Today, Canadian pop/rock singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne has announced a huge UK outdoor summer show at Manchester Castlefield Bowl on Wednesday 3rd July 2024 with special guest, multi-platinum-selling pop-pun
Avril Lavigne has made history, smashed records, and consistently blazed a trail of her own as an uncompromising force in music and culture.
Beyond selling 40 million albums worldwide with 12.5 million units sold in the U.S. alone, she has notched eight GRAMMY® Award nominations in categories such as “Best New Artist” and “Song of the Year” twice for “Complicated” and “I’m with You.” In addition, she has received eight Juno Awards, including “Artist of the Year.” Her catalogue comprises the septuple platinum Let Go [2002], triple-platinum Under My Skin [2004], double-platinum The Best Damn Thing [2007], Thing gold-selling Goodbye Lullaby [2011], gold-selling Avril Lavigne [2013], and Head Above Water [2019] highlighted by definitive smashes such as “Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi,” “Girlfriend,” “Here’s To Never Growing Up,” and “Head Above Water.”
As such, she remains of “one of the Soundscan-era’s top-selling artists releasing albums in the U.S.” and “the third bestselling Canadian female artist of all-time.” She earned a spot in the Top 10 of Billboard’s “Best of the 2000s” chart and holds a Guinness World Record as “the youngest female solo artist to top the UK chart,” while “Girlfriend” emerged as “first music video to reach 100 million views on YouTube.” She has also earned multiple #1‘s around the globe.
Her social media following notably exceeds 93.6 million fans worldwide. Not to mention, she starred Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation, DreamWorks Animation’s film Over the Hedge, The Flock, and more.
Having recently worked with All Time Low on their collaborative new single ‘Fake As Hell’ which is out now, Avril dropped her seventh studio album ‘Love Sux’ last year to critical acclaim. The record includes guest appearances from Machine Gun Kelly, Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus, and blackbear. It also features her previously released singles, ‘Bite Me’, ‘I Love It When You Hate Me’ with blackbear and ‘I’m a Mess’ with YUNGBLUD (in the deluxe edition).
Exited to be hitting the UK next year Avril will perform a very special show at Manchester Castlefield Bowl on Wednesday 3rd July.
Tickets go on sale Friday 1st December at 9am and will be available from www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk
