Lavigne explains that it happened at the Roxy nightclub in Vancouver over a decade ago: "He didn't even know who I was at that point!" said Lavigne of Kroeger. "I had just gotten on the radio."

"He's nice, and real, and kind," she said. "For me, it's about having a connection on a deeper level." The two certainly have a lot in common and collaborated on Lavigne's album in early 2012. "He does what I do -- he's a rocker, he plays guitar, he's onstage every night and he writes songs," she added.

Check out Lavigne’s video for ‘Here’s To Never Growing Up’ below:

]]> London Newsdesk http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/avrillavigne/view/76577/ Thu, 23 May 2013 14:15:33 +0100 http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/avrillavigne/view/76577/ Avril Lavigne has opened up on her upcoming collaboration with Marilyn Manson.

The Canadian star has recorded the track 'Bad Girl' for her upcoming new album, which is expected to be released later this year.

Speaking to MTV, Lavigne revealed that the shock-rocker came over to her house in the early hours of the morning to record the track. She said:

"It was last minute. I was sitting there at the board thinking Manson would be perfect on this track, so I texted him, and he's like, 'I'll come over and I'll hear it'. So he came at 4 o'clock in the morning...Yes, it was one of those nights."

Lavigne's new album should also feature lead single 'Here's To Never Growing Up', which was unveiled to the public earlier this year.

While she hasn't revealed the date of the ceremony, in which she will marry Nickelback's frontman, she explained that "the most fun part, so far, has been coming up with the location." When asked if the location was Paris or France, the 'Sk8er Boi' star couldn't stop grinning and joked, "I'm just smiling!"

Several other allusions were made to the country during the chat and they all got the same response from the beauty.

Despite enjoying most of the planning, Lavigne explained that getting people's information for invites has been very stressful: "The one thing that was the pain in the ass was getting everyone's names and addresses and all of that stuff."

Speaking about her music video for 'Here's To Never Growing Up', which she co-wrote with fiancé Chad Kroeger, she explained that there were several ideas for the video direction: "I had my original idea and then we had a bunch of different directors submit concepts. The guy we went with had the idea to do it around prom. I loved that. It's like a throwback."

The 28-year-old singer is unleashing the track 'Here's To Never Growing Up' as the first single from her upcoming new album.

Speaking to 4 Music Lavigne revealed the next single off her album will astound fans: "I think probably a song called 'Rock and Roll'. To me... it's rock and roll, it's a way of life - it's a fashion, it's a spirit and it's also very similar to the first single. You know, the rock and roll spirit like, 'WOOOO!' and going all out.

She added: "And it's LOUD, impressive and it stands for so many other things than just music - that's really what it comes down to - and it's a song that I'm just putting the final touches to now. I wish I could tell you more about it, but you'll have to wait."

Lavigne also teased whether or not the album will feature any other collaborations.

She hesitated: "Umm… that one, which is why I can't say anything yet - we're in the process of making that happen.

"It's not confirmed! I'm trying to do something right now. Like, I've been in the studio for the past four days working and I can't really say anything until it's done."

The Canadian star is unleashing the track 'Here's To Never Growing Up' as the first single from her upcoming new album.

After previewing the song online, Lavigne has now uploaded the video.

It sees the singer performing the single at a high school prom event alongside her suited and booted band.

Echoing the song's message, Lavigne recently said in an interview that she still feels young despite now being 28. The singer said:

"I still feel like the same person. I love having fun and I'm young at heart, so that's how my friends and I roll."

The 'Sk8er Boi' hitmaker is now 28-years-old and told 4Music that she's having as much fun now as when she started out in the industry: "I still feel like the same person. I love having fun and I'm young at heart, so that's how my friends and I roll."

"We love to enjoy life and live in the moment. When we are having a special moment - whatever that is, like partying, or whether it's being up on stage - it's all about making the best of it and losing yourself in that moment, being care-free and just living it up."

Meanwhile, Lavigne recently teased behind-the-scenes footage from the set of her forthcoming new music video for 'Here's To Never Growing Up', which sees her performing at a high school prom. It will be released as a single in the UK on June 23.

Watch behind-the-scenes footage here:

The Canadian was performing at West Hollywood's Viper Room last night (April 25) when she debuted the song '17'.

The track looks set to feature on the singer's forthcoming new album, which is due to be released later this year.

Introducing the song, Lavigne said: "I wrote this song about - duh! - being 17, so that's pretty much it. I hope I remember all the words."

'17' follows on from the release of lead single 'Here's To Never Growing Up', which is being released as a single in the UK on June 23.

As previously reported, Lavigne recently revealed that she and husband-to-be Chad Kroeger have had matching tattoos inked.

The 'Here's To Never Growing Up' songstress explained to Etcanada.com that she got a French phrase inked onto her body and 'surprised' Kroeger by taking him to get the exact same piece done to match hers:

"I got 'Live in the Moment' in French: 'Vivre le moment present.' I said, 'I got a surprise for you, took him to get tattooed.' He probably was thinking I was going to take him to the Eiffel Tower or something."

