Olivia Rodrigo covers Avril Lavigne’s Complicated on first night of Sour tour

Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her Sour tour at Portland’s Theater Of The Clouds last night (April 5), treating fans to material from her massive breakthrough debut album as well as a couple of interesting covers. Most notably, the pop star performed Avril Lavigne​’s classic single Complicated, introducing the cover by telling the crowd, ​“This next song is a song I really love by the pop-punk princess herself.” (Via @avrillavigne_tw) Later in the set, Olivia also covered Veruca Salt’s Seether. It’s no secret that Avril is a huge fan of Olivia’s, too, praising her last year for sending ​“rock’n’roll in the charts” once more thanks to Sour (and especially mega-hit Good 4 U, which ended up giving songwriting credits to members of Paramore). “This year we were in...

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