Greatest Hits Tour (Avril Lavigne)

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Greatest Hits Tour
Promotional tour by Avril Lavigne
Avril Greatest Hits Tour - poster.jpeg
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated album Greatest Hits
Start dateMay 22, 2024
End dateSeptember 18, 2024
No. of shows45
Supporting acts
Website avrillavigne.com
Avril Lavigne concert chronology

The Greatest Hits Tour is the ongoing eighth concert tour by Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne. It began on May 22, 2024, in Vancouver, Canada, and is set to conclude on September 18, 2024, in Calgary, Canada. Designed to promote Lavigne's discography, the majority of concerts on the Greatest Hits Tour will take place in North America, while her European dates will primarily consist of festival appearances. [1]

Contents

Background

During 2022 and 2023, Lavigne embarked on her Love Sux Tour, promoting her seventh studio album Love Sux (2022). This tour spanned across Asia, Europe, North America and South America. [2] At the end of 2023, Lavigne revealed a series of European festival dates, accompanied by select stand-alone concerts including performances in Pula, Croatia and Cardiff, Wales. [3] In January 2024, she announced a lineup of tour dates across the United States and Canada, officially naming the tour the Greatest Hits Tour. [4]

Critical reception

For the opening show of the Greatest Hits tour, the Vancouver Sun's Stuart Derdeyn praised the performance for delivering a high-energy, nostalgia-filled experience that delighted longtime fans. [5] He noted that Lavigne "really did deliver all hits and no filler", and described the show as "the kind of legacy act showcase that will paste smiles on the faces of her now 40-something fans". [5]

Set list

The following set list was taken from the show in Vancouver on May 22, 2024. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour. [6]

  1. "Girlfriend"
  2. "What the Hell"
  3. "Complicated"
  4. "Smile"
  5. "Here's to Never Growing Up"
  6. "My Happy Ending"
  7. "He Wasn't"
  8. "Don't Tell Me"
  9. "When You're Gone"
  10. "Fake as Hell" (All Time Low cover with All Time Low)
  11. "Bite Me"
  12. "Love It When You Hate Me"
  13. "Sk8er Boi"
    Encore
  14. "Head Above Water"
  15. "I'm with You"

Notes

Tour dates

List of 2024 concerts [8]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenue
May 22 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena All Time Low
Royal & The Serpent 		——
May 25 Auburn United States White River Amphitheatre ——
May 26 Ridgefield RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater ——
May 28 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre ——
May 30 Inglewood Kia Forum ——
June 1 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena ——
June 2 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre ——
June 14 [lower-alpha 1] Hradec Králové Czech Republic Park 360 ———
June 15 [lower-alpha 2] Nickelsdorf AustriaPannonia Fields
June 17 Pula Croatia Pula Arena ——
June 21 [lower-alpha 3] Landgraaf Netherlands Megaland Park ——
June 22 [lower-alpha 4] Scheeßel Germany Eichenring Scheeßel
June 23 [lower-alpha 5] Neuhausen ob Eck TakeOff Gewerbepark
June 27 [lower-alpha 6] Odense Denmark Tusindårsskoven
June 29 [lower-alpha 7] Bedford England Bedford Park
July 2 Cardiff Wales Cardiff Castle Simple Plan ——
July 3 [lower-alpha 8] Manchester England Castlefield Bowl ——
July 6 [lower-alpha 9] Werchter Belgium Werchter Festivalpark —
July 7 [lower-alpha 10] Arras France Citadelle d'Arras
July 9 [lower-alpha 11] Milan Italy Ippodromo La Maura
July 10 [lower-alpha 12] Nîmes France Arênes de Nîmes
July 12 [lower-alpha 13] Barcelona Spain Parc del Fòrum
July 13 [lower-alpha 14] Madrid Villaverde Distric
August 12 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena Simple Plan
Girlfriends 		——
August 14 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre ——
August 16Toronto Budweiser Stage ——
August 17 [lower-alpha 15] Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Saint-Jean Airport ———
August 20 Buffalo United StatesDarien Lake AmphitheaterSimple Plan
Girlfriends		——
August 21 Hartford Xfinity Theatre ——
August 23 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center ——
August 24 Mansfield Xfinity Center ——
August 27 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater ——
August 29 Camden Freedom Mortgage Pavilion ——
August 31 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live ——
September 1 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion ——
September 3 Alpharetta Ameris Bank Amphitheatre ——
September 4 Nashville Ascend Amphitheater ——
September 6 Cuyahoga Blossom Music Center ——
September 7 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre ——
September 9 Milwaukee American Family Insurance Amphitheater ——
September 10 Chicago Huntington Bank Pavilion ——
September 12 Minneapolis Minneapolis Armory ——
September 14 Winnipeg Canada Canada Life Centre ——
September 16 Edmonton Rogers Place ———
September 18 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome ——

Notes

  1. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Rock for People.
  2. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Nova Rock Festival.
  3. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Pinkpop Festival. [9]
  4. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Hurricane Festival.
  5. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Southside Festival.
  6. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Tinderbox Festival.
  7. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Summer Sessions Festival. [10]
  8. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Sounds of the City. [11]
  9. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Rock Werchter. [12]
  10. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Main Square Festival. [13]
  11. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Independent Days Festival.
  12. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Festival de Nîmes.
  13. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Cruïlla Festival.
  14. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of Mad Cool. [14]
  15. ↑ The concert is set to be a part of International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

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