Speaking about their upcoming wedding, Lavigne added that she's tempted to use a song they wrote together as the track for their first dance: "I think we'll just play a song maybe that we wrote together. But I haven't thought that much about it yet."

Check out her new single here:

Speaking to Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show, the songstress explained that after Reid heard her songs he wanted them to be out as soon as possible and she's actually still working on finishing the album off:

"I've been working on this record for a year, so it's been quite a while. As soon as I played [producer LA Reid] the song, he wanted to put it out right away. So I'm actually still in the studio - I'm still making my record."

"I still have one more song left to write that I'm going to do by myself, because I love to do that. It's important for me. But it's just - it's all happened so fast, and I'm so excited."

Along with confirming that she has done a collaboration with Marilyn Manson, Lavigne added that she's particularly excited about a track called 'Hello Kitty': "I'm really excited about the song 'Hello Kitty' that I've written for this record, because I'm obsessed with Hello Kitty and it's really fun and the sound is different. It sounds like nothing I've done before, and I even throw a little bit of Japanese in it."

Check out her new single, 'Here's To Never Growing Up', below:

The Canadian pop-rocker is set to unleash the follow-up to 2011's 'Goodbye Lullably' later this year, following on from new single 'Here's To Never Growing Up'.

Lavigne shared some details about her new album with Billboard, teasing a wide-ranging sound and a collaboration with US shock-rocker Marilyn Manson. She said:

"The record's really diverse. We've got these pop-rock tunes, and then these piano ballads with orchestras."

The 'Sk8er Boi' star added: "I have a heavier song that Marilyn Manson's on called 'Bad Girl', and then I've got a song called 'Hello Kitty' that sounds like nothing I've done before. 'Here's To Never Growing Up' is one of the rock tunes on it, but it's all over the place."

Speaking to Ryan Seacrest about her engagement, the star explained that he got really creative before popping the question and it surprised her: "The only thing that was weird was we usually go to the studio together and he had gone before me."

"And I have been making this scrapbook of my time in the studio with a Polaroid camera and the only thing that was weird was I walked into the studio and he was putting a picture in to the book and I was like 'What is he doing?'"

She added: "All of a sudden, I walk over and he had taken a photo of himself holding the ring box and put the Polaroid in my scrapbook and because I had stickers everywhere he put in, 'Will you marry me?' It was really romantic."

When asked about her upcoming wedding, Lavigne confessed that it will be a small ceremony but there is a big theme: "A lot of close friends and family (are coming); it's sort of smaller but it's going to be quite spectacular. There's a theme to it, we're going pretty big; but Chad doesn't even know everything yet!"

Listen to her new single, 'Here's To Never Growing Up', below:

The Canadian is releasing the track 'Here's To Never Growing Up' as the flagship single from her forthcoming new album.

The singer has been teasing the song over the past week and the track has now been released to iTunes.

The single sees Lavigne give an ode to Radiohead as she proclaims the benefits of living a youthful life.

The singer is due to unleash the song's accompanying video in the near future and she has teased the clip with a prom-themed still, which can be seen below.

Her new album, which will mark the follow-up to 2011's 'Goodbye Lullaby', has yet to receive a title or release date.

The 19-second lyric video precedes the single’s release, which is scheduled for Tuesday 9th April. The featured lyrics include: "We'll be running down the street yelling kiss my ass/I'm like, yeah whatever, we're still living like that.

"When the sun's going down, we'll be raising our cups, singing here's to never growing up."

The preview follows last week’s release of the single’s racy artwork, which features the Canadian star nude and cuddling a large teddy bear. The song will be the first single off of her upcoming fifth studio album which is due out later in the year. The album’s title has yet to be released.

Watch the teaser for 'Here's To Never Growing Up', below:

]]> London Newsdesk http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/avrillavigne/view/71851/ Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:19:08 +0100 http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/avrillavigne/view/71851/ Avril Lavigne has premiered the artwork for her next single.

The Canadian star is releasing the track 'Here's To Never Growing Up' as the lead track from her forthcoming new album, which doesn't have a title or release date yet.

She unveiled the single's cover art for her new single, which sees Lavigne naked and cuddling a large teddy bear.

The 'Sk8er Boi' singer is wearing dark, smoky eye makeup as the young/old dichotomy is reinforced.

'Here's To Never Growing Up' will be released on April 9 as Lavigne makes her return to music following the release of her last album 'Goodbye Lullaby' in 2011.

The singer has been teasing a comeback to music for a number of months but new material has yet to hit the airwaves.

However, Lavigne has taken to Twitter to confirm the release of a new single, which looks set to be called 'Here's To Never Growing Up'.

She said: "Great news... Picked my first single...."HERE'S TO NEVER GROWING UP"!!!!!"

Referring to producer Martin Johnson, the Canadian added: "Oh yeah and btw @martinsays is the producer of my new single. So much fun. He's so talented..."

Lavigne's last album came in the shape of 2011's 'Goodbye Lullabye', which spawned tracks such as 'What The Hell' and 'Smile'.