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Juno night belongs to Avril and Shania
Lavigne wins four awards, Twain won three and hosted event

Canadian Press
Sunday, April 06, 2003

OTTAWA (CP) -- After a weekend-long bash in a city renowned for politics rather than all-night parties, the music industry rewarded the fresh new face of rebel rock, Avril Lavigne, for her successes over the past year.

The 18-year-old singer, Canada's latest contribution to the international music scene, scored single of the year for Complicated, album of the year for Let Go, best new artist and best pop album.

Approaching the microphone she laughed at the video clip of her breakout song Complicated that was playing overhead on a large screen. "I smile every time I see this video because it feels like 10 years ago," she said. "We all look like little kids."

Her tally was followed closely by country sweetheart Shania Twain with three awards -- artist of the year, fan choice and best country recording.

Fittingly, Twain hosted the Juno soiree Sunday night, held at the 15,000-seat Corel Centre and attended by a full complement of Canadian talent including Nickelback, Blue Rodeo and Alanis Morissette.

It was a reunion of sorts for the two; Lavigne's first stage performance came after winning a radio contest to sing with Twain at the stadium.

Twain got the show started singing Up! in a sequined Montreal Canadiens track suit. She continued the hockey theme returning from a commercial break in a white, red and black Ottawa Senators floor length gown

"So how's your hockey team doing these days?" she asked the home-town crowd which included team captain Daniel Alfredsson.

Morissette was named producer of the year for songs Hands Clean and So Unsexy. It was the Ottawa singer-songwriter's first time in the producer seat. She beat out Our Lady Peace's producer Bob Rock, a music veteran who's produced tracks for Metallica, Bon Jovi, The Cult and Motley Crue.

Alberta rockers Nickelback won songwriter of the year for Too Bad and How You Remind Me. Lead singer Chad Kroeger's effort for Hero, from the Spider-Man soundtrack, also shared the award. The band beat out Lavigne, Twain, Ron Sexsmith, and Remy Shand.

Kroeger's proteges Theory of A Deadman, signed to his newly formed 604 Records label, took best new group. Default, another Kroeger project, took the award last year.

Winnipeg's Shand got his due with best R&B/soul recording for The Way I Feel. The singer was shut out of this year's Grammy Awards after being nominated in four categories.

A visibly moved Shand said it was an honour to win in the soul category.

"This year has been a fantastic year for everyone who is Canadian playing R&B," he said.

Bad boy rapper Eminem's The Eminem Show was named best international album. He didn't attend the show but offered a profanity-filled taped message apologizing for not attending because he was in the studio.

The subject of war was largely absent from the show with the exception of "No war" written on a white flag held up by rapper K-OS before performing with Montreal singer Sam Roberts.

Twain proved an energetic host, largely relying on her wardrobe to surprise and energize the crowd. She managed to represent most of the country's hockey teams in her flamboyant outfits.

But she also pulled a few surprises, at one point showing up in the audience next to hip hop quartet Swollen Members. Leaning over in front of the band to face television cameras, she smiled suggestively saying she "wouldn't dare sit on a swollen member."

Sunday's celebration was the second of two Juno nights. The majority of awards were handed out at a gala dinner Saturday night at Le Theatre du Casino in nearby Gatineau, Que. Among the 28 statuettes awarded: Our Lady Peace won best rock album for Gravity, Diana Krall took vocal jazz album for Live In Paris and Fred Penner for children's album.

The televised show capped off a weekend of festivities in the nation's capital which began Friday afternoon with the arrival of a star-packed Via Rail train. Parties and concerts raged into the morning hours at dozens of bars in Ottawa and Gatineau despite frigid conditions including heavy snowfall Friday and Saturday night which made roads slippery.

In addition to the musical greats in town, well-known Canadians like Master T and Justin Trudeau made the rounds of events.

"Everyone's been into it to a huge degree," Trudeau said from the red carpet for Sunday's show.

"What a great cultural city," said music stalwart, Tom Cochrane, who was inducted into Canada's Hall of Fame at Sunday's ceremony. "You guys have killed us all with hospitality."

Celebrity sightings were frequent with Morissette, Kroeger and Shawn Desman spotted shopping and driving around the city.

About 5,000 fans, mostly young girls, packed into St. Laurent Shopping Centre on Saturday afternoon for an autograph session with dozens of performers including heartthrobs Desman, Swollen Members and Roberts.

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Avril Lavigne's teen sulk turned to a smile Sunday night, as she collected the Canadian music industry's top awards for her music.

