Avril Lavigne reports Dryck Whibley Live after the farewell of Sum 41
More than two months after what was presented as the last live performance of the Sum 41, staged by the band on 30 March at the Juno Awards 2025 after the last two concerts of the farewell tour in January in Toronto, staged last March 30, Delyck Whibley has returned to stage. Behind the return to live music of the Canadian training frontman, there is Avril Lavigne.
The two artists, who among other things were married between 2006 and 2010, are Back to duet on the hit “in Too Deep” On the occasion of the first career participation of the singer at “Warped Tour“, which took place on June 15th. In the middle of the set, during which he proposed his best known songs, from” Girlfriend “and” Complicated “, before concluding with” Sk8er Boi “, Avril Lavigne invited Daryck Whibley to the surprise stage to perform together the classic of Sum 41.
“Last night I had the honor of being headliner at ‘Vans Warped Tour’and it went just like I dreamed, if not more! “, He wrote on Instagram Lavigne sharing some videos and photos of the evening:” An incredible audience, among the best ever. And to make matters worse, a legend like Sum 41 Daryck Whibley went on stage with me to play one of the greatest pop punk hymns ever: ‘In Too Deep’ “.
Already last yearthe Canadian musician had surprised the audience of one of his concerts By calling Deryck to perform with her. On the stage of the MGM Grand Garden Arena of Las Vegas, on June 1, 2024, the two had always proposed a duet on the song “In Too Deep”. The past year, both Avril Lavigne (recorded at “Love Sux” of 2022) and Sum 41, together with the Simple Plan, were the protagonists of the day of 9 July at the I-Days festival in Milan (here our story). Too bad that Avril and Dryck did not reply their live collaboration also in Italy.
Before giving farewell to the scenes, the Sums 41 released the latest studio album of their career in March 2024, “Heaven: X: Hell” (read our review here). Speaking of the band’s decision to dissolve, during an interview with Rockol for the release of the album, Deryck said: “There are many things we did and many mistakes we made. There have been many successes and things that I am happy with, but there are also things we could have done otherwise, perhaps”. He added: “But, as regards regrets, no, why I like where we arrived. I love my life. And I love all the things we have faced, all the difficulties, which make the story interesting“. The dissolution of his group also represents for Whibley” the beginning of something new “, still to be discovered because, he had explained, for the moment he is still” completely focused “on the band.
