The Love Sux Tour (originally titled Tour 2022 and the Bite Me Tour) was the seventh concert tour by Canadian recording artist, Avril Lavigne, launched in support of her seventh studio album Love Sux (2022). It commenced on April 30, 2022, in Orillia, Canada, and concluded on May, 10 2023, in London, England. The tour included appearances at festivals across Canada, Europe and North America.
Background
Following her Head Above Water Tour in 2019, Lavigne announced shows in Europe, in October 2021. The dates were composed of canceled shows from 2020 and 2021, due to the pandemic. It was also reported shows in southeast Asia for May 2022, but those shows were cancelled. Following the release of the album's lead single, the singer revealed concerts in Canada, her first in a decade.
Alternative rap artists Mod Sun and Grandson served as the opening acts.
One dollar from each concert ticket purchased was donated to the Avril Lavigne Foundation.
The tour was originally slated to start February 2022, but were rescheduled to the spring. European dates were postponed to 2023, citing venue and travel restrictions, related to the ongoing pandemic. During the tour, Lavigne also performed at various music festivals including: Boston Calling, When We Were Young, Rock in Rio, the Firefly Music Festival, and the iHeartRadio Music Festival.
Set list The set list is from the May 10, 2022, concert in London, Ontario. It may not represent all concerts for the tour.
"Cannonball" "Bite Me" "What the Hell" "Here's to Never Growing Up" "Complicated" "My Happy Ending" "Smile" "Losing Grip" "Flames" (performed with Mod Sun) "Love It When You Hate Me" "Love Sux" "Girlfriend" "Bois Lie" "Sk8er Boi" Encore "Head Above Water" "I'm with You"
Tour dates + List of 2022 concertsVarious citations for the 2022 concerts:
Date City Country Venue Opening acts April 30 Orillia Canada Casino Rama Entertainment Centre The Beaches May 6 Quebec City Videotron Centre All Time Low Mod Sun May 7 Laval Place Bell All Time Low Grandson Mod Sun May 9 Ottawa TD Place Arena All Time Low Mod Sun May 10 London Start.ca Performance Stage Grandson Mod Sun May 12 Windsor The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor May 13 Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum May 17 Winnipeg Canada Life Centre May 18 Saskatoon SaskTel Centre May 19 Edmonton Rogers Place May 21 Calgary Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium May 22 May 24 Vancouver Thunderbird Sports Centre May 25 Victoria Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre May 27 Boston United States Harvard Athletic Complex June 1 MonctonCanada Avenir Centre The Beaches June 2 Halifax Scotiabank Centre September 5 Lima Peru Arena Perú Alther September 7 São Paulo Brazil Espaço Unimed Day Limns September 9 Rio de Janeiro Parque dos Atletas rowspan="11" September 22 Dover United States Dover Motor Speedway September 24 Las Vegas Area15 October 22WinchesterLas Vegas Festival Grounds October 23 October 29 November 7 Yokohama Japan National Convention Hall November 9 Tokyo Tokyo Garden Theatre November 10 November 11 Nagoya Aichi Sky Expo Hall A November 14 Osaka Intex Osaka
+ List of 2023 concertsVarious citations for the 2023 concerts:
Date City Country Venue Opening acts April 12 Paris France Zénith Paris Girlfriends Phem April 14 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live April 15 Berlin Germany Verti Music Hall April 17 Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle April 18 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach April 20 Munich Kulturhalle Zenith April 21 Zürich Switzerland The Hall April 23 Padua Italy Kioene Arena April 24 Milan Mediolanum Forum April 26 Prague Czech Republic Tipsport Arena April 27 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle April 28 Stuttgart Germany Porsche-Arena April 30 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena May 3 Cologne Germany Palladium May 4 Brussels Belgium Forest National May 6 Manchester England O2 Apollo May 9 London Alexandra Palace May 10
Cancelled shows + List of cancelled concerts Date City Country Venue Reason November 1, 2022 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena COVID-19 pandemic in Asia November 3, 2022 Quezon City Philippines Araneta Coliseum
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