Bastardly Breaking News!! Avril Lavigne Hits Up Prive Nightclub!!

These were snapped in Las Vegas.

Avril's truly punk when it comes originality...
On May 25, 2007, Lavigne, her co-songwriter Lukasz Gottwald, and her record label were sued by songwriters James Gangwer and Tommy Dunbar over claims that her song "Girlfriend" infringes on their 1979 song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", originally performed by The Rubinoos.

In June 2007, Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, with whom Lavigne wrote the majority of her second album, Under My Skin, spoke to Performing Songwriter magazine about Lavigne's songwriting, saying, "I mean, Avril, songwriter? Avril doesn't really sit and write songs by herself or anything. Avril will also cross the ethical line and no one says anything. That's why I'll never work with her again. I sent her a song two years ago called 'Contagious', and I just saw the tracklisting to this album and there's a song called 'Contagious' on it – and my name's not on it. What do you do with that? See, I won't [call the lawyers], I'll just tell you. Art should not be subject to that kind of controversy." [Wiki]

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Ho Ho Ho....

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 3:51pm
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Fucking useless, worthless, annoying, no talent, punk wannabe, rock wannabe, no ticket selling, pasty, pink hair wearing,cunt/slut/bitch!!!!

yea...I DONT like her!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 3:51pm
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Honey...You left out....Wait no...You got it all..

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 4:00pm
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She also ripped off Peaches' "I'm the Kinda". DIE PLEASE!! And her lyrics suck so hard.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 4:03pm
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I agree with honey.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 4:04pm
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Nothing unusual about getting someone else to write your songs but not giving them credit? That's extra messed up.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 4:05pm
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@ concubine - yeah that's bad & even worse then the previous. You can't call it sampling cause she rips it off so bad. She might want to cross over to hip hop these days - it's more accepted and fake as her.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 4:08pm
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Yeah, she even ripped off the Winehouse eye shadow. Such a zer0.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 4:17pm
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I know you all hate her, but I'd hit it hard. She's got a great little bod

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 5:42pm
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#6

wow, blatant rip-off.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 6:02pm
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and the band lush did a cover of "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (as a b-side years before avril...called yep 'i wanna be your girlfriend. yep lush had female singer/guitarist. hell they had two female guitarist evn. woo hoo..)

and i swear the lush cover sort of put this song 'back on the map' abit and it was always refed as a highlight of he Topolino b-side comp thing...and then a while later we get avril's song... interesting...

anyway avril has settled things out of court with The Rubinoos.

yep more copy.paste time....

Possibly too busy denying pregnancy rumours and dying her hair with Kool-Aid to bother with a drawn-out and costly legal battle, Avril Lavigne has made an out-of-court settlement in a suit that claimed the punk rock princess of adult contemporary radio plagiarized her hit song, "Girlfriend."

"No Way! No Way!" does this mean, however, that Lavigne has admitted to ripping off her summer smash.

Members of the Rubinoos, a '70s rock band that neither you nor your dad has ever heard of, filed the suit against Lavigne, claiming she ripped off their 1979 song, "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend."

Lavigne denied the allegations, claiming - much like most people under 45 - that she'd never heard the song before. Terry McBride, Lavigne's manager, went so far as to consult with a musicologist, who said the songs were definitely different.

Still, as reported by Canadian Press, the Rubinoos' lawyer confirmed Lavigne paid the band a settlement. The amount has not been disclosed, nor has Lavigne commented on the situation.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 7:05pm
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This faker bitch probably grabbed 3 champagne bottles and did a little show in the hotel room! Avril Lavigne no holes barred! This bitch was a Catholic school girl that played with dolls until she discovered it didn't pay!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 7:08pm
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Pasty no-talent bitch.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 7:15pm
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Where is Caitie?

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 9:36pm
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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shit...this bitch was in Miami, only 30 mins away from me...she better thank the lord i didnt know she was here

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 1:28am
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bitch looks like an albino rat.

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 2:19am
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I'll give her this: She's often got a bad attitude (middle fingers all in all pictures, yelling all the time, being mean-spiritied in general) but she's an attractive looking girl.

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 8:18am
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another manufactured moron. Shes like ashlee simpson, Americas attempt at reaching an 'alternative' target audience with the hope of maintaining the usual "godbless america" bullshit. Seriously we live in such a glib place. Makes me sick. Megan fox is another 1. Oooh tatoos - she must be a rebel. Lord. U can tell avril isnt the least bit 'alternative' in reality. Did u see her wedding pics 4 fucks sake? A fairytale dream come true. Everything in our media is fabricated bull including this annoying canadian.

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 2:39pm
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Wow, she is wicked ugly.

I cant bring myself to listen to her junk music, if thats what you want to call it.

Shave your head, become a monk & we will all be happy to never have to look at you again.

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 4:35pm
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word, see me no more.

Monday, May 5th, 2008 @ 6:09am
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Don't hold back Honey, tell us what you Really think.

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 @ 4:00pm
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