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO IT. actually its the exact opposite. Please, since you’re our next generation, don’t just eat what you are fed by TV/ radio

k-bones "walk with me in hell" | 5/27/2007, 1:32 am EST

id rather pull out my teeth 1 by 1, skin my fingers, and put my hands n a blender,and drink the blood and eat the flesh. then be on blender mag like avril im serious,i spend my nights with my bestfriend”mephistopheles”play ing the keybord or the guitar.fans before everything i’ll never sell out no!thats not me but no one understands that though,i guess i am diffrent,i’ll never be on blender.just Belive me when i say im blender magazines worst nightmere.-the little death girl…;-)

aruno kuru kuru | 5/24/2007, 7:55 am EST

so miss whimbley
if you ever do a kick as blender ..you re fan plus tomato effect ok …:-)

arnono | 5/24/2007, 6:59 am EST

thx for the new album ..but i don’t like you re girlfriend …
let see what’s next,you do good job!
ps:you got the better fan of the world …all ages ..all origin …

avrill | 5/23/2007, 8:02 am EST

hey guys thanks for some of ur comments my name is spelt like lavigne x x x how do u like my new album.

avrill | 5/23/2007, 8:02 am EST

hey guys thanks for some of ur comments my name is spelt like lavigne x x x how do u like my new album.

avrill | 5/23/2007, 8:02 am EST

hey guys thanks for some of ur comments my name is spelt like lavigne x x x how do u like my new album.

avrill | 5/23/2007, 8:02 am EST

hey guys thanks for some of ur comments my name is spelt like lavigne x x x how do u like my new album.

avrill | 5/23/2007, 7:59 am EST

hi guys fanks for v comments luv u all talk later soory aint been in touch how do u like girlfiend and me album x x x and my name is lavigne thank u

avrill | 5/23/2007, 7:58 am EST

hi guys fanks for v comments luv u all talk later soory aint been in touch how do u like girlfiend and me album x x x

avrill | 5/23/2007, 7:58 am EST

hi guys fanks for v comments luv u all talk later soory aint been in touch how do u like girlfiend and me album x x x

k-bones "thoughtless" | 5/18/2007, 1:58 pm EST

i saw her half naked on the cover of blender magazine, so you know what?there is no way im sorry for what i said.the truth hurts doesnt it.

kt4ever | 5/6/2007, 3:37 pm EST

i was at this signing also–i got the very last wristband! (a wristband was your ticket to the downstairs mini concert and signing). it was awesome! i love avril! she’s my icon! and she was AMAZING!!!! but i don’t know what this girl means when she says there were “thousands of fans”, i mean, yea there were a lot of people–but not THAT many! anyway, it really was the best damn thing!!!!!!!

k-bones(a7xrox) | 5/3/2007, 12:42 am EST

yah thats true,i can agree with that(^-^)

does it matter? | 5/2/2007, 8:39 pm EST

All I can say is that in today’s field of female popstars at least Avril seems to promote a healthy image - self confidence, thinking for oneself (even if her career may be the antithesis of that). there could be worse things. I think Arielle wrote a good article for an 11 year old.

k-bones(a7xrox) | 5/1/2007, 3:17 am EST

since care so much about this,”im sorry just for you”.( and i dont only dislike avril i dont like justin timberlake and jessica simpson eather,but i dont take anything out on anyone)im sorry i offended you but that hurt.im not a loser i dont take my pain out on avril and i got a whole life ahead of me,and im good at guitar maby one day you’ll hear my solo’s on the radio.”im a kid” this is what kids talk about to each other i dont mean any thing personal its just talk.but..yah we do fight about this kinda stuff and i am a bone-head sometimes thats where i got that name HaHA!but plz dont say things to an emo kid like that,im sorry,im not a mean person sometimes ppl just get the best of me,yah i know i can be a nag too,sorry i dont want to hurt anyones feeling like u hurt mine,i guess i’ll keep thoughs things to myself next time.but i wish you could see things my way but^-^iguess if i dont have anything nice to say dont say it at all (that go’s for you too:)ttyl dont be mad see? im not that bad.sorry