"I don't even know what to say ... having this dream of mine come true is pretty interesting," Lavigne said. "I just look forward to continuing to create and grow as an artist."

The 18-year-old singer, who was shut out of the Grammy Awards in the U.S., scored four awards: Single of the year for Complicated, album of the year for Let Go, best new artist and best pop album.

Making the second-most number of trips up to the stage to pick up Junos was country superstar Shania Twain. She won three times -- artist of the year, fan choice and best country recording. "You are why I make music ... thank, you, fans!" Twain told the audience

Twain was also host of the Juno telecast, a huge star presence in a packed program.

She spent much of the evening proving why she's such a fan favourite -- using her multiple costume changes to show off a series of flamboyant outfits with lots of glitter, that also managed to incorporate the logos of all of Canada's NHL teams.

The awards show took place in front of 15,000 fans at Ottawa's Corel Centre, where she took her loudest cheers for her Senators' shirt -- and she braced for boos when she changed later into the Toronto Maple Leafs' jersey.

"I am very proud of all of our Canadian teams... and very proud to represent them all," Twain said.

The Juno awards show, which over the years has been transformed from an industry insider event to a fan-packed event that move cities every year, was packed with an enthusiastic audience that seem to be delighted with the superstar presence on stage.

In addition to Twain, there were charged performances by Avril Lavigne, Swollen Members and Nickelback.

Singer Tom Cochrane was inducted into the Hall of Fame, and Nettwerk Music Productions' founder Terry McBride was honoured with a special achievement award. Cochrane helped close the show, singing 'Life Is a Highway' as a duet with Twain.

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Nine Awards Handed Out in Ceremony In the National Capital Region

OTTAWA-GATINEAU, April 6 /CNW/ - JUNO Award host Shania Twain was thequadruple star of the evening at tonight's The 2003 JUNO Awards telecast,collecting two JUNO Awards (Artist of the Year, JUNO Fan Choice Award) in addition to her hosting and performing duties. Wearing six different outfits drawing inspiration from the logos and colour schemes of all six Canadian NHL teams, Ms. Twain performed "UP!" and "Forever and For Always" from her most recent album UP!

JUNO Awards from the The Top 9 categories were handed out before a capacity crowd at the Corel Centre in Ottawa-Gatineau. The 28 remaining categories were announced at a non-televised event last night. The broadcast, which aired across Canada on CTV, featured performances by Avril Lavigne, Blue Rodeo, Our Lady Peace, Remy Shand, Sam Roberts (with special guest K-OS),
Swollen Members and Tom Cochrane & Red Rider.

Avril Lavigne picked up two awards - Single of the Year ("Complicated") and Album of the Year (Let Go) to add to her two wins from Saturday night - New Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year. Ottawa native Alanis Morissette won the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year for "Hands Clean" and
"So Unsexy" from the album, Under Rug Swept. New Group of the Year went to Universal recording artists, Theory Of A
Deadman. Chad Kroeger/Nickelback won Songwriter of the Year for "Hero" from the Spiderman Soundtrack and for "Too Bad" and "How You Remind Me" from the Nickelback album, Silver Side Up. Multi-talented singer/songwriter/producer Remy Shand was a winner for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year while Eminem won
International Album of the Year (The Eminem Show). For a complete list of tonight's winners, please see the attached list.

Tom Cochrane, one of this year's two Canadian Hall of Fame inductees, made a special appearance with his band Red Rider, performing a medley of his hits including, "Boy Inside the Man", "Big League" and "Life is a Highway."

The Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award, which went to Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride was presented by Winnipeg songstress Chantal Kreviazuk.

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Ottawa delivered a thunderous finale to a weekend of music mayhem last night, crowning a T-shirted teenager in black eyeliner as the Queen of the Canadian music industry.

Before a sellout crowd of 10,000 at the reconfigured Corel Centre, on a frigid night in the month that bears her name, Napanee, Ont., native Avril Lavigne went home juggling two more Juno awards on wrists lashed with her trademark bracelets.

The weekend belonged to the 18-year-old. She won a total of four awards, performed the single Losing Grip on national television and, during off-stage hours, meandered about the town, eating salad on Preston Street and swapping tales with Jean Chrétien.

"This is just incredible, this being my first album, it having gone this far, having this dream of mine come true," she told the crowd, teary eyes nearly overflowing. "It's just amazing."

Last night's show was a cultural display that could only have been concocted in Canada.

