Pop-punk is having a second, and two of the most well-liked bands from the style’s early 2000s peak teamed up for a celebration at Pageant d’été de Québec (FEQ).
Avril Lavigne headlined the gargantuan predominant stage on the historic Plains of Abraham in Quebec Metropolis on Friday evening (July 4) for greater than 80,000 followers, which additionally coincided with the ultimate date of her Biggest Hits Tour with fellow Canadians Easy Plan.
The 2 acts lately launched the collaborative monitor “Younger and Dumb,” which displays on their 2002 heights from the angle of their present selves. They performed the nostalgic tune for the group at FEQ, inviting a gaggle of followers up on stage — starting from younger kids to diehards who’ve been following them for over 20 years — and gave all of them particular signed Avril Lavigne skateboards.
Because it was their remaining present collectively, although, Lavigne invited Easy Plan to remain up on stage a little bit longer. They determined to pay tribute to a different of the largest pop-punk bands of the period, which she stated influenced each acts’ careers: blink-182. Collectively, they performed a canopy of one in every of their most enduring hits, “All The Small Issues,” whereas the group all sang alongside.
Lavigne has been teaming up for covers recently, reuniting together with her ex-husband Deryck Whibley for a efficiency of Sum 41’s “In Too Deep” at a latest Warped Tour efficiency.
Whereas the mall-set teen angst and large feelings of the early ’00s pop-punk increase felt life-or-death dramatic to teenagers of the period, Lavigne has began to lean into the campy enchantment of the music.
Some followers (many now of their late 30s or early 40s, like Lavigne herself) got here decked out in her signature “Difficult” period black eyeliner and necktie combo. Lavigne donned a sequined inexperienced guitar for performances of songs like “My Comfortable Ending.” She raised a toast to youngsters, adults and “adults that also act like youngsters” for “Right here’s to By no means Rising Up” and led the group in sing-alongs of songs like “Sk8er Boi.” She shouted out her hometown of Napanee, Ontario.
She will not be as animated onstage as she as soon as was, however her deep catalogue of hits simply stored the group engaged. Often, throughout songs like “What the Hell,” she took a second to flex her vocal chops, reminding us that beneath the zeitgeist-defining pop hits, she has at all times had an unbelievable voice.
Of their earlier set, Easy Plan introduced the power. The band hails from Montreal, and so they used the uncommon alternative enjoying for Quebecois followers to do the vast majority of their stage banter in French. In addition they invited up rising Quebec singer Claudia Bouvette for his or her bilingual model of “Jet Lag” (initially a duet with Marie-Mai).
Lead singer Pierre Bouvier donned a shirt that stated “I’m Only a Child” with “Child” crossed out and changed with “Grownup.” They leaned into the enjoyable facet of their hook-heavy tunes, even breaking out their What’s New Scooby-Doo? theme track whereas individuals in Scooby Doo costumes danced round them. They performed a few of their very own crowd-pleasing covers too, placing their spin on Smash Mouth’s “All Star” and The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside.” At one level, Bouvier switched locations with drummer Chuck Comeau as he dove into the viewers to crowd-surf.
It felt like 2002 yet again.
This text was initially revealed on Billboard Canada.
