How Sad

Filed under: Avril Lavigne > Canadialand

Just minutes before Avril Lavigne's concert in Buffalo, New York, this past weekend.

The arena was more empty than full.

Kinda breaks our heart. But it also makes us wanna laugh!

Posted: Mar 30, 2008 at 7:11 pm / Email this »

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eeeh says – reply to this

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oof
Chad says – reply to this

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That's what happens when the singer and "her people" think that she is too good. Karma is a bitch. Avril needs to fire everyone around her and start fresh.
Lauen says – reply to this

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We were hoping "Skater Boy" wasn't her best effort.
Her mom says – reply to this

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I can't believe THAT many people would go see that untalented ugly cunt!
del says – reply to this

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that is really sad
me says – reply to this

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first….how sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ed says – reply to this

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She is the ugliest girl, and her music is shit!
lol says – reply to this

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She sucks.
sandunga says – reply to this

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sad.
canadian says – reply to this

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Waaa waaa
first?
emilyyyy says – reply to this

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cause she sucks!!! 2nd??
Jess says – reply to this

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first!!!
anonymous says – reply to this

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She deserves it for having no talent.
Derrick says – reply to this

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Not sad, long over due! People supported her lifestyle WAY too long! She sucks and everyone is finally over her ass!
Laughingme says – reply to this

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I dunno…not to defend her in any way, but I go to lots of sold out concerts which start out looking empty and fill up later in the show. Why do you hate Avril so much? I could care less about her either way…
perez sucks dic says – reply to this

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MY ASS HURTS. PEREZ SUCKS BIG FAT DICK
Amanda says – reply to this

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Hmmm… but it looks like most of the empty seats are behind the stage, so that kind of makes sense…

We can't tell if the other half is full or not
Shai says – reply to this

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HA HA HA HA, UNTALENTED WHORE!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA
blue_shoe says – reply to this

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It would be kind of (ok, A LOT) retarded to fill seats BEHIND the stage..
Alice says – reply to this

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FIRST!!!
craig says – reply to this

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first!!!
di says – reply to this

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first…………. haaaahhhha
catriona says – reply to this

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:[
Teri says – reply to this

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YES! It is about time she moves along from the scene! Her and that troll hubby of hers, buh bye!
Quebec City, CANADA says – reply to this

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She's that bad??
and heyyy I'm first by the way.

And ho.. did you that Quebec City is 400 years old this year and that it is the first city in North America founded by Samuel de Champlain. So if it woul'nt been from my fellow citizens you won't be there either, there will be no USA!! Think about that!
Alicia says – reply to this

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meh!… who cares!
turd says – reply to this

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lals
Bridget says – reply to this

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To be honest with you, I'm from Buffalo and while its obvious theres not a whole lot of people there, its not as bad as it looks because that venue (HSBC arena) never sells the seats behind the stage because thats where all the equipment is set up.
kj says – reply to this

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why do acts like avril and Kelly Clarkston think they can fill up arenas after a few hit albums. People do not have disposable concert income anymore as they once did, so they pay for acts like Hannah Montana, THe Police, Madonna, and the ROlling Stones. Avril should play theaters, and nobody would be disapointed!
jason says – reply to this

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3rd
rag says – reply to this

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Fifth!!! or fourth
mica says – reply to this

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tee-hee. arena football has more fans! sadder than sad.
sugarpopgirl says – reply to this

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second?
(haha)
j says – reply to this

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hilarious
fugly says – reply to this

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lol sucks for her. Her celebrity status is going down. I give it a year before she eats her life away and is doing commercials for Jenny Craig.
MJMJMJ says – reply to this

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WHY IS AVRIL'S CONCERTS AREN'T SELLING OUT?I MEAN,SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE TALENTED,AND VERY TALENTED!! I CAN'T BELIEVE HER FANS WOULD DO THIS TO HER!
meh says – reply to this

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24th?
KATIE says – reply to this

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can't say she deserves any better
Bonerville says – reply to this

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What? Her acting black didn't save her career? Didn't she even have a real live black person in the video with her? And you dumb fucks aren't buying it? Wow, something is wrong in white america!
SJ says – reply to this

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Do you know what is sad… that you, a human being, seems to get off on people's misery.
cheys aunt liz says – reply to this

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first?
jessica says – reply to this

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OUCH!! that sucks for her =(
Anna says – reply to this

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sucks for her haha
Sarah says – reply to this

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ouch!
nikki says – reply to this

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1st
Princess says – reply to this

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Sad! She'll be like "let me hear you everyone" and 7 people will clap!
william says – reply to this

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AAAUUCCCHHH
pd_pep says – reply to this

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First!!!
it's sadddddd
kristen says – reply to this

