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Byline: Lorraine Ali

Avril Lavigne is a good 15 minutes late, which is very unlike her, says her manager. Finally, thundering footsteps, hysterical screams and uncontrollable giggles echo in the corridor, the door of her hotel room swings open and the breathless 18-year-old singer barrels in. "I just got chased down the hall," she gasps, flinging down the camouflage lunchbox she uses for a purse. "Before, when they'd say, 'Oh my God, it's Avril Lavigne,' I'd be like, 'How do they know me?' Now it's just like, 'Don't think--run'."

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