On the heels of a spring snowstorm, host Shania Twain, the country music superstar who won three Junos, opened the show singing her hit Up! wearing a pantsuit version of a Montreal Canadiens uniform.

She wore the No. 9, a sequined Rocket in a form the legendary Maurice Richard never imagined.

A moment later, she switched to a strapless evening dress bearing an Ottawa Senators logo, and goalie Patrick Lalime's No. 40 on the back, drawing a huge ovation when she asked: "So, how's your hockey team doing these days?"

Over the course of the evening, she wore the logo of all six Canadian NHL teams, including Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers emblems on her hips.

She was soundly booed when she emerged just before 10 p.m. with a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, sequined and turtle-necked, and pair of matching hockey gloves, which she promptly tossed into the crowd.

In a week that will see the start of the NHL playoffs, hockey was a constant theme. Even Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson made an appearance on stage, dressed in jeans and a stylishly rumpled shirt, to help award a Juno to rapper bad boy Eminem, who did not attend. He drew a frenzied ovation when he asked: "So, are you all ready for us to bring the Stanley Cup back home to Ottawa?"

The Corel Centre show, marking the first time the Junos have been held in the capital, capped three nights of musical activity that began when a train load of 500 musicians and industry insiders pulled into the city Friday evening.

For 48 hours, the capital dropped its façade as a stodgy government town as parties exploded in night clubs, shopping malls and on street corners. Even Liberal ministers got into the act, swapping blue suits for black leather for at least one night. From Wakefield's Black Sheep Inn to the National Arts Centre, the biggest names in Canadian music were on display.

Rock legend Tom Cochrane, who was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, acknowledged Ottawa's efforts.

"What a great cultural scene this is in Ottawa," he said. "You guys have just killed us all with hospitality."

Ms. Lavigne attracted much of the attention, visiting Parliament Hill, meeting the prime minister -- "It was pretty cool" -- and hauling out a can of beer on stage at the Leamy Lake Casino on Saturday evening.

In front of the Corel Centre, a red carpet area was set up, in Oscar-like fashion. Hundreds of screaming fans were on hand behind barricades to greet stars such as Alanis Morissette and Ms. Twain, who wore a Senators jersey and a red ski jacket on the way in.

Two downtown Juno-watching parties were victims of freezing weather. Other than organizers, police officers and band members packing up after a chilly afternoon of playing, fewer than 20 people huddled under a tent on plastic chairs, watching a large-screen broadcast of the show. Tania Milosevik, 20, was up for the cold. "I love the Junos because all the Canadians get recognized," she said. "I didn't even know some of these people were Canadian."

Those wanting to stay warmer were at the Conference Centre for the City of Ottawa's Party Central. With two viewing screens on either side of the stage, local performers were lined up play until 2:30 a.m. By 9 p.m., the crowd had grown to about 100 fans.

Earlier, a near capacity crowd attended a songwriter's circle at the National Arts Centre. Murray McLauchlan, Ian Thomas and Marc Jordan hosted the eight-musician event, a show that saw some folk, some country, a touch of gospel and even a dash of rap.

The most warmly received performer was former Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive member Randy Bachman. He captivated the audience with versions of classic hits No Sugar Tonight, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet and Taking Care of Business.

The weekend was not without political content.

Saturday night at Barrymore's Music Hall, a number of high-profile musicians took part in The Love Movement, billed as a celebration of peace and love in the face of the Iraqi war.

Among the performers were Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, Montreal rocker Sam Roberts, hip hop saviour K-OS (who organized the show), Vancouver's The Rascalz, Buck 65, Ron Sexsmith, Sarah Slean, Holly McNarland and Jarvis Church.

Some anti-war gestures were subtle, like that of Downie, who concluded his performance by pointing to the peace banner strung up above the stage.

Others raged against the American-led invasion, like the Broken Social Scene trumpet-player who dedicated his band's set to the children of Iraq "who are dying right now" and to the "tiny, imperceptible" tumour he hoped was growing inside U.S. President George W. Bush's brain.

"I hope it rages a shock and awe campaign in his head," he declared before launching the 10-piece Toronto band into a furious and stirring set to close out the concert in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

Last night, Lavigne scored single of the year for Complicated, album of the year for Let Go, best new artist and best pop album, to go with two awards she won Saturday, best new artist and best pop album.

In the awards race, she was followed by Twain with three awards -- artist of the year, fan choice and best country recording.

Sunday's celebration was the second of two Juno nights. The majority of awards were handed out at a gala dinner Saturday night at Le Théatre du Casino in Gatineau.

