Canadian recording artist

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has completed six concert tours beginning with the

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in 2002–03. This was followed by the 13-month Bonez Tour in 2004–05 and

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in 2008. Her Love Sux Tour completed in May 2023. The following is a chronological list of her concert tours.

Try to Shut Me Up Tour

Bonez Tour

The Bonez Tour is the second concert tour by

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recording artist,

. In support of her second studio album '' Under My Skin'' (2004), the tour began in the fall of 2004. Playing over one hundred shows in Europe, the Americas, Australia, Asia and Africa. The performances in 2004 ranked 97th on

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's "Top Tours of 2004", earning over $5 million. The tour was recorded at the

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in Tokyo, Japan for the DVD set, Live at Budokan: Bonez Tour. The DVD featured the full concert with behind the scenes footage. The video was certified Gold in Japan.

Setlists

Tour dates

The Best Damn World Tour

Black Star Tour

The Black Star Tour was the fourth concert tour by Canadian recording artist

. Visiting Asia, the Americas and Europe, the tour promoter the singer's fourth studio album, ''

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'' (2011). Before the tour started, Lavigne said that she wanted the show to be intimate and personal, with guitars, piano and voice. She also said that wanted to play in small venues, to have a bigger contact with her fans.

Commercial performance

The tour was successful on tickets sales. A week after the Asian dates had been released, it was announced that 13,000 tickets were sold for

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. It also went really well in South America, where more than 55,000 tickets were sold, with price averaging $75-$120. All the tickets that went on sale for the first show in

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were completely sold out on the same day. The concert held in

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and

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had the higher grossings for the South American leg. In China, extra concerts were added for the second Asian leg, in

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and

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where Lavigne played for 10,000 fans at

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. On August 24, 2011, Lavigne ranked #15 position at ''

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'' boxscore due both shows in São Paulo, which grossed $980,009 combined. The tour has grossed US$25 million, with 61 concerts.

Setlists

Tour dates

The Avril Lavigne Tour

Head Above Water Tour

Love Sux Tour

Greatest Hits Tour

Footnotes

References

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