Avril Lavigne has made an EP available exclusively to Apple's iTunes. Her support for Apple comes after Metallica, Linkin Park and other precious groups pulled their music off the iTunes service worried about the commercial and artistic implications of fans being able to buy individual tracks and in doing so shun album tracks.
The five-tracker which will be available at iTunes from 15 Jul, features 'Sk8er Boi,' 'Losing Grip,' 'Nobody's Fool,' 'Unwanted' and a cover of Green Day's 'Basket Case.' The material was recorded live on 23 Mar at the Dublin gig of her 'Try to Shut Me Up' world tour.
Additional performances from the tour will be available 29 Sep on a full-length CD and DVD, 'My World'.
In (tenuously) related news, Volkswagen in the US, are giving away an iPod with every new Volkswagen. The iPod is already the world's top selling digital music player.
The iPod has a 15 gig hard-drive in a hand-held device, allowing the owner to store up to 3,700 songs, or in most cases their entire CD collection.