Avril Lavigne Showcase at Madrid. Review + impressions inside

Hey guys, whoa, it's already been some hours since the concert and I still can't believe it, I can't believe I saw Avril from so close!!! Do I need to say she's gorgeous?

Well, where to start... it's so difficult to explain with words what I felt yesterday, probably you need to feel it yourself to understand it.

Yesterday I woke up pretty soon for being me, at like 10am, and I already felt nervous (if i have not been nervous at any point during the weekend...). I had breakfast and then I didnt know what to do, the time to leave for the concert felt years away.
At 3:30pm my father drove me to the train station, and by 4:15pm I was in the line for the concert. It took 20 minutes by train to the Atocha station, but once there I had to walk quite a bit to get to the Price theater. When I got there, I was surprised by the ammont of people already making line considering it was still 4 hours left for the concert. I was surprised, and I was disappointed, cause I wanted to be the closest to Avril I could, and I was afraid that wasn't going to be possible. I said to myself: I should have been here earlier. Anyway, I had 4 long hours ahead, waiting alone (cause my friends were coming later, at like 6pm). Luckily I had been talking with someone from Avril Bandaids by Messenger, and I recognized him there, so I got someone to talk with (Hey Khalil and your friends!). We played some cards, so it wasn't so long waiting. Two hours later my friends arrived, and by that time, the ammout of people behind us, was like three times as much as we had in front of us in the line, so I felt a bit better.

When the time they opened the doors was coming, I started feeling really nervous. My hands shook, and my heart beat so fast. And we had still an hour to go!
They opened the doors, we gave them our tickets (which they didn't give us back, so pity I would have loved to save it as a souvenir) and I ran towards the stage lol. A guy stopped me and told me not to run.... I slowed down and then ran again, I got to the stage, and I was really close!!!! I mean, I had less people ahead than I had had in the line!
Well, it was around 7:15 and we were standing right in front of the stage, the lights were on, and there was some background music (one of them was "God Must Hate Me" from Simple Plan!) I was so excited just to see the drums with the pink skull, it looked beautiful. She was supposed to come out at 8pm, but it was already that time, and there were only some guys on the stage tuning the guitars. I met an 11 year old kid that was with his parents and was a real fan of Avril. We had a cool conversation. His mather liked Avril a lot too! They were cool.
Everytime we show a little shadow, the lights moved, or whatever, we thought it was a sign that Avril was just about to come out! And I was freaking out!

And then at 8:30pm, Tony Aguilar, a guy from "Los 40 Principales", the radio channel that organized the concert, appeared. When I saw him, I didn't know who it was, and I thought he was going to say something was wrong, and Avril wasn't going to be able to sing or something, I was really scared. When he started talking I knew everything was alright as I recognized his voice. Minutes later Avril was finnaly on stage. How many years I had waited to see her with my own eyes, I couldn't believe that time had come, I was unbelievably happy!
Quickly they started playing, the first song was Girlfriend as I expected. The crowd started screaming, the atmosphere was perfect, and Avril was cute!
When she finished singing the first song, I looked at my friends and I was like: OH-MY-GOD. That was sick, I wanted more!

She sang one song after another, as if she were on a rush, so the concert only lasted 30 minutes, but it was definately intense!
I think it was after Complicated, she said: "Buenas noches" (good night in Spanish), thanks so much, and she left the stage so quickly. The crowd asked for one more song, so she came out again and sang I Can Do Better, and left again. It was over. See ya next year Avril!

When the concert finished, I was sweating, and I couldn't talk, but I felt happier than ever, my dream had come true :)

Even though we only heard 4 songs from The Best Damn Thing on the concert, I want to share my thoughts with you on tbdt. I have to say I was a bit tired of hearing some songs, over all Girlfriend, and maybe I felt the quality of this last album was lower compared to her previous albums. This is talking rubish after attending the concert. Avril herself said this album was fun, hell it is, I enjoyed the concert cause I had much more fun than I had ever had in my life, I was losing my voice singing the songs along, but I couldn't care less, I was having fun, real fun, because the songs are meant to be played on a concert, and the album sounds much much better live than it does on the cd.

THE SONGS

One of the things we had been debating about had been what songs she'd sing. Well, I have to say I loved the selecction she made. Either that, or the whole album is awesome live. And maybe added to the fact that that was my first concert, it was the most exciting time of my life. I sang, I screamed, I danced, I jumped... enough to say that I lost my voice after the concert.
Her voice sounded perfect, it was sweet and energic, she didn't sound tired as in some concerts. She looked happy, while she was singing, she smiled her crew like: "oh gosh, these guys are great!" a couple of times.

These are the songs she sang:

Girlfriend.
Sk8er Boi.
Everything Back But You.
My Happy Ending.
When You're Gone.
Complicated.
I Can Do Better.

Songs Review:

Girlfriend:
I was tired of this song before the concert, they have it on the radio every 10 minutes, I felt I had listened to it way too many times, so on my Windows Media I always skipped it when it played. But the concert started with this song, and it made me jump. God, the rhythm is just so intense and vibrating, you gotta love this song! It's definately the new Sk8ter Boi!

Sk8er Boi:
I had never been to an Avril concert before, so I loved the fact that she sang some of her "greatest hits", that way I kinda fixed the fact that I missed her previous concerts on Spain!
What can I say, this is one of my all-time favourite songs, and Avril seemed to enjoy singing it, so I'm very happy she played Sk8er Boi, cause I loved it.
It was cool that she played the guitar while she sang this song, reminded me a lot of the video-clip, when she's on a car :)

Everything Back But You:
During this song, Avril came really close to us, she standed a few feets away from me!!!! My friends got to touch her hand, but I couldn't :( Anyway, I enjoyed this song a lot, it was the song she sang I liked the most. I love the lyrics, and she not just sang it, she lived it. A++ for this song.

My Happy Ending:
Just like with Sk8ter Boi, I loved to hear this song, some of her best stuff, it was just incredible how it sounded, and the concert was just getting emotive! Maybe getting us ready for WYG? ;)
He played the guitar in this song too.


When You're Gone:
The whole theater went black, and we heard the first chords from the song, which everybody seemed to recognize as the crowd started screaming. Lights on, and Avril singing with a perfect, sweet and emotional voice. I couldn't help it, and I shouted: "I love you Avril!", though she didn't seem to hear me.

The most beautiful moment on the concert, there are no words to describe how this song sounds with Avril's voice. Simply amazing.


Complicated:
Again, I was so excited to hear this song. It sounded great, better than it sounds on Let Go, you know... Avril's voice is much more mature now. And guess what? It was incredibly fun!!!

I Can Do Better:
This is the last song she sang, and we knew it, I was feeling I was losing my voice, but I kept screaming lol. The dancers (Sofi and Lindsey) came to the front of the stage with Avril. When I first saw these two new girls on Avril's band, honestly, I thought they were lame. But they're really cool! This song is really catchy, and the dancers make you feel like dancing too!

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(I have more videos, but I think it's enough with these. You can also find more videos from the concert on Youtube)