"Black Star" Avril Lavigne rocks Manila crowd
Photography: Melo Balingit
Additional photos from:
Alexis Mendiola
Updated: 02/17/2012
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After more than three years, the pop punk princess returns to Manila on February 16, for her Black Star Tour, which promotes her fourth studio album Goodbye, Lullabye.
The country is her third stop—after a series of concerts in Japan and China.

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The Canadian singer kicked-off her show at the Big Dome by singing "Black Star" and the danceable piece "What the Hell."
Right after her high-energy performance, she yelled, "What's up, Manilaaa?"
Photography: Melo Balingit
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The crowd started banging when she performed some of her signature songs—"Sk8er Boi," "He Wasn't," and "I Always Get What I Want."
Photography: Alexis Mendiola
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Moving on to her more sentimental pieces, she belted out
"Alice," "When You're Gone," and "I Wish
You Were Here."
Photography: Melo Balingit
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Living up to her rock-star status, Avril donned a black sleeveless top from her clothing line, Abbey Dawn, with black tights and
boots.
Photography: Alexis Mendiola
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This is the second to the last show of the Black Star Tour
Asia leg that began last February 4 in Saitama City in Japan, and
will be ending on February 18 at the Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Photography: Melo Balingit
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The patron area was transformed into a dance floor.
By the time she sang her chart-topping
hit, "Girlfriend"— followed by a medley
of "My Happy Ending" and Hayley
Willams's original song "Airplanes"—the crowd was on its feet.
Photography: Melo Balingit
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Appreciating the warm reception from the Filipino fans, the 27-year-old singer exclaimed, "I'm definitely going back to Manila!"
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The people screamed after hearing the first few notes of "I'm With You."
Photography: Melo Balingit
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In
the last chorus of her 2002 hit, she asked the viewers to sing this part:
"It's a damn cold night/ trying to figure out this life/
"Won't you take
me by the hand/ take me somewhere new/
"I don't know who you are but I..."
Photography: Melo Balingit
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After singing the piece, she bowed to the audience,
blew a flying kiss, and said, "Thank you. Bye, Manila!"
But the crowd kept
on shouting "more, more!" until the screams became a loud and unified chant, "We
want more, we want more, we want more," while every one was thumping his/ her feet.
Photography: Melo Balingit
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And due to the public demand, Avril and her band came back and sang "I Love You," plus, her breakthrough single, "Complicated."
Photography: Melo Balingit
