Avril Lavigne AOL Brodband Rocks Sessions HQ Live Video May 24 2004

AVRIL-MEDIA EXCLUSIVE: While this show has been posted previously here at A-M, this represents a significant upgrade. The picture resolution is much larger and the sound is definitely clearer. Not only that, huh! This appears to be a file not offered in this quality anywhere else on the net.

And oh yeah, the show's fiery blasts kick gloriously hot damn ass!



Another Avril-Media Exclusive: The video files have been converted into HQ MP3. They will also be posted tonight at A-M, in the Audio Section. The companion mp3's can now be found here: AOL Broadband Rocks (HQ) [05.24.2004]


Avril Lavigne
Webster Hall
New York City, NY, USA
May 24, 2004 (Monday)
Live @ AOL Sessions & Broadband Rocks

This concert took place the day before the release of Avril's second album, 'Under My Skin.' Following a 21-city Mall Tour of Canada and the US - acoustic sets performed by Avril with Evan - this electric set kicked off Avril's UMS, summer world, promo tour.

The show is hit-heavy, consisting of mostly old and new singles-to-come. It lasts about 40 minutes. The event was pro-shot, and aired live on the web at AOL. The concert took place at what was the exclusive live music venue for AOL’s New York Broadband Rocks series, Webster Hall.

Per Wikipedia, Webster Hall is a nightclub with a capacity of 2,500 people (including the club; 1,400 for the main stage). It is located in Manhattan, at 125 East 11th Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues.



From the 5.20.04 press release, included with file:

On the eve of the release of her eagerly anticipated second album, 'Under My Skin,' former AOL(R) Music Breaker artist Avril Lavigne Lavigne will perform a special live Broadband Rocks(TM) concert from New York.

"I'm really excited about my new album," said Avril Lavigne. "AOL has been with me since the beginning and I'm really looking forward to our show as a way to say 'thanks.'"

Lavigne was named an AOL Breaker artist in March of 2002, three months before the smash release of her debut album, 'Let Go.' The innovative promotional campaign for the release included the exclusive debut of the album's first single, "Complicated," as well as the premiere of the video, before radio or television. The First Listen and First View debuts, along with an appearance on Sessions@AOL and a full CD Listening Party of the album, received a total of 1.1 million interactions prior to the album's release and are considered major catalysts for 'Let Go''s phenomenal success. 'Let Go' has since sold 14 million copies worldwide.

In preparation for 'Under My Skin,' Lavigne again turned to AOL, before radio or TV, for the First Listen and First View debuts of her latest single and video, "Don't Tell Me." She also made a second appearance on Sessions@AOL and programmed her very own Celebrity DJ station for the AOL Radio@ Network, spinning songs from her favorite artists. The Broadband Rocks concert follows Lavigne's recently completed nationwide mall tour, which was sponsored by AOL for Broadband. 'Under My Skin' will be released on May 25, on RCA Records...


Through the promotion of this special Broadband Rocks live concert, AOL will help raise awareness and funds for children in Africa affected with HIV/AIDS through the charitable organization Keep a Child Alive, (www.keepachildalive.org). Avril Lavigne will be featured in a public service announcement as a part of the campaign. AOL has made an allotment of tickets available for purchase through StubHub, (www.stubhub.com); with all proceeds from the ticket sales going to benefit Keep a Child Alive.

AOL will also make tickets for the event available through giveaways on Z-100 in New York City and several Infinity Broadcasting radio stations around the country. Fans can also get tickets at select NY retail outlets and from Avril Lavigne's official fan club.





twm: As for the show's video presentation, there are too many shots of individuals singing in the crowd. There's only one singer I'm interested in here. But the concert is a 'thank you' to the fans, so who is this damn fan to complain?

I will just a bit more, anyway. Even more disappointing for me, is that jumpin' Jesse Colburn is now gone from the band. This is the first show without him after he joined her group. At the end of the summer, even more disappointing is that Evan Taubenfeld will exit as well. The two most dynamic stage-presences after Avril are thus *poof* A year later, Charlie Moniz and Matt Braun will have played their last shows. This will leave Avril and her fans with the end of her 'Let Go'/'Try To Shut Me Up' band, and instead just a bunch of studio musicians. But I am getting ahead of myself.

What is so great about this concert is many a splendored thing. This is the band's first show playing together before a crowd in almost exactly a year. And the band's first show playing the new material. There are a few miscues, but that just adds to the excitement.

Finally, what matters most as it has always been is, Avril. And here she is and has a damn blast! Avril has come back to the road as a rich, independent girl now. She has been reaping the financial rewards of her early, major success. She broke up with Jesse and is moving on in a big way. 'Don't Tell Me,' her new single, was at the time all over the radio and climbing the charts around the world. Here this was, the eve of Av dropping her second CD, an album that this time was all her own baby. She has become an established star now. On the verge of turning twenty, Av is expressing more of her sexuality, revealing more of her beauty. She is brimming with joy and confidence, and is ready to rock the world all over again.

I have never heard Avril thank a crowd so much. It seems like after every song. After one new number she declares, "Sweet-ah! It's awesome to be up here playing these songs, to you guys." In response to the crowd's rapturous delight with her rendition of 'I'm With You,' she announces, "And that! Is why I do what I do." At the end of the concert Avril shouts, "Have a good niiiiight!," her voice rising up on the word 'night' like she was roaring off into the sky and was calling on the world to join her. Av then tosses her pick into the crowd and walks off stage, throwing both hands up high in the air in triumph, in celebration, in anticipation.

Oh, she's back all right!



MPEG-PS
3 Parts/Files
Video: mpeg, 25 fps

Resolution:
Listed - 480x576 (from file info)
Appears - 740x576 (from screencaps)

Audio: mpeg, 48 khz, 192 kbps
Duration: 41 min
Size: 1.37 GB
Source: Viva TV
c/o: Shiroc
Setlist, press release, & upload: thewaymouth


Note: The files should play on at least VLC, DivX, Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic, WinAmp, and BS.player.




Setlist:
(Part 1 - 13:53)
Take Me Away
He Wasn't
Don't Tell Me
Losing Grip

(Part 2 - 20:16)
My Happy Ending
Unwanted
I'm With You
Sk8er Boi
Nobody's Home

(Part 3 - 7:31)
Complicated
Encore: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (acoustic)



Bonus: Official Bumper (Advert)
AOL Live - Avril Lavigne
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Video: 504x380
Audio: 112 kbps
Duration: 12 sec
Size: 0.97 MB
c/o susty
Upload: thewaymouth



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AOL Broadband Rocks [05.24.2004]
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