Carrie
11-01-2004, 08:42 AM
CNN.com (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/01/music.lavigne.reut/index.html)
November 1, 2004
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Billboard) -- With Ashlee Simpson in the news this week following a disastrous lip-synching appearance on "Saturday Night Live," Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne says it's "pathetic" that some young artists don't sing on their own record or on stage.
While she can relate to the pressures of learning how to play live and work an audience for the first time, Lavigne says she takes exception to the practice of lip-synching.
"You know what? There are a lot of people out there today, who have become stars or famous musicians -- I wouldn't really define them as a star -- with a record only because they have connections and only because they have money and for the wrong reasons," Lavigne, 20, told Billboard.com.
Full Story (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/01/music.lavigne.reut/index.html)
November 1, 2004
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Billboard) -- With Ashlee Simpson in the news this week following a disastrous lip-synching appearance on "Saturday Night Live," Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne says it's "pathetic" that some young artists don't sing on their own record or on stage.
While she can relate to the pressures of learning how to play live and work an audience for the first time, Lavigne says she takes exception to the practice of lip-synching.
"You know what? There are a lot of people out there today, who have become stars or famous musicians -- I wouldn't really define them as a star -- with a record only because they have connections and only because they have money and for the wrong reasons," Lavigne, 20, told Billboard.com.
Full Story (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/01/music.lavigne.reut/index.html)