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first? HAHA avril sucks.
jj says – reply to this

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this isn't sad. she's a biz and deserves what she gets when she acts so tough.
i cant stand her!
katie says – reply to this

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At the HSBC Arena in buffalo its always like that during a concert. That parts behind the stage so they never fill it. There's still tons of space on the other end that you don't even see that was completly full!!!
haha says – reply to this

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hahahhahahahaa
welshy says – reply to this

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first
lisa says – reply to this

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this just makes me sad… I mean listen to her albums… they are pretty good.
More than a couple of her songs helped me through a bad breakup in the past… this is just sad, not funny.

listen to that song she wrote about her grandfather when he died… that is good stuff.
iloveperez says – reply to this

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i want to fuck perez at an avril concert
fan123 says – reply to this

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can you show a picture during the actual concert?

if you have the balls of course
Dana says – reply to this

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they don't sell the seats behind the stage, and this entire picture purposely cuts out everything except for that section.
ChezCat says – reply to this

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Second?
C.C. says – reply to this

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woof!
sammy says – reply to this

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i live in buffalo and they were giving tickets away on kiss 98.5 like 8 per winner and people still didnt go
Lori says – reply to this

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LOVEE IT
Avrilla says – reply to this

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I don't know who you are, but I'm with you….
baba says – reply to this

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haha what a loser
neh mind im sure she'll be as cocky and then it will turn around and bite her in the ass…AGAIN
laterrrrrrrrrrr. xxx
Gabrielle says – reply to this

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hopefully theres gunna be more ppl april 3rd..
annika says – reply to this

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pwnd
Samantha says – reply to this

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bahahahahahahahahaha
desi says – reply to this

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hahahaha you are awsome
stephanie says – reply to this

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perez, i love you. hahaha
hot blonde says – reply to this

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dumb blonde can't sell out a show. but this hottie blonde can http://BrainyBlonde.com
Sarah says – reply to this

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The only reason people are going to her concert is probably because the tickets were only $8. That's what I call a cheap thrill, and besides.. A concert is fun, and it's not everyday you pay less then a ten dollar bill to go to a concert.. even if one day long ago, she sold out arenas.. I think her fifteen minutes is coming to an end FAST.
britt says – reply to this

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hahaahha
hahahahahaha says – reply to this

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Avril is a hack. Her "career" is so over.
Rebecca says – reply to this

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You have the picture showing the stage, which is misleading since they do not sell any of the tickets behind the stage. You are right, she didn't sell it well, but the picture is very misleading.
Chutzpah says – reply to this

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Que le as hecho a esta pobre mujer Perez? Que malo eres!
deedee says – reply to this

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Perez that is a picture of the back half of the stadium that would be empty anyways.

Grow up.
moo says – reply to this

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What's up w/ the stupid idiots posting FIRST 30+ comments in? Shut. The. Fuck. Up.
laura says – reply to this

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I was at there, and the pic showing is the section were the stage was and no people can sit there becuase its behind the stage.
jordd says – reply to this

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so sad. yet sooo funny.
poor avril!
K-Swan says – reply to this

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Ahh the good 'ol HSBC arena
That place is huge too… Sabres games always sell out and that's about 18,000 people.

Avril sucks, and we Buffalonians are very wise to that fact. We hate her here!
Irene says – reply to this

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bitch shouldn't have gotten married. i hate her now.
Reviewre says – reply to this

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It’s almost unfair to ask anyone older than a teenager for an objective opinion of Avril Lavigne. Because while her utterly manufactured sound, emotions and image are about as grating as anything in popular music these days, it’s also a masterfully crafted cocktail for adolescent music fans. On Saturday night in HSBC Arena, Lavigne’s core demographic hung on her every word, screaming and dancing along to songs about girlfriends and skater boys like they were on some kind of sonic sugar high.

The moment the singer hit the stage, it was clear why the youngsters were acting like they’d had too much of their Halloween stash. Everything about Lavigne’s “Best Damn Tour” was purely confectionary, from the pink and black motif to the backup dancers and the mindlessly hooky pop songs. The strokes of genius amongst all the tween-friendliness were the fake symbols of rebellion, such as the skull and crossbones spanning a large portion of the stage floor. By making the kids feel like they were at a rock show without offending their parents, Lavigne’s set designer pulled off quite a neat trick.
jaime says – reply to this

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Leave Avril Alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LMAO!!
Reviewer says – reply to this

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Unfortunately, the singer herself doesn’t have such a wide appeal. Starting her set with the massive hit “Girlfriend,” the Napanee, Ont., native strutted around the stage accompanied by her fauxhawk-laden dancers, half-singing and half-screaming the chorus to the obvious delight of the crowd. Sure, the refrain is idiotic on paper (“Hey hey/you you/I don’t like your girlfriend”), but as Lavigne delivered it live, her shrill, reedy voice gave it a level of obnoxiousness that can only be experienced in concert.

