List of Avril Lavigne promotional tours

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The following is a chronological list of Canadian recording artist, Avril Lavigne's promotional tours. For her concert tours, see List of Avril Lavigne concert tours.

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Live by Surprise Tour

Live by Surprise Tour
Promotional tour by Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne in Burnaby, 2004.jpg
Lavigne performing in Burnaby
Associated album Under My Skin
Start dateMarch 4, 2004 (2004-03-04)
End dateApril 16, 2004 (2004-04-16)
Legs1
No. of shows26 in North America
Avril Lavigne concert chronology

The Live by Surprise Tour was also called the Top Secret Mall Tour. [1] It performed at malls in the United States and Canada. Lavigne showcased acoustic renditions of her previous hits and songs from her new set, Under My Skin (2004). Details of each location were not revealed until 48 hours before the event commenced. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Setlist

  1. "He Wasn't"
  2. "My Happy Ending"
  3. "Sk8er Boi"
  4. "Don't Tell Me"
  5. "Take Me Away"
  6. "Complicated"
  7. "Nobody's Home"


UK Setlist

  1. "Sk8er Boi"
  2. "Nobody's Fool"
  3. "My World"
  4. "Losing Grip"
  5. "Complicated"
  6. "Mobile"
  7. "Thing's I'll Never Say"
  8. "Naked"
  9. "Unwanted"
  10. "I'm with You (encore)"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
March 4, 2004 Bloomington United States Mall of America
March 5, 2004 Racine Regency Mall
March 8, 2004 West Dundee Spring Hill Mall
March 9, 2004 Troy Somerset Mall
March 11, 2004 Toronto Canada Fairview Mall
March 12, 2004 Orléans Place d'Orléans
March 15, 2004 Laval Carrefour Laval
March 16, 2004 Boston United States Shops at Prudential Center
March 17, 2004 Paramus Westfield Garden State Plaza
March 18, 2004 Philadelphia Franklin Mills
March 19, 2004 Bethesda Westfield Montgomery
March 22, 2004 Alpharetta North Point Mall
March 23, 2004 Cincinnati Florence Mall
March 24, 2004 Strongsville SouthPark Mall
March 25, 2004 Indianapolis Glendale Town Center
March 26, 2004 Florissant Jamestown Mall
April 1, 2004 Calgary Canada Southcentre Mall
April 6, 2004 Burnaby Eaton Centre Metrotown
April 7, 2004 Tukwila United States Southcenter Mall
April 8, 2004 Clackamas Clackamas Town Center
April 9, 2004 Hayward Southland Mall
April 12, 2004 Glendale Glendale Galleria
April 13, 2004 Mesa Fiesta Mall
April 14, 2004 Littleton Southwest Plaza
April 15, 2004 Katy Katy Mills
April 16, 2004 Lewisville Vista Ridge Mall
April 27, 2004 London United Kingdom Camden Barfly

The Best Damn Thing Promotional Tour

The Best Damn Thing Promotional Tour
Promotional tour by Avril Lavigne
Avril tbdtpromotourposter.jpg
Promotional poster for tour
Associated album The Best Damn Thing
Start dateFebruary 16, 2007 (2007-02-16)
End dateDecember 16, 2007 (2007-12-16)
Legs3
No. of shows19 in North America
19 in Europe
5 in Asia
43 total
Avril Lavigne concert chronology

The Best Damn Thing Promotional Tour reached North America, Europe and Asia, and supported her third studio album, The Best Damn Thing (2007). Lavigne performed at several music festivals in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and France. The premiere concert in Calgary was filmed for her first television special, "Avril Lavigne: Exclusive". The tour was filmed and broadcast on the Internet for several of the festivals in Europe. The trek ended a few months before the singer began her third concert tour.

Setlist

Set I [12]
July 7, 2007 [13]
  1. "Girlfriend"
  2. "Sk8er Boi"
  3. "My Happy Ending"
  4. "I Always Get What I Want"
  5. "Losing Grip" (contains elements of "Kashmir")
  6. "I'm with You"
  7. "Everything Back But You"
  8. "The Best Damn Thing"
  9. "He Wasn't"
  10. "All the Small Things"
  11. "Complicated"
Set II [14]
Mexico City [15]
  1. "Girlfriend"
  2. "I Can Do Better"
  3. "Complicated"
  4. "My Happy Ending"
  5. "Hot"
  6. "I Always Get What I Want"
  7. "I'm with You"
  8. "Tomorrow"
  9. "Don't Tell Me"
  10. "When You're Gone"
  11. "Everything Back But You"
  12. "The Best Damn Thing"
  13. "He Wasn't"
Encore
  1. "All the Small Things"
  2. "Sk8er Boi"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [16]
February 16, 2007 Calgary Canada Grand Theatre
March 5, 2007 [A] Los AngelesUnited States Fox Studios Lot
Europe [17] [18]
March 19, 2007LondonEngland Scala
March 25, 2007 [B] ParisFrance Élysée Montmartre
North America
May 16, 2007New York CityUnited States Times Square
June 7, 2007 [C] Las Vegas Pearl Concert Theater
Europe [19] [20]
June 22, 2007 [D] ParisFrance Zénith de Paris
June 26, 2007 Madrid Spain Circo Price
June 28, 2007 Amsterdam NetherlandsHotel Arena
June 29, 2007 [E] Catania Sicily Piazza del Duomo
July 1, 2007 [F] Gothenburg SwedenFrihamnen
July 2, 2007BerlinGermany Europa-Center
July 3, 2007 [G] Brussels BelgiumPlace de Brouckère
July 7, 2007 [H] Naas Ireland Punchestown Racecourse
July 8, 2007 [I] Perth and Kinross Scotland Balado
July 10, 2007 [J] Locarno SwitzerlandPiazza Grande di Locarno
July 11, 2007 [K] Frankfurt GermanyOpernplatz
July 12, 2007 [K] Hamburg Stadtpark
July 14, 2007 [L] Istanbul TurkeyParkorman
July 17, 2007 [M] Athens Greece Olympic Stadium
July 18, 2007 [N] RomeItaly Ippodromo delle Capannelle
July 19, 2007 [O] Bern Switzerland Gurten
North America
August 3, 2007 [P] Grand Prairie United States Nokia Live
Eurasia [21] [22]
August 11, 2007 [Q] Chiba Japan Chiba Marine Stadium
August 12, 2007 [Q] Osaka Maishima Sports Island
August 15, 2007 Shanghai China Shanghai Qi Zhong Tennis Center
August 17, 2007 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena
August 18, 2007
October 5, 2007MoscowRussia Club B1 Maximum
North America [23] [24]
October 19, 2007 Zapopan Mexico Telmex Auditorium
October 21, 2007 Monterrey Auditorio Coca-Cola
October 23, 2007 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
November 28, 2007 [R] Montreal Canada Bell Centre
December 1, 2007 [S] Stockton United States Stockton Arena
December 2, 2007 Burnaby Canada Swangard Stadium
December 3, 2007 [T] Portland United States Rose Garden
December 5, 2007 [U] Council Bluffs Mid-America Center
December 7, 2007 [T] Minneapolis Target Center
December 9, 2007 [V] Houston Toyota Center
December 10, 2007 [W] Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
December 13, 2007 [T] Lowell Tsongas Arena
December 14, 2007 [T] New York City Madison Square Garden
December 16, 2007 [T] Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

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