Byline: Lisa Verrico

Avril Lavigne. Mean Fiddler, W1

3/5

OUTSIDE, the only tout with tickets for the sold-out show wanted Pounds 100 each for them. OK, maybe if it was Madonna or Britney, but Avril Lavigne is a teenager whose debut single has only just been released in Britain and the gig was a low-key, no-frills affair.

Nevertheless, after some negotiation, one couple did pay Pounds 100 for a pair, knowing this was their last chance to see Lavigne in an intimate venue.

Touted as the new Alanis Morissette, the 17-year-old Canadian became a star overnight in the States this summer when...