Heritage Minister Sheila Copps was ever-present throughout the weekend. While she appeared on the televised show, she also hosted a massive party at the Museum of Civilization on Saturday night for 1,500 invited guests.

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Avril Lavigne wins for single, album of the year, but Shania still No. 1 with fans

By ANN MARIE MCQUEEN -- Ottawa Sun

OTTAWA -- Youth met experience during the Juno Awards telecast at the Corel Centre last night, as Shania Twain took a moment to remember meeting this year's hot new Canadian singer.

The evening represented a reunion of sorts for 18-year-old Avril Lavigne -- who scooped up a total of four awards -- and the Juno Awards telecast host and performer.

The pair last shared a stage when Lavigne won a Kingston radio contest to sing during one of Twain's two 1998 Corel Centre shows at the tender age of 14.

"It's a very, very cool moment for me," said Twain.

Capping a year which saw her shoot from obscurity to international fame, the Napanee teen made up for her shutout at the Grammys in February. She missed only two of the six awards she was nominated for, scooping up new artist, single, pop album and album of the year for her debut Let Go over fellow nominees Daniel Belanger, Celine Dion, Our Lady Peace and Twain.

"This is just so incredible, this being my first album and having this dream of mine come true," she said. "It's pretty amazing."

Twain beat out Dion, Alanis Morissette, Remy Shand and francophone singer Daniel Belanger for artist of the year and also picked up fan choice and country recording of the year trophies.

"I haven't been back since 1998," she said of her week-long visit to the capital. "It's been way too long for me."

Twain opened the show in a garish sequined Montreal Canadiens jersey, half top and sweatpants while singing her hit Up! and jumping down to the floor seats to shake hands with fans.

She came back with a special Sens dress moments later, when it became clear her six costume changes would follow a Canadian hockey theme by saluting the Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, and then, to first boos and then "Go Sens Go" cheers from the crowd, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The bulk of the Junos had been handed out in a non-televised gala Saturday night at the Lac Leamy Casino, so only 11 awards were distributed during the two-hour live show, a telecast which drew 1.4 million viewers last year.

BLOWN VOICE?

The rest of the time 10 different nominees performed numbers for 15,000 fans, industry reps and nominees in the Corel Centre, including Our Lady Peace, Nickelback, Shand, Blue Rodeo, Sam Roberts, Lavigne and Twain herself.

Roberts, who strained and cracked his way through his Juno-nominated single Brother Down, may have blown his voice the night before during a powerful three-song set at Barrymore's Music Hall as part of the Love Movement Juno Fest concert.

Lavigne was also less-than-stellar, veering off-key while performing her latest single, Losing Grip.

Tom Cochrane gave a heartfelt speech after he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, an award presented by surprise guest Jeff Healey, and later performed a medley of his hits.

"What a fantastic way to spend a life and make a living," he said.

The show was free of gaffes, save for Twain taking an extra-long walk when she forgot to meet Theory of a Deadman to pick up her fan choice award.

And except for K-os, also known as Kevin Brereton, flashing a "No War" sign at the camera, artists were easy on the politics.

Voters handed 28-year-old Ottawa native Morissette the Jack Richardson producer of the year for two singles from her third effort Under Rug Swept, the first album on which she's been the sole creative force.

Morissette named the first producer she ever worked with at the age of 10, then thanked her family and her "fantastic partner" Ryan Rey-nolds.

Chad Kroeger, a bona fide rock star judging from the hysteria he generated here this weekend, and his band Nickelback, won the songwriter of the year category, beating out Lavigne, Ron Sexsmith, Shand and Twain for the award.

In a pre-show interview Kroeger had called the songwriter award the "Stanley Cup" of the Junos.

HEARTFELT THANKS

"From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank every single one of you who have embraced everything we've done as Nickelback," he said later, to wild cheers.

Kroeger also saw the first act he signed onto his 604 Records label, Theory of a Deadman, chosen as new group of the year.

Shand lost out in the producer of the year category he'd been so "psyched" to win, but he was consoled with an R&B/soul recording of the year nod for The Way I Feel.

"This is a tremendous honour, to be a Canadian and nominated in this category," he said.
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Hundreds brave cool temperatures to cheer on best of Canadian music
By By ANDREW SEYMOUR -- Ottawa Sun
OTTAWA -- About 15,000 music lovers caught Juno fever last night as the glitz and glamour of Canada's annual music awards arrived at the Corel Centre.

Several hundred hardy fans braved cool temperatures before the big show to line metal fences along the red carpet to catch a glimpse of the country's most popular musicians and singers, from Shania to Avril to Alanis.