k-bones(a7xrox) | 5/1/2007, 2:09 am EST

sorry!!geezze some ppl cant take others oppinion,and yes i am an unhappy person dont remind me.and no im not taking it out on avril.
besides im just a kid! god

bone head | 4/25/2007, 11:27 am EST

k-bones. you seem to have a problem. You say that you hate Avril Lavigne so why do you bother reading and responding to things about her. You also say that you’re sick of yourself. So you are an unhappy person. Don’t take it out on Avril Lavigne. Of course she is in it for the money. This is her job. This is what she does for a living and she does it very well. She is beautiful, she is not a slut, nor does she act like a slut, she puts out great music and her fans love her. She has the #1 album out right now and that is quite an accomplishment for a 21 year old girl. Leave her alone and take your unhappiness somewhere else. Meanwhile she made this 11 year old girl feel great and what a wonderful experience she had meeting Avril Lavigne. This young girl wrote such an intelligent article for a girl her age, she should be be so proud of herself. Stop being so negative and try to find the positive things in life experiences.

k-bones(a7xrox) | 4/25/2007, 2:58 am EST

im not gonna spend my whole birthday on this subject i dont lik 2 fight,im even sick of me!well im gonna listen2KoRn all
day’see you on the other side’

k-bones(a7xrox) | 4/25/2007, 2:36 am EST

amy lee is Wwaay better looking and more decent than avril just look @ her. but thats my opinion’-^you understand.

k-bones(a7xrox) | 4/25/2007, 2:27 am EST

guess so.. but she still looks like a slut and im mad because shes a poser she loves money more than fans, that whould be like koRn doing a song with britny spears its wrong. my mother walked into the room and saw that pic and said(quote)”what the hell is that.”(p.s hookers are not pretty)

Sharon M. | 4/24/2007, 8:20 am EST

Arielle,

How cool that you not only met your idol but had an awesome article printed in Rolling Stone!

You go girl!!!
Sharon and the boys

piecrowdust | 4/24/2007, 12:13 am EST

whatever…Avril is pretty and thats what the business is banking on. THey see more dollars to be made by widening her audience, she gets more exposure thus more importance. Nothing wrong with it, just the way it goes for celebrities who use music as thier vehicle to fame.

Sarah | 4/23/2007, 5:47 pm EST

Great article, Arielle!

k-bones(a7xrox) | 4/22/2007, 11:55 pm EST

oh!….no i hate avril 2 yrs ago she rocked! but now she is an insult to rock shes getting closer and closer to looking like paris hilton ! a real role model for girls is amy lee from evenesance! god avril looks like a slut on that picture shes NOT PUNK!

Johnny Fivestar | 4/22/2007, 5:18 pm EST

Spectacular!

Dr. Ralph | 4/22/2007, 1:47 pm EST

I stepped in the other room and my daughter now has a “hell yes, I’m a mother fucking princess” background on the Dell! Lyrics from “Girlfriend” for the uninitiated.

Jessica | 4/21/2007, 3:11 pm EST

Great job Arielle!!! =o)

Pedro Nunes | 4/21/2007, 8:55 am EST

I suppose but mortal spirits as ourselves are bound to matter, yet constantly challenging it…Inertia cripples the old man, but is defied by
a sparkling newborn spirit…A spirit
that inhabits a body can give freedom to the otherwise static corpse, and the spirit itself is in its turn imprisoned by the boundaries
of the body. Perhaps the Absolute Spirit is the communion of both, and
of the other forms unseen or felt by our limited physical senses where such
dichotomies and dualities cease to exist.

david | 4/20/2007, 8:27 pm EST

WOW gongratulations on your daughters birthday I honestly dont like avril levine very much but I think its really cool that this 11 year old girl got to meet her and sounded so happy and it was a great review, especally when you take into considetation that she`s 11! celebritlys can be a very bad thing for kids like this ( not yours, the 11 year old one) but in cases like this, she seems to be a good influence. :-D

staindpearlygirl | 4/20/2007, 7:57 pm EST

My dauaghter is a huge fan of Avril and she is 16 today!! I even like some of her songs and the fact that she seems independent and strongly opinionated. I watched an interview with her about 2 yrs ago and she was very mature.

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