Avril Lavigne will release her first greatest hits collection on 21st June 2024 it has been confirmed.
The set arrives ahead of her upcoming ‘Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits’ tour. It will be released by Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment and will be available vinyl, CD and digital formats and is now available for pre-order.
‘Greatest Hits’ features 20 career-spanning hits from the star’s catalogue including ‘Complicated’, ‘Sk8er Boi’ and more recent songs such as ‘Bite Me’ and ‘Bois Lie’.
Lavigne will bring her ‘Greatest Hits’ on the road for a series of unforgettable concerts in 2024. The ‘Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits’ tour kicks off on Wednesday 22nd May 2024 in Vancouver, BC at Rogers Arena, with stops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, 2x Toronto, Charlotte, Nashville, Chicago and more before wrapping up on Wednesday 18th September in Calgary. All Time Low and Simple Plan will join Avril on select dates throughout the tour as special guests and direct support, with Royal & the Serpent and Girlfriends joining select dates as opening acts.
Prior to tour, Avril will make her debut performance at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards on 16th May with New Male Artist of the Year nominee Nate Smith. The ACM Awards will be free to stream live on Prime Video at 8 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. CDT / 5 p.m. PDT.
Four of Avril’s studio albums – ‘Under My Skin’ (Arista/RCA – 2004), ‘Best Damn Thing’ (RCA – 2007), ‘Goodbye Lullaby’ (RCA – 2011), and ‘Avril Lavigne’ (Epic – 2013) – will be released for the first time in 12″ vinyl editions expanded to include bonus recordings formerly available as digital-only tracks.
Released in January 2023 in expanded digital and 2LP 12″ vinyl formats as ‘Let Go (20th Anniversary Edition)’, Avril’s 2002 studio debut is being re-struck in a new 12″ vinyl pressing for the Avril Lavigne catalog reissue celebration.
The track listing for ‘Greatest Hits’ is:
Side A
01. Sk8er Boi (Let Go/single – Arista 2002)
02. Girlfriend (The Best Damn Thing/single – RCA 2007)
03. What the Hell (Goodbye Lullaby/single – RCA 2011)
04. Complicated (Let Go/single – Arista 2002)
05. Don’t Tell Me (Under My Skin/single – Arista/RCA 2004)
Side B
06. I’m A Mess (with Yungblud) (Love Sux Deluxe/single – Elektra/DTA 2022)
07. He Wasn’t (Under My Skin/single – Arista/RCA 2005)
08. Losing Grip (Let Go/single – Arista 2003)
09. My Happy Ending (Under My Skin/single – Arista/RCA 2004)
10. Bite Me (Love Sux/single – Elektra/DTA/2021)
Side C
11. Nobody’s Home (Under My Skin/single – Arista/RCA 2004)
12. I’m With You (Let Go/single – Arista 2002)
13. When You’re Gone (The Best Damn Thing/single – RCA 2007)
14. Bois Lie (feat. Machine Gun Kelly) (Love Sux/single – Elektra/DTA 2022)
15. Smile (Goodbye Lullaby/single – RCA 2011)
Side D
16. Love It When You Hate Me (feat. blackbear) (Love Sux/single – Elektra/DTA 2022)
17. Rock n Roll (Avril Lavigne/single – Epic 2013)
18. Here’s To Never Growing Up (Avril Lavigne/single – Epic 2013)
19. Keep Holding On (The Best Damn Thing/”Eragon” soundtrack/single – RCA 2006)
20. Head Above Water (Head Above Water/single – BMG 2018)
