Watch Avril Lavigne reunite with ex-husband Deryck Whibley for Sum 41’s ‘In Too Deep’ at Warped Tour

Pop-punk royalties Avril Lavigne and Sum 41‘s Deryck Whibley reunited on the Vans Warped Tour in DC – take a look at footage of the heartwarming second beneath.

• READ MORE: Sum 41 inform us about “aggressive” last album ‘Heaven :x: Hell’: “It’s the right approach to exit”

Lavigne headlined the returning Vans Warped Tour in DC on June 15, the place she stunned followers by bringing out her former husband Whibley to carry out Sum 41’s hit ‘In Too Deep’. The second got here eight songs into Lavigne’s festival-closing set.

She mentioned, saying Whibley’s shock look: “What do you say we deliver one of many OG Warped Tour bands again out her tonight to affix me proper now? I do know they’re one in every of my favorite pop-punk bands, what about you? Let’s hear it for Deryck from Sum fucking 41!

“Holy shit, god rattling. I believed I fucking stop music,” Whibley joked. “However how the fuck can I miss the Warped Tour proper? I’ve come out of my three- or four-month retirement for 2 causes: to be with the Warped Tour household, and to be with the one, the one, the motherfucking princess.”

Following their handle, the previous couple – backed by Lavigne’s band – dove into Sum 41’s basic ‘In Too Deep’ – take a look at the footage beneath.

After her headlining set wrapped, Avril Lavigne took to social media to recap her first time closing out the pageant: “Headlined Vans Warped Tour final evening and it was the whole lot I might have anticipated and extra! It was probably the greatest crowds and also you guys know learn how to rock!”

She continued, gushing about her former husband’s look: “This legend @deryckwhibley from @sum41 joined me for probably the greatest pop punk anthems of all time ‘In Too Deep’”.

Lavigne and Whibley acquired married in 2006 – a yr after getting engaged. Lavigne introduced their separation in 2009 through a now-archived blog entry: “We’ve been buddies since I used to be 17, began relationship once I was 19, and married once I was 21. I’m grateful for our time collectively, and I’m grateful and blessed for our remaining friendship,” she wrote.

“I love Deryck and have a large amount of respect for him. He’s probably the most superb individual I do know, and I really like him with all my coronary heart. Deryck and I are separating and transferring ahead on a constructive notice.” The couple finalised their divorce in 2010.

Whibley’s look throughout Lavigne’s set comes after he and the Sum 41 retired earlier this yr following the discharge of their last album and quite a few well being points confronted by the frontman.

Chatting with NME about why their newest album ‘Heaven :x: Hell’ felt like the suitable decide for his or her final LP and why it felt like  the suitable time to name it quits, Whibley shared: “I really feel actually good about this album, which is why I felt it ought to be the final one. We didn’t know we’d be splitting up once we had been making it, however I’ve been making information and touring with this band since I used to be 15,” he mentioned

He continued: “I’ve had this sense for a very long time now that I wish to do one thing totally different and it simply seems like the suitable time. This album seems like the right approach to exit. Over the previous few years, the touring has continuously been getting larger and the band is at our greatest. My worry is that if I begin to lose the joy, we’ll simply fade away. I care an excessive amount of in regards to the followers and what we’ve constructed as a band to let that occur, simply because it’s a superb paycheque.”

Earlier this yr, Whibley and the band’s former supervisor Greig Nori took authorized motion towards one another, with the singer claiming Nori had sexually and verbally abused him for years. Nori denied the allegations, and counter-sued for breach of confidence, intrusion and wrongful disclosure of personal details.