Guardian Music — The Canadian punk-pop princess is to unveil a more mature direction on her forthcoming album, featuring songs written when she was, er, 15 years oldPack up your hoodie and skateboard – Avril Lavigne is growing up. The snotty pop-rock brat has ... more info

Perez Hilton — Sounds awful! April Lavigne dropped some deets about her new album, which promises to be the antithesis of the usual pop punk princess. That's the very brief good news! "A lot of the songs are mainly the acoustic and my vocal," says Lavigne of the u... more info

411 Mania — Avril going stripped down on fourth LP... more info

VH1 News — Avril Lavigne says her next album will be "mainly the acoustic and my vocal" instead of her typical pop-rock sound. more info

MTV.com News — 'It's not a pop-rock record. This is more about emotion and feeling,' singer says of album slated for November.By Kyle Anderson Avril Lavigne Photo: Peter Kramer/Getty Images Avril Lavigne has made a career out of jumpy, raucous pop-punk a... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Get ready to hear a softer side of Avril Lavigne. more info

AngryApe — The pop-punk star releases the record in November more info

Perez Hilton — Lavigne is scheduled to drop a new CD on November 17th. Will anyone care???? more info

Perez Hilton — Avril Lavigne was a hardcore hot mess at the VIP Room club in Saint Tropez, France on Friday morn. Funny, when Lindsay Lohan does "hot mess," it seems so scandalous. When Avril does it, it just looks kind of lame. Nice try! [Image via Fame Pictures.] more info

COMPLICATED singer shows us how it's done as she downs alcohol in St Tropez more info