The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto

The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto
Video by
Avril Lavigne
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2008
RecordedApril 7, 2008
VenueAir Canada Centre
(Toronto, Canada)
Genre
Length1:14:00
LabelRCA
DirectorWayne Isham
ProducerDana Marshall
Avril Lavigne video 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 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.

Background

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Main article: The Best Damn World Tour

The Best Damn World Tour was the third concert tour by Avril Lavigne. It supported her third studio album The Best Damn Thing, and visited North America, Europe, and Asia. It was also her first concert in three years, following the Bonez Tour in 2005. The tour was announced on November 6, 2007 at the West Hollywood nightclub Whisky a Go Go. Lavigne intended for the tour to be "showy," commenting that the "theme is like a party!" The tour included backup dancers, outfit changes, and a moving stage, with Lavigne hiring three choreographers—Lindsey Blaufarb, Craig Hollaman and Jamie King—in order to achieve her intended theme and vision. The tour garnered mixed reviews from contemporary critics.

After the tour was over, industry reports presented that it earned US$12.3 million ($17.41 million in 2023 dollars)[2] in total, from 110 shows and eventually played in front of nearly 170,000 people throughout North America, Europe, and Asia averaging at $861,599 ($1.23 million in 2023 dollars)[2] per show. Despite the cancellation of the tour's final North American dates, The Best Damn Tour became Lavigne's highest-grossing concert tour.

Synopsis

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The concert starts off with an anonymous source spraying "Avril" on the screen in black graffiti, and then is colored in with 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.

Track listing

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Taken from the back casing of The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto US DVD release.[3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro"
1:29
2."Girlfriend"
  • Lavigne
  • Gottwald
3:56
3."I Can Do Better"
4:31
4."Complicated"
4:20
5."My Happy Ending"
  • Lavigne
  • Christy
  • Spock
  • Edwards
5:20
6."I'm with You"
4:02
7."I Always Get What I Want" 3:35
8."Best Damn Dance Break"
  • Lavigne
  • Walker
1:26
9."When You're Gone"
3:53
10."Innocence"
  • Lavigne
  • Taubenfeld
2:29
11."Don't Tell Me"
  • Lavigne
  • Taubenfeld
2:08
12."Hot"
  • Lavigne
  • Magness
3:20
13."Losing Grip"
  • Lavigne
  • Walker
2:14
14."Bad Reputation" (Video Montage)
2:44
15."Everything Back but You"
4:03
16."Avril on Drums" (Runaway/Hey Mickey)
3:03
17."The Best Damn Thing"
  • Lavigne
  • Walker
5:02
18."I Don't Have to Try"
  • Lavigne
  • Gottwald
3:19
19."He Wasn't"
5:39
20."Girlfriend (Remix)" (Encore)
2:16
21."Sk8er Boi" (Encore)
  • Lavigne
  • Christy
  • Spock
  • Edwards
5:39
Total length:74:00

Notes

  • MTV Live premiered a condensed 54-minute version of the concert on January 10, 2009, omitting the performances of "I Can Do Better", "I Always Get What I Want", "Best Damn Dance Break", "Hot", "Everything Back but You", and "I Don't Have to Try".

Personnel

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Credits adapted from The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto DVD liner notes.[3]

