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The Black Star Tour w/ Avril - 2011

Europe and Canada


  Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - Oct 25, 2011 - HQ video of the intro to Alice - Jim and the band killin' it. Watch for a McG/Fekete moment from 1:57. Cool stuff!

  Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - Oct 25, 2011 - Now the performance of Alice, actually only the parts where Jim is singing.

  Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - Oct 25, 2011 - Introduction of The Best Damn Band and then Jim's vocal solo from Smile.

  Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - Oct 25, 2011 - A medley of parts of 3 ballads: I love You, I'm With You and Wish You were Here. The beginning is incredibly sweet, the band sings to Avril how they feel about her.

  Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - Oct 25, 2011 - Now a medley of parts of 3 upbeat songs: Girlfriend, I Always... and He Wasn't. All Jim, but the end is all about Fekete.

  Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - Oct 25, 2011 - A faaaaaaaaaaaaabulos video of the band interlude, HQ, very steady and close. Doesn't get much better than this. Check out Fekete's solo from 2:30 onwards. 

  Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - Oct 25, 2011 - Compostite video of parts of Skater and What The Hell Jim and Avril are obviously having too much fun (1:02). Enjoy!

 MTS Centre - Winnipeg, MB - Oct 14, 2011 - The band intro and the rendition of Smile. Always fun to watch.

  Brandt Centre - Evraz Place, Regina, SK - Oct 13, 2011 - Someone is eating nachos :cP Actually it's He Wasn't and I Love You as filmed by sunfired.net from front row.

  Brandt Centre - Evraz Place, Regina, SK - Oct 13, 2011 - Avril's introduction  of Jim at the beginning od Smile as well as a piece of I'm With You w/ Jim on backing vocals. Shot from front row by sunfired. Awesome stuff.   Here is the mac version

  Brandt Centre - Evraz Place, Regina, SK - Oct 13, 2011 - Another sunfired exclusive video from the front row: "When You're Gone". Ultra HQ, too. Jim in shot (well OF course) playing piano and singing.  Awesome stuff. Here is the mac version

  Brandt Centre - Evraz Place, Regina, SK - Oct 13, 2011 - Jim during Girlfriend and What The Hell - the first singles from the last two records of Avril.  HQ sunfired exclusive video. Here is the mac version

  ScotiaBank Saddledome, Calgary AB - Oct 11, 2011 - Parts of  Wish You Were Here and Complicated, filmed by sunfired.net, front row no less! Awesome quality.

 ScotiaBank Saddledome, Calgary AB - Oct 11, 2011 - Jim's piano solo on Alice as filmed by sunfired.net from the front row, HQ as well. Nice, up and close. Here is the mac version

 ScotiaBank Saddledome, Calgary AB - Oct 11, 2011 - A combo video made of our own two clips from Calgary show: art of Smile where Jim and Avril share a sweet moment, as well as the end of the band interlude.  Here is the mac version

  ScotiaBank Saddledome, Calgary AB - Oct 11, 2011 - Jim's solo part on Smile as filmed by sunfired. HQ  as well. This is the first time you can see it from this close! Here is the mac version

  ScotiaBank Saddledome, Calgary AB - Oct 11, 2011 - Combo of video clips shot from the front-row by sunfired.  Crisp clear and steady as a rock.  All Jim and all the time,  grooving into his guitar and singing. Songs: He Wasn't, I Always Get... and Skater.  Here is the mac version.

  Rexall Place, Edmonton AB - Oct 11, 2011 - Intro of the band and Smile. Very relaxed performance Check out 2:20. Amazing, isn't it?

  Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC - Oct 3, 2011 - Short and sweet little video of Jim's parts in "He Wasn't". Check out Steve Fekete at the end.

  Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC - Oct 3, 2011 - Another composite video (parts of 4 songs) from the Vancouver concert.  Great quality too. Watch Jim and Avril goofing off at the beginning.

  Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC - Oct 3, 2011 - Nice, clear, crisp and steady video with great sound. Shows some highlights from the show. The songs are Smile, What The Hell, Skater and Wish You Were Here, with Jim in shot all the time. Thanks to blackpolishdiamon on YouTube. 

