Avril Lavigne Gossips, News, and Trivia

- Is gearing up for a 2008 North American tour.
- Admits she enjoys stripping off when she's drunk.
- Chantal Kreviazuk, the fellow Canadian singer-songwriter who dismissed Lavigne's writing skills in an interview in the June issue of Performing Songwriter magazine, has retracted her comments after Lavigne threatened to take legal action.
- Hits out at claims her song Girlfriend copies a 1970s track by the band the Rubinoos, insisting she wrote the song with musician Luke Gottwald - and it bears no similarity to the Rubinoos song. She also expresses feeling over what she calls a slap in the face from former friend and collaborator Chantal Kreviazuk who made comments during an interview with Performing Songwriter magazine that suggest Lavigne does not write her own material.
- Is being sued over claims that her smash hit Girlfriend sounds suspiciously like the Rubinoos' tune, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, a single they released in the 1970s.
- Has bought a Tuscan-style home in the upscale Los Angeles Bel Air neighborhood for about $9.5 million.
- Says Britney Spears shouldn’t blame the paparazzi for her recent problems because the media is such a core part of being famous – insisting the troubled singer is too weak to handle her fame.
- Considered having a goth wedding but eventually gave into her childhood dream of a traditional ceremony.
- Shot a spit on paparazzi outside a Hollywood hotspot.