Avril Concert Cancelled: Deemed too sexy?

Avril Lavigne’s upcoming Malaysian concert has been canceled by the country’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Ministry after protests deemed the show “too sexy.”

The popstar was set to kick-off her Asian tour in Kuala Lumpur on August 29, two days before their independence day, with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party opposed to the concert.

“It is considered too sexy for us.” Kamarulzaman Mohamed told The Associated Press. “It’s not good for viewers in Malaysia. We don’t want our people, our teenagers, influenced by their performance. We want clean artists, artists that are good role models.”

Following a decision by the culture ministry on Tuesday (August 19), Shukran Ibrahim announced, “It is not timely. It’s not in the good spirit of our National Day. If we go ahead with the concert, it is contrary to what we are preparing for.

Avril Lavigne's Dark Movie Role

Rocker Avril Lavigne is turning her attention to the acting world and is set to star in a new movie that she describes as "deep and dark."

The 23-year-old music star is taking a side step from singing following previous roles in 'Fast Food Nation', and 'The Flock' where she starred alongside Richard Gere.

Discussing her upcoming role with The London Paper, Lavigne said "I've got a film role coming up - something you wouldn't expect from me, something deep and dark."

Avril Lavigne Loses Voice, Cancels Shows

After cancelling several shows in San Diego and Phoenix due to acute laryngitis, singer Avril Lavigne has announced that she is postponing six more concerts, saying that her voice is so troubled that when she tried to sing, “nothing came out”.

"My sincerest apologies to all of my fans," the singer said in a statement released Saturday (May 3).

"My intention was to complete the rest of the tour, but tonight at sound check in Anaheim I realized this wasn’t possible."

Lavigne, 23, said that despite resting her voice "for days", she is still unable to perform. "When I tried to sing, nothing came out,” she said.

The canceled shows were in Anaheim, Universal City, Santa Barbara, and San Jose, Calif., as well as Spokane and Everett, Wash. Refunds will be available on Monday (May 5).

Avril Goes Commando

Paris Hilton and Avril Lavigne surprised onlookers recently by acting like best buddies at a nightclub, with Avril shocking bystanders by announcing she'd copied Paris's famous habit of going commando.

"I have no underwear on!" screamed Avril as she and Paris hit the dance floor at the launch party for Club Goa in LA.

While Avril sported trousers instead of the short skirts Paris favoured at the height of her undie-free era, the pop-grunge singer's dance floor declaration still had fellow club-goers wondering just what could have brought these two party gals together.

As Paris's renewed partying spree continues, she is keen to drag others into her world alongside her.

But few onlookers expected rich heiress Paris, 26, to bond with grunge princess Avril, 23, whose polished but gritty style contrasts with Paris's bubbly personality and love of girlie pink clothes.

The budding friendship is especially surprising given the long-standing feud between the two blondes, who famously fell out in 2004 when Avril began dating rocker Deryck Whibley, now her husband, less than a year after he dated Paris.

The row was still simmering away earlier this year, when Avril made a thinly veiled swipe at Paris by publicly slamming "people who are famous who haven't done anything".

"They're just famous for being at Hollywood clubs or for dating people," Avril sniped, adding, "Really, I feel kind of bad for them."

But the war of words seemed all but forgotten as the two kicked up their heels at the LA venue and bonded over drinks.

According to insiders, Avril hopes her friendship with the outgoing blonde socialite will improve her own spiralling public image. With fans recently turning on the Canadian pop star for her late appearances on stage and surly attitude, Avril knows it's time she did some repair work, and thinks befriending Paris may be the perfect strategy.

"She's aware of the backlash," says a source, "and thinks people like Paris are well received."

Suspicions were also raised after Avril started trying to curry favour with Paris's good friend, actress Elisha Cuthbert, after a chance meeting at a party made her realise how popular Elisha is.

"Now, she's been calling Elisha nonstop trying to meet up," says a source.

Avril Lavigne Is Up Herself

If you can read Avril Lavigne's latest interview with Q Magazine without wanting to head butt your monitor then you're a stronger person than I am. Because I read this thing and all I wanted to do was start head butting monitors.

On dealing with her incredible success: "Selling 24 million albums hasn't really affected me, but it has changed things. I can't walk into a room full of people any more without everybody turning their heads, and I can only eat in certain restaurants where I know I won't get hassled. But that's OK. I was born to do this, and so I've learned how to cope."

On her competition: "Someone like Kelly Clarkson is beautiful and has a pretty voice, but with me you get a much stronger image. I'm tough, I have a look that girls want to copy, and I sound a particular way. It's good if you're not easily ignored. And I'm not."

On her generosity: "I am a very giving person. When the hurricane thing happened, I went to my closet, filled six boxes of stuff and said to my assistant, 'Take it to Katrina!' I also like to give stuff to people who are my 'workers,' especially if they don't make much money."

On her polarizing personality: "People love me and people hate me, but I'm comfortable in my own skin and that's what counts. And anyway if you do hate me, you're the loser, not me."

Wow, how conceited is this WANNABE bitch! I love how during the day she's little miss boring and average (and married to a fug) but then come any red carpet event, she simply sprays a line of pink color in her hair and suddenly she's some sort of rebel or punk agian. Paaalese!

Hilary Duff vs. Avril Lavigne

The Feud continues between Pop tarts Hilary Duff and Avril Lavigne.

Hilary and Avril were at the same party in New York last week, but they had to be kept far, far apart from each other because of a long-running bitchfight between the two, says insiders.



The two pop starlets were supposed to come at different times, but arrived at the exact same time, and Avril was "driving everyone crazy" with her anger.

God I love a good cat fight - and this one spikes high on the sexy-o-meter.