  • Avril Lavigne – main performer, vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Wayne Isham – director
  • Jamie King – director for the stage
  • Chuck Ozeas – director of photography
  • Dana Marshall – producer
  • Samantha Lecca – executive producer
  • Joseph Uliano – executive producer
  • Neil Maiers – executive producer
  • Carla Kama – assistant stage director
  • Jamie King – choreographer
  • Lindsey Blaufarb – choreographer, dancer
  • Craig Hollaman – choreographer
  • Sofia Toufa – additional choreographer, dancer, vocals
  • Deryck Whibley – audio mixing, back cover photo
  • Bob Ludwig – audio mastering
  • Jim McGorman – music director, rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Stephen Ferlazzo – keyboards
  • Al Berry – bass
  • Rodney Howard – drums
  • Steve Fekete – lead guitar
  • Jaime Burgos III – dancer
  • Jesse Brown – dancer
  • Sara Von Gillern – dancer
  • Caitlin Lotz – dancer, vocals
  • Tina Kennedy – manager
  • Dan Cleland – tour manager
  • Derick Henry – director of security
  • Matthew Lavigne – security
  • Jon Zivcovic – security
  • Dale Lynch – production manager
  • Gail Nishi – tour assistant
  • Brian Kutzman – guitar tech
  • Ian O'Neill – drum tech
  • Brent Clark – lighting director
  • Matt Peskie – monitor engineer
  • Jim Yakubushi – FOH engineer
  • Mikee Cusack – merchandisers
  • Josh Briand – merchandisers
  • Mark "Sparky" Mcilvenna – lead driver
  • Gabriel Panduro – hair/makeup
  • Louise Kennedy – wardrobe supervisor
  • Amie Darlow – artist wardrobe/assistant
  • Leah Smith – costumer
  • William Crooks – video screen director
  • Daniel DeShara – video screen engineer
  • Daryn Barry – audio mixing at Orange Lounge, audio recording engineer
  • Geoff McLean – Toronto production supervisor
  • William Crooks – technical director
  • Connie Isham – script supervisor
  • Kelsey Larkin – production coordinator
  • Hayden Currie – production assistant
  • Quillan Docherty – production assistant
  • Adam Angeloni – production assistant
  • Alan Sukonnik – production assistant
  • Simon Rodriguez – production assistant
  • Jeff Schwartz – production assistant
  • Eric Oh – Steadicam operator
  • George Lajtais – crane operator
  • Jean Pellerin – camera operators
  • Alex Poppas – camera operators
  • John Asquwith – camera operators
  • Ted Perrotta – camera operators
  • Jim Flaxman – camera operators
  • Steven Chung – camera operators
  • Alex Gomez – camera operators
  • Michael Bailey – camera assistants
  • Joe Chan – camera assistants
  • Laina Knox – camera assistants
  • Mike G – key grip
  • Peter Newman – best boy grip
  • Justin Beattie – grip
  • Anthoni Shilello – crane assistant
  • Dome Productions – video truck
  • Ivar Boriss – video truck manager
  • Dave Schick – video truck tech manager
  • Chris Romanick – technical director
  • Elliott Cristofoli – engineers
  • Andrew Poisson – engineers
  • Bryan Bosley – engineers
  • John Carlyle – audio operator #1
  • Edward Lundy – audio operator #2
  • Pat Denardis – evs operator
  • Mark Scott – video operator
  • Victor Bruck – video operator
  • Andrew Budziak – associated telecasters
  • Jordan Szabo – associated telecasters
  • Matt Dorozovec – associated telecasters
  • Cory Dynes – associated telecasters
  • Veneno, Inc. – screen imagery
  • Editgods – edit facility
  • Guy Harding – editors
  • Matt Edwards – editors
  • Hector Lopez – online edit, colorist
  • The Audio Truck, Inc. – audio mobile
  • Doug McClement – mobile music recording engineer, audio assistants
  • Jason "Metal" Donkersgoed – Pro Tools engineer
  • Alex Bonenfant – Pro Tools engineer
  • Danny Greenspoon – truck engineer
  • Sam Ibbett – audio assistants
  • Billy Burgomaster – audio assistants
  • Terry McBride – management
  • Mark Liddell – front cover photo
  • David Bergman – all other photos
  • John Rummen – DVD cover design
  • Kim Kinakin – DVD package design

Charts

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Chart (2008) Peak
position
ARIA Top 50 Music DVD Chart[4] 32
Austria Music DVD Top 10[5] 5
Belgium DVD Chart (Flanders)[6] 5
Belgium DVD Chart (Wallonia)[7] 3
Czech Republic Music DVD Chart[8] 3
Dutch Music DVD Chart[9] 9
Estonia DVD Chart[10] 9
Italy FIMI DVD Chart[11] 3
Japan DVD Chart 1
Mexico DVD Chart 1
Spain PROMUSICAE DVD Chart[12] 11
Swedish Music DVD Chart[13] 7
UK DVD Chart 4
US Billboard Top Music Videos[14] 7

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[15] Gold 5,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release history for The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto
Region Date Label Ref.
Brazil September 5, 2008 Sony BMG [16]
Germany [17]
Canada September 9, 2008 [18]
United States [19]
Japan September 10, 2008 BMG Japan [20]
Russia September 15, 2008 Sony BMG [21]
United Kingdom [22]
Italy September 19, 2008 [23]

References

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  1. ^ "The Best Damn Tour DVD Info". letsmusic.org. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  2. ^ a b 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Avril Lavigne (2008). The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto (DVD, VHS). Toronto, Canada: RCA Records. 88697-33105-9.
  4. ^ ARIA Australian Top 40 Music DVDs Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Austria Music DVD Top 10 19.09.2008". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
  6. ^ ULTRATOP 10 MUSIC DVD (Flanders)
  7. ^ ULTRATOP 10 MUSIC DVD (Wallonia)
  8. ^ Czech Republic Music DVD Chart
  9. ^ Dutch Music DVD Chart 13.09.2008
  10. ^ Estonia DVD Chart[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ FIMI DVD Chart Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Spanish DVD Chart
  13. ^ Swedish Music DVD Chart 19 september 2008/
  14. ^ US Billboard Top Music Video[dead link]
  15. ^ "Canadian video certifications – Avril Lavigne – Best Damn Tour (Live in Toronto)". Music Canada.
  16. ^ "Brazilian release" (in Portuguese). Saraiva.com.br. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  17. ^ "Avril Lavigne:The Best Damn Tour (Live in Toronto)" (in German). amazon.de. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  18. ^ "Best Damn Tour".
  19. ^ "Avril Lavigne: The Best Damn Tour - Live in Toronto". Amazon. 9 September 2008.
  20. ^ "Avril Lavigne: DVD "The Best Damn Thing Tour - Live in Toronto"". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  21. ^ "Sony BMG Russia" (in Russian). sonybmg.ru. Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  22. ^ "Columbia Records UK". columbia.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  23. ^ "Avril Lavigne: DVD "The Best Damn Thing Tour - Live in Toronto" nei negozi!" (in Italian). teamworld.it. Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
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