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Rain Doesn’t Dampen Avril Lavigne Concert at PNC
PNC Music Pavilion; Sept. 1, 2024
When thunderstorms blew into Charlotte on Sunday evening, it looked like there could be another postponement or cancellation of an outdoor concert. Instead, things simply got delayed by about 30 minutes as Avril Lavigne’s Greatest Hits Tour came to town and the weather rolled on by.
For nearly an hour and a half, Lavigne had the audience singing along as she performed hit after hit for a sold-out crowd at PNC Music Pavilion. Plenty of people in attendance had pink streaks in their hair in coordination with their pop-punk princess of the night.
Lavigne was in town just two years ago as the opening act for Machine Gun Kelly, so it was refreshing for fans to get a full night of her music. A little rain later in the evening didn’t dampen the crowd’s energy, either.
One of the fun things about the night was the amount of interplay between bands. Singer Travis Mills of the first opening act, Girlfriends, joined the other opener, Simple Plan, for “I’m Just a Kid.” While members of both Simple Plan and Girlfriends also joined Lavigne for covers of “Addicted” and “All the Small Things.” You simply don’t see enough on-stage collaboration in tours…
Avril Lavigne setlist
Girlfriend
What the Hell
Complicated
Heres to Never Growing Up
Hot
My Happy Ending
He Wasn’t
Nobody’s Home
Losing Grip
When You’re Gone
Addicted
All the Small Things
Bite Me
Love It When You Hate Me
Sk8er Boi
Encore
Head Above Water
I’m With You
