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Avril Lavigne: The Best Damn Tour - Live In Toronto

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This DVD is awesome!!! I went to Avril's concert twice, once in Chicago and then a month later in Tampa both times had VIP tickets so I was right at the front of the stage. This DVD is the entire concert from start to finish just how I saw it in person. The advantage of this DVD is that you can see the show from many different angles and perspectives that you cant see live since your stuck in one spot. If you loved the concert you will love this DVD even more, truely the Best Damn DVD of the Best Damn Tour!!!
The only let down is there are no extras like was originally anticipated such as video from behind the scenes and all the album music videos, such as the Best Damn thing, which to my knowledge has not been released on any DVD as of this time

This is the concert line up:

Girlfriend

I Can Do Better

Complicated

My Happy Ending

Im With You

I Always Get What I Want

Best Damn Dance Break

When You're Gone

Innocence

Don't Tell Me

Hot

Losing Grip

Bad Reputation Video Montage

Everything Back But You

Avril on Drums

The Best Damn Thing

I don't Have To Try

He Wasn't

Girlfriend ( Remix )

Sk8er Boi

I was looking forward to seeing this DVD but was disappointed right from the start. The audio is completely overdubbed, which means that after the recording of the show they went and re-recorded almost all of Avril's vocals, and some of the guitars too. You're not really hearing the live recording of the show; you're hearing a studio recording made after the show. This means that the producers or label were very unhappy with the quality of the actual live recording and re-did it to make it as perfect as possible. There's nothing new about overdubbing a live performance, in fact it's quite common, but it's usually done to get rid of blatant mistakes. In this case it's been used to mask the entire actual performance. It was hard to find an example, with the exception of some of the dialog between songs, where the actual vocals were being used. How bad could her performance have been? When we buy a live DVD or CD, we don't expect perfection. We expect a few bumps along the way. What we lose in imperfection, we make up for in the drama, spontaneity, passion, and reality of a real person performing live, and singing live. The idea that Avril had to go back into a studio and sync re-recorded voacals to what appears to be EVERY song in the concert is appalling and a slap in the face to her fans. Is The Best Damn Tour (Live In Toronto) really the best that Avril has to offer her fans?

In some places the new audio has overdubbed parts of the song where the backing vocals from the other members of her band have been removed and were never put back in. You have people singing on stage with nothing coming out of their mouths. It's pathetic. If you just want to look at Avril (she does look great) and don't really care what you hear, then you might like this. But I say forget it. Maybe her next concert CD or DVD will really be live and not a fake, which is what this is. Avril, you should be ashamed of yourself for releasing this as it is. You should show a little more respect for your fans.

This is one of the best concert dvds I've ever seen. The quality is awesome and there's a lot of energy in the air. If you're an Avril fan you will find yourself watching this over and over again. If you're not an Avril fan I still think you will like this DVD, that's how good it is.

Well this DVD is quite good, but there's couple dissappointments, I was at one of her concerts but she didn't sound like in this DVD, I mean this DVD has to many audio modifications, and I know it's live DVD, but it almost doesn't sound like live. At some places there's a little desynchronization.
Video is great, but audio not so much.

I personally saw this concert in Virginia, and then again when she was with the Jonas Brothers. I have loved Avril Lavigne for about 6 years, ever since she came out. This concert is sure to please many with its upbeat songs and stage layout. She has a lot of audience involvement, and her live recordings make a great addition to any music fan. With a mix of songs from her first three CDs, from Sk8er Boi to the Best Damn Thing, Avril fans of all ages will be happy with this product.

Ok, The Best Damn Tour was like the best damn tour she had so far, but this DVD is somewhat disappointing. Her voices are way too much produced and sounds really unnatural and different from her live performances. I know everybody does that when they release DVD but this one could've been much much better if they just kept her voice LIVE a little (like her first DVD). Some people may like it because it sounds almost perfect, but come on, what's the point of buying LIVE conert DVD? I don't think she sounded so terrible in the actual concert that they had to edit her voice for the entire concert.

I love this dvd. Avril performs all her hits including oldies but goodies. Must get for Avril fans.

From the start to end, this live DVD is just amazing! It brought back the good memories of seeing her as a VIP in Houston. (I know this was taken live in Toronto, though.)

Her performances are just like I remembered them being. The break dance had a different song though. It was Linkin Park when I saw her. It might have changed every show though, I'm not too sure. I loved when she played drums on Runaway! (Even though she cut the song short!) Her video for Bad Reputation (Originally by Joan Jett) was pretty cool.

The only thing I have to complain about it is the sound quality. It sounds a bit too perfect. Don't get me wrong, she did sound VERY good live, but some of the sound in this DVD seems to be studio recorded. If you notice in a few songs, including Complicated, her mouth is moving and the song is not matched up right. I don't know what happened there...

Overall, this DVD is worth every penny! Go buy it [:

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i went to this concert and wanted to see it again. so i had to get this. and im really happy i did!

This DVD of Avril in concert is Awsome.The sound,picture quality,and of course Avril herself is all great.And Avril has a amazing voice.You know how some singers dont sound as good live,well Avrils voice sounds so amazing.You will enjoy every minute of this DVD.