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The Black Star Tour was the fourth concert tour by Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne. Visiting Asia, the Americas and Europe, the tour promoter the singer's fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby (2011). Before the tour started, Lavigne said that she wanted the show to be intimate and personal, with guitars, piano and voice.
Goodbye Lullaby has sold 1.5 million copies worldwide as of 2013. [4] Three singles were released from Goodbye Lullaby. "What the Hell" was released as the lead single in January 2011 and achieved worldwide chart success, reaching the top 20 in the United States and United Kingdom, the top ten in Europe and Australia and the top five in Asia.
The concert received praise, but the review also noted that she was "considerably more limited vocally" [36] compared to previous shows, possibly due to it being the final concert of her European tour leg. Avril's health status was highlighted by Pablo Gil for El Mundo when discussing the same concert. He described the show as "the unexpected ...
The accompanying music video broke YouTube records, becoming the most watched video of all-time by July 2008. It holds the record as the first video on YouTube to reach 100 million views. There was also a remix of the song featuring rapper Lil Mama. "When You're Gone" was the second single.
An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Marcus Raboy and premiered on 23 January. "What the Hell" was performed by Lavigne on several television programs such as Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, Daybreak, The View, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and on the Much Music Video Awards, America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent.
In United Kingdom 50,000 tickets were sold, and $2,666,258 grossed. The concert in London had the largest audience of the European leg. In Canada, an extra concert was added in Toronto in August 2008. In Japan, beyond two concerts held at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Avril played for 45,000 fans at Tokyo Dome, one of the biggest stadiums in the ...
The Avril Lavigne Tour was the fifth concert tour by Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne. The tour was supporting her fifth studio album, Avril Lavigne (2013). Beginning December 2013, the tour played over 78 concerts in America and Asia. In the United States, Lavigne served as opening act for the Backstreet Boys' In a World Like This Tour.
The accompanying music video for "Wish You Were Here" was directed by Dave Meyers and it premiered on September 9, 2011. Lavigne described the video as different from her previous work. Upon its release on the Internet, it received mixed to positive reviews from music critics who praised Lavigne's portrayal of emotions, and described it as dark.