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'I wasn't ready for it to be over': Avril Lavigne adds Canadian dates to her 2025 tour

Fefe Dobson, Simple Plan and We the Kings will support the pop-punk singer at various shows.

Fefe Dobson, Simple Plan and We the Kings will support the pop-punk singer at various shows

Avril performs holding a sparkly mic while wearing black eyeliner and a black hoodie.
Avril Lavigne's 2025 tour includes several new Canadian stops. (Joe Maher/Getty Images)

Avril Lavigne will continue her North American Greatest Hits tour in 2025, with concerts in Halifax, London, Ont., and more.

The pop-punk icon shared the news in a post on Instagram: "When I launched the Greatest Hits tour last year, I was so blown away by all your love," she wrote. "You guys sold it out and I wasn't ready for it to be over."

Lavigne's Greatest Hits tour began in May 2024 in Vancouver, and included stops in Toronto, Winnipeg and Edmonton. She performed a set featuring "Girlfriend," "Complicated" and more of her most popular songs.

WATCH | The official music video for 'Complicated':

Fellow pop-punk artists Simple Plan, Fefe Dobson and We the Kings will join Lavigne for the new shows. Simple Plan and Lavigne will also perform at All Your Friends Fest in Burl's Creek, Ont., with Lavigne headlining the two-day festival.

"It's going to be an awesome time and we can't wait!" Simple Plan wrote on its Instagram page. 

Tickets go on sale on Dec. 6 at 10 a.m local and the full list of new tour dates is available below:

May 18, Moncton: Avenir Centre +^
May 20, Halifax: Scotiabank Centre +^
May 25, Bangor, Maine: Maine Savings Amphitheatre *^
May 27, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Broadview Stage at SPAC *^
May 28, Syracuse, N.Y.: Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater *^
May 30, New York City: Madison Square Garden *^
June 3, London, Ont.: Canada Life Place +^
June 5, Niagara Falls: Fallsview Casino Resort +^
June 7, Hershey, Pa.: Hersheypark Stadium *^
June 8, Cincinnati: Riverbend Music Center*^
June 10, Noblesville, Ind.: Ruoff Music Center *^
June 12, St. Louis, Mo.: Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre *^
June 17, Raleigh, N.C.: Coastal Credit Union Music Park *^
June 18, Charleston, S.C.: Credit One Stadium *^
June 20, Tampa, Fla.: Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre *^
June 21, Hollywood, Fla.: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino *
June 23, Jacksonville, Fla.: Daily's Place *
June 26, Burgettstown, P.a.: The Pavilion at Star Lake *^
June 27, Bethel, N.Y.: Bethel Woods Center for the Arts *^
June 29, Oro-Medonte, Ont.: All Your Friends Festival
Oct. 18, Las Vegas: When We Were Young Festival

* with Simple Plan
+ with Fefe Dobson
^ with We the Kings