The singer’s five-piece band ripped right into the next tune, “I Can Do Better,” but not before she could say, “Are you guys ready to rock out? This song is about being strong, not settling, not taking crap!” Another upbeat, 99 percent pop and one percent punk rock tune about believing in yourself, “I Can Do Better” is one of two weapons in Lavigne’s repertoire, the “angry punk song” and the drippy ballad.
Chicken bone says – reply to this

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She's is an ugly ass cunt
Reviewer says – reply to this

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Lavigne’s third selection was an example of the latter. “Complicated” was one of those impossible to avoid piped-in supermarket songs back in 2002, and the singer delivered a loyal replication, smiling and waving to the crowd while ironically delivering lines like, “Chill out/whatcha yellin’ for?”

The rest of the night played out as expected — a few rockers, a few ballads, repeat. But even though the arena crowd was noticeably sparse, it made a serious racket the whole time.

Seeing the way young people take to her music, it casts a different light on some of her lyrics. Whether intentional or not, a few lines can be legitimately read as explorations of how frustrating it is to grow up and enter the real world. As Lavigne sang lines like “Why’d you have to go and make things so complicated?” and “This innocence is brilliant/I hope that it will stay,” it was almost as if she understood, and cared about, her audience.
Reviewer says – reply to this

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But Avril Lavigne is more of a brand than an artist. The angst that’s present in her songs is less “life isn’t fair” and more “life isn’t fair because my mom wouldn’t buy me those capris at American Eagle.” Life does get complicated when you get older, but it comes with a silver lining. With real emotion comes the inspiration to make great art — something Lavigne hasn’t quite gotten the hang of.

Concert Review

Avril Lavigne

With Boys Like Girls on Saturday night in HSBC Arena
dance hall drug says – reply to this

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They were probably all their for the opener Girls Like Boys– love LOVE them! How they got sucked into opening I'll never know…
hey girl hey says – reply to this

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her music rapes my ears. & by the looks of it … a lot of people agree with me.
LALA says – reply to this

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perez i love you and all but common boy, the seats BEHIND the stage are empty, and for a reason.

common sense bitches
steven says – reply to this

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PEREZ MISINFORMS PEOPLE!!!!!

THEY DONT EVEN PUT THE SEATS BEHIND THE STAGE ON SALE!!!!!!
NICE JOB AT LEAVING THE REST OF THE FULL STADIUM OUT OF THE PICTURE!!!

PEREZ MISINFORMS PEOPLE!!!!!

THEY DONT EVEN PUT THE SEATS BEHIND THE STAGE ON SALE!!!!!!
NICE JOB AT LEAVING THE REST OF THE FULL STADIUM OUT OF THE PICTURE!!!

PEREZ MISINFORMS PEOPLE!!!!!

THEY DONT EVEN PUT THE SEATS BEHIND THE STAGE ON SALE!!!!!!
NICE JOB AT LEAVING THE REST OF THE FULL STADIUM OUT OF THE PICTURE!!!

PEREZ MISINFORMS PEOPLE!!!!!

THEY DONT EVEN PUT THE SEATS BEHIND THE STAGE ON SALE!!!!!!
NICE JOB AT LEAVING THE REST OF THE FULL STADIUM OUT OF THE PICTURE!!!
Lisa says – reply to this

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You can all say the other side of the arena is full, but why are there only 12 rows or so on the floor? Stick a fork in it, she is done!
LMFAO!!! says – reply to this

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What made that bitch think she could fill an arena? LMAO!
emu says – reply to this

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i feel sorry for avril lavigne. i think she is trying too hard to be what she believes is 'what people want'. everyone loves the old skater punk avril. my advice to her is to go back to her old style, instead of being fake.
Nichole says – reply to this

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The seats that they actually sold look pretty filled to me. I'd be impressed if anyone bought tickets to ANY show when they were behind the stage, even if they were being sold.
ter says – reply to this

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ahahah i hate her
moni says – reply to this

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wow that really sux for her
Carla says – reply to this

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She should be grateful this many people are showing up. I know a lot of insanely talented bands who would be eternally grateful for a turnout like this.
Mylove says – reply to this

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Avril is a total twat, but those seats are behind the stage, empty, which is standard Perez. But you know that already
Siouxsie says – reply to this

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She sucks and has NO business trying to portray herself as a Punk Rock Girl.
What a stupid poser, glad everyone finally figured that out.
Sess says – reply to this

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not that i like her at all… but most of those seats are behind the stage and cant be sold. the rest look pretty full.

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