Chinese fans are snapping up tickets to Canadian pop-punk
starlet Avril Lavigne's mainland debut concert next month.
The 22-year-old "Sk8er Boi" singer is set to rock an audience of
6,000 at Shanghai Qi Zhong Tennis Center on August 15, with a
follow-up show in Hong Kong on August 18.
Her musician hubby, Deryck Whibley, best known as the lead
vocalist of Canadian punk band Sum 41, reportedly will accompany
her along the way.
Lavigne, who visited Hong Kong back in May promoting her third
studio album The Best Damn Thing, will perform her single
hit Girlfriend in Mandarin at her Shanghai concert.
The local Oriental Morning Post says more than half tickets for
the Shanghai show have sold since sales opened a few days ago.
The report quotes organizers as saying 80 percent of tickets
cost less than 400 yuan (US$53), in a bid to reach more
financially-dependent young audiences, who compose a major part of
Lavinge's fans in China.
Given the performance location's distance from the city center,
the organizer has announced they will prepare free shuttle
buses.
(CRI.cn July 25, 2007)
