The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto

The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto
Video by Avril Lavigne
Released	September 5, 2008
Recorded	April 7, 2008
Genre	Pop punk alternative rock
Length	75 minutes
Label	RCA
Director	Wayne Isham
Producer	Dana Marshall
Avril Lavigne chronology
Bonez Tour 2005: Live at Budokan (2005) The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto (2008)

The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto is a live music DVD from Franco-Canadian singer Avril Lavigne. It was shot at the sold-out Air Canada Centre concert, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 7, 2008^[1] during the Best Damn Tour. It was released on September 9, 2008 in North America and on September 5, 2008 in Europe. In the USA there were clean and explicit versions of the DVD.

Synopsis

The concert starts off with an anonymous source spraying "Avril" on the screen in black graffiti, and then is colored in with a bright pink. When its fully colored, pink lights shine, stars flash on the screen, and her back up dancers run on with pink flags displaying the logo of her third album. A short instrumental of "Girlfriend" plays, as the flags are waved across the stage. Lavigne comes up on an elevator to perform "Girlfriend". Lavigne briefly talks to the audience, and introduces the next track "I Can Do Better". Throughout the concert, Lavigne plays acoustic and electric guitar, drums and piano. A selection of tracks include "Sk8er Boi", "My Happy Ending", "When You're Gone", and the remix of "Girlfriend" featuring Lil' Mama.

DVD track listing

DVD^[2]

1. "Girlfriend"
2. "I Can Do Better"
3. "Complicated"
4. "My Happy Ending"
5. "I'm with You"
6. "I Always Get What I Want"
7. "Best Damn Dance Break"
8. "When You're Gone"
9. "Innocence"
10. "Don't Tell Me"
11. "Hot"
12. "Losing Grip"
13. "Bad Reputation Video Montage" (Joan Jett cover)
14. "Everything Back But You"
15. "Avril on Drums"
    • "Runaway"
    • "Hey Mickey" (Toni Basil cover)
16. "The Best Damn Thing"
17. "I Don't Have to Try"
18. "He Wasn't"

Encore

19. "Girlfriend (Remix)"
20. "Sk8er Boi"

Palladia version

Palladia aired a shortened 54-minute version of this concert in true HDTV 1080p format on January 10, 2009. It has been repeated regularly ever since.^[3] Set list:

1. "Girlfriend"
2. "Complicated"
3. "My Happy Ending"
4. "I'm with You"
5. "When You're Gone"
6. "Innocence"
7. "Don't Tell Me"
8. "Losing Grip"
9. "Bad Reputation Video Montage" (Joan Jett cover)"
10. Avril on drums medley:
    • "Runaway"
    • "Hey Mickey" (Toni Basil cover)
11. "The Best Damn Thing"
12. "He Wasn't"
13. "Girlfriend (Remix)"
14. "Sk8er Boi

Mistakes

• On the back of the DVD, the Girlfriend Remix is misspelled as "Girlfriend Remix".^[4]
• In the setup of the DVD, "Losing Grip" is mistakenly titled "Losing My Grip".

Credits

• Directed by Wayne Isham
• Directed for the stage by Jamie King
• Produced by Dana Marshall
• Executive producers: Samantha Lecca, Joseph Uliano and Neil Maiers
• Audio mixed by Deryck Whibley

Charts

Chart Peak ARIA Top 50 Music DVD Chart[5] 32 Austria Music DVD Top 10[6] 5 Belgium DVD Chart (Flanders)[7] 5 Belgium DVD Chart (Wallonia)[8] 3 Czech Republic Music DVD Chart[9] 3 Dutch Music DVD Chart[10] 9 Estonia DVD Chart[11] 9

Chart Peak Italy FIMI DVD Chart[12] 3 Japan DVD Chart 1 Mexico DVD Chart 1 Spain PROMUSICAE DVD Chart[13] 11 Swedish Music DVD Chart[14] 7 UK DVD Chart 4 US Billboard Top Music Videos[15] 7

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Germany,[16] Brazil[17]	September 5, 2008	Sony BMG
US, Canada	September 9, 2008	Sony BMG
Japan[18]	September 10, 2008	BMG Japan
UK,[19] Russia[20]	September 15, 2008	Sony BMG
Italy[21]	September 19, 2008	Sony BMG
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia	September 25, 2008	Sony BMG

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[22]	Gold	50,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "The Best Damn Tour DVD Info". letsmusic.org. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
2. "Setlist: The Best Damn Tour - Live in Toronto" (in German). avril.de. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
3. "TV Schedule". palladia.tv. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
4. Avrilsmusic.net
5. ARIA Australian Top 40 Music DVDs
6. Austria Music DVD Top 10 19.09.2008
7. ULTRATOP 10 MUSIC DVD (Flanders)
8. ULTRATOP 10 MUSIC DVD (Wallonia)
9. Czech Republic Music DVD Chart
10. Dutch Music DVD Chart 13.09.2008
11. Estonia DVD Chart
12. FIMI DVD Chart
13. Spanish DVD Chart
14. Swedish Music DVD Chart 19 september 2008/
15. US Billboard Top Music Video
16. "Avril Lavigne:The Best Damn Tour (Live in Toronto)" (in German). amazon.de. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
17. "Brazilian release" (in Portuguese). Saraiva.com.br. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
18. "Avril Lavigne: DVD "The Best Damn Thing Tour - Live in Toronto"". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
19. "Columbia Records UK". columbia.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
20. "Sony BMG Russia" (in Russian). sonybmg.ru. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
21. "Avril Lavigne: DVD "The Best Damn Thing Tour - Live in Toronto" nei negozi!" (in Italian). teamworld.it. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
22. "Canadian video certifications – Avril Lavigne – Best Damn Tour (Live in Toronto)". Music Canada.