"I think it's great to see some celebrities come to Ottawa," said 15-year-old Brittany Gallant, who spent nearly three hours waiting outside for her favourite group Sum 41 to arrive. "We're so starved here."

Juno host Shania Twain was the first star to arrive and delighted the crowd of about 600 by wearing an Ottawa Senators jersey under a red winter jacket.

HIGH PRAISE

The down-to-earth Twain drew high praise from the crowd, made up largely of screaming young girls, for her love of Canada.

"I like the fact she's into the whole Canadian thing," said Canterbury High School student Jen Wright, 14, adding Twain isn't afraid to add a Canadian flag to a music video.

Singer Sam Roberts was the next to arrive, drawing a loud response from some of the older fans in the crowd.

Arriving to chants of "We love you, Sam," Roberts clapped and gave high-fives to fans lining the fence before disappearing inside the Corel Centre.

However, the loudest cheers were saved for Napanee's 18-year-old singing sensation Avril Lavigne, who smiled, waved and signed a few autographs between TV interviews.

Lavigne, who was dressed down in a black Elvis T-shirt and baggy pants, thrilled the fans that chanted her name and started singing her hit song SK8er Boi.

Others were impressed by the chance to see their favourite performers up close and personal.

"I never thought I'd see the red carpet," said 28-year-old Stephane Gauthier.

Carrying a sign reading "I love you Shawn," Shawn Desman fan Nastassia Gravelle from Cornwall hoped she could catch the singer's attention.

"He's so cute," said Gravelle, whose mother Melissa called the Juno experience a "once-in-a-lifetime experience."

'IT'S EXCELLENT'

"It's great to have something so high-level," said Molly Johnson, adding Canadian music has never been better.

"It's excellent. It's edgy," she said.

Karen Clarke-Verbisky, 37, said the week-long Juno festivities have put the attention where it belongs -- on Canada's musicians.

"I really appreciate Canadian music so I like to see it getting so much attention," she said.

Smiths Falls resident Kim Comstock said it was special that Ottawa was chosen as the site for the Junos and deserves the right to host future shows again.

"We're the nation's capital. This is where it should be all the time," joked Comstock
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Lady Twain — the serviceable, if slightly wooden, host of CTV's slick Juno broadcast from the Corel Centre in suburban Kanata — wound up presiding over a symbolic passing of the Can-pop torch to the younger and brattier Napanee, Ont., native. Lavigne's debut album, Let Go, has now moved a million copies in Canada alone and millions more worldwide, making her this country's biggest international musical export since Shania.

Twain herself wound up taking home three trophies of her own, one during Saturday night's pre-broadcast ceremony at Hull's Casino de Lac Leamy for country recording of the year (for her single "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!") and another last night for artist of the year. She also picked up the balloted Juno Fan Choice Award as the voters' favourite Canadian artist.
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"It's a very, very cool moment for me," said Twain, reminiscing about their first meeting as she introduced Lavigne's performance of "Losing Grip." "That day she was nervous backstage and just getting started. And now she's one of the biggest stars in the world."

Later, backstage, the beaming singer came off like a proud parent at the mention of Lavigne.

"Look at Avril," gushed Twain. "She was a little girl who, at one time, had my photo and wanted to meet me and get up on stage and sing with me. And now ..."

Twain narrowly escaped a lynching earlier in the evening by strutting out on stage in the home of the Ottawa Senators in a haute couture version of a Montreal Canadiens uniform.

Twain made things right as the evening wore on by donning the colours of each Canadian team — including the Sens — during the broadcast. She later explained that she was merely taking her sister's advice and trying to be fair to the rest of the country after wearing a Canadiens jersey in her video for "Up."

"She said `You're gonna have to make that even, you know, when you go back to Canada,'" laughed Twain, a Timmins, Ont., native who now resides in Switzerland.
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It was a night of glitz, glamour and hockey jerseys like you’ve never seen them before at Sunday night’s Juno Awards. SHANIA held court as the evening’s host, showing up in a bevy of specially designed, team insignia emblazoned, hockey team outfits. She started out the evening in a glittery, red Canadiens ensemble and energetically delivered her current hit, “Up!” to get the show going. Over the course of the evening, Shania modeled glammed-up versions of the jerseys of all six Canadian hockey teams, garnering good-natured boos for her Toronto Maple Leaf jersey. Shania picked up three trophies, including Artist of the Year, Fan Choice and Country Recording of the Year.


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