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Avril Lavigne has announced details of her third album, 'The Best Dam Thing', which is due out in April.
Billboard reports that writing on her MySpace site, Lavigne said: "I promise you guys will love this record - it is my favourite one."
Describing the album, the singer said: "It is really fast, fun, young, bratty, aggressive, confident [and] cocky in a playful way... all the good stuff."
Lavigne said that playing so many live shows was her inspiration for making a more uptempo album.
