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metronews.ca Thursday, August 23, 2012
Canada’s music fans flock to Twitter after surprising ‘Chavril’ announcement Celebrity union. Two of Canada’s international music stars reveal engagement following six-month courtship Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger tells Hello! Canada magazine he fell for fellow rocker Avril Lavigne in Paris during work on her upcoming fifth studio album. The Canadian music power duo shocked music fans and media outlets yesterday when they announced their engagement after an ultra-discreet sixChad Kroeger Rick osentoski/the associated press file Avril Lavigne Dan Steinberg/the associated press file month courtship. In this week’s issue of Hello! Canada, the two share This will be the first martheir story and engagement powerful and something I’ll laugh every day. He takes care of me in every way and riage for Kroeger and the photos, in which Lavigne is never forget.” second for Lavigne, who The 37-year-old also says is extremely attentive.” wearing a pear-shaped diaNews of their engage- filed for divorce from fellow he feels “like the luckiest mond ring. rocker Deryck ment has music fans abuzz Canuck Kroeger, who hails from person alive.” The 27-year-old Lavigne on Twitter, where the two Whibley of Sum 41 in 2009 Hanna, Alta., tells the magaASUS_ZenbookPrime_halfpage.pdf 8/8/2012 9:45:35 AM Ont., says of are trending with the hash- after three years of marzine, “I knew I was falling of 1 Napanee, riage. for her. It was incredibly Kroeger: “He makes me tag #Chavril.
Nickelback — which also includes Kroeger’s brother, Mike, on bass, guitarist Ryan Peake and drummer Daniel Adair — was named group of the decade by Billboard magazine. Their 2001 breakthrough hit How You Remind Me was the decade’s top rock song, and their bestselling album is 2005’s All the Right Reasons. Lavigne got her breakthrough as a teen in 2002 with her debut album Let Go and the hit single, Complicated. Despite Nickelback’s monster popularity, the group also has a reputation as one of the most hated bands in music. Last year, after they were invited to play at a Detroit Lions football game, an online petition protesting the performance drew more than 55,000 signatures. Kroeger, however, says he only cares about making music for his fans.
Twitter reactions • Francois Marchand @FMarchandVS • • • • • There’s only one way this #Chavril wedding can happen: Grey Cup halftime show. With pyro. • Vicki Essex @VickiEssex • • • • • Chad Kroger + Avril Lavigne = the musical stallion who will mount the world. #khalkroeger #chavril • Andrew Snowdon @snobiwan • • • • • I am assuming that #Chavril is a super super joke. I am content to play along; it’ll help me lose weight. • Jordan Bateman @jordanbateman • • • • • I have serious concerns about our Canadian tabloid industry when #Chavril can exist for 6 months without us knowing.
The canadian Press
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