 
Save On Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria, BC - Oct 1, 2011 - A video of a few parts of the show showing Jim. The sound was so bad that we had to replace it with the instrumental interlude.

 
O2 Apollo, Manchester - Sep 23, 2011 - Jim recap of the show. The clip is shaky at times but the sound is great and Jim is in fine voice. By the way, the beginning is very interesting, extended instrumental intro to "Don't Tell Me".

 Hammerstein Apollo, London - Sep 21, 2011 - Combo video from of the first concert in London. Wondering what the exchange at the beginning and before "I'm With You" is about.  Then we have "When You're Gone" and "Fix You"; finishing with the band solo. All cool stuff.

 Hammerstein Apollo, London - Sep 21, 2011 - The entire Complicated. It was the last song of the concert and Avril seems to have lost her voice. Jim and the audience are singing their hearts out for her.

 Hammerstein Apollo, London - Sep 21, 2011 - Another video of Complicated, a bit closer this time.

 Le Zenith, Paris - Sep 17, 2011 - Jim highlights of the show. Nice steady cam. Very cool, close "When You're gone" Thanks plasticb on Youtube.

 Le Zenith, Paris - Sep 17, 2011 - The entire (well...almost) Alice, including part of the intro; shot from fantastic Jim loving angle. Another thanks to plasticb. 

 Le Zenith, Paris - Sep 17, 2011 - Parts of "I Am With You", really nice  performance.

 Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam - Sep 13, 2011 - Video recap of the show. Good sound and picture.

  Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam - Sep 13, 2011 - The entire "When You're Gone", excellent picture and sound. Nice performace too. Check out the end. 

  Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam - Sep 13, 2011 - Cover of Coldplay's "Fix You" - another clip with excellent picture and sound despite the billowing smoke.

  Mideolanum Forum, Milano, Italy - Sep 11, 2011 - Video recap of the concert, a bit shaky at parts but very good quality.

  Mideolanum Forum, Milano, Italy - Sep 11, 2011 - Parts of "Smile"; Jim and Avril exchanging pleasantries.

  Palaolimpico, Torino, Italy - Sep 8, 2011 - Alice -  Jim's piano in its entirety, a bit shaky but intersting angle, as well as a couple of small parts of the song.

  Palaolimpico, Torino, Italy - Sep 8, 2011 - "When You're Gone" including the banter at the beginning. Pretty cool performance. Wonder what Jim and Rodney are discussing around 2:40...

  Palaolimpico, Torino, Italy - Sep 8, 2011 - The best parts of the Torino show, the two Jim's vocal solos. Push and Smile of course.

  Palaolimpico, Torino, Italy - Sep 8, 2011 - Meddley of parts of "I Love You" and "Wish You Were Here" where Jim is nice and close.

  Yubileiny, St. Petersburg, Russia - Sep 5, 2011 - The Jim highlights of the show. 

  Yubileiny, St. Petersburg, Russia - Sep 5, 2011 - The Best Damn Band performing the intro to Alice and now, the world famous interlude with parts of Freakout, Unwanted and Losing Grip. Nice 'n' steady with great sound. 

Arena, Moscow - Sep 4, 2011 - Some Jim-lights from the show. Including the friendly sign exchange with Avril during Smile. Fun stuff! 

Arena, Moscow - Sep 4, 2011 The band interlude and the Alice intro. The former is shot from the back, the latter is shot from behind Jim's back, but the sound is very good, so worth having a look (or listen). 

Arena, Moscow - Sep 4, 2011 -  "When You're Gone" in its entirety. Kinda interesting to see Jim on electric keyboard. Great chemistry with Avril - as always.

Arena, Moscow - Sep 4, 2011 Avril's introduction of the band and after that the best parts of Smile, including the mutual flipping off and all that friendly stuff. 

Arena, Moscow - Sep 4, 2011 -  Medley of Jim parts of "Wish You Were Here" and "Don't Tell me".