Avril Lavigne

A new live concert venue was finally added to the Ottawa music scene with the grand opening of Hard Rock Live, part of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino that has transformed the old Rideau Carleton Raceway. To launch the venue in style, Hard Rock brought in none other than Canadian pop-punk queen Avril Lavigne.

Avril Lavigne’s Greatest Hits Tour rolled into Ottawa on Aug. 14, and the show was a dynamic celebration of her storied career and a re-living of early 2000s nostalgia.