Avril Lavigne engaged to Chad Kroeger
Avril Lavigne is set to walk down the aisle for the second time in her 27 years after accepting a 14-carat rock from Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger.
Her rep told People magazine the couple got engaged on Aug. 8, just a mere six months after first hooking up to co-write a song for Avril’s upcoming album.
“A romantic relationship blossomed as they spent time writing together” – a friend of Avril’s told the mag.
“He makes her so happy” – added a family insider. “Both of their families could not be more excited.”
For Canadian rock music fans this must be a match made in heaven.
Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger.
Her bed is still warm from Brody Jenner, but it seems Avril Lavigne has well and truly moved on.
Not only has news emerged that she is dating Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, but her representative has confirmed that the pair are now engaged following a six-month romance.
Unfortunately for Brody, the shock news also just so happens to fall on his 29th birthday.
Despite the ten year age, it seems the couple have found love after uniting in February to co-write a song for Avril’s upcoming fifth studio album: the follow up to 2011′s Goodbye Lullaby.
Avril (27) then retweeted the message to her six million followers online.
She has since gone on to retweet a series of congratulatory messages from friends and fans.
Lavigne and Kroeger have yet to comment publicly on their relationship, but the “Girlfriend” singer did re-tweet a message of congrats from Kroeger’s bandmates.
“Congratulations Avril and Chad!” tweeted Nickelback, which includes Ryan Peake, Chad’s brother Mike Kroeger and Daniel Adair.
This will be the second marriage for Lavigne. She was married to Sum 41′s Deryck Whibley for three years before they divorced in 2009. After her highly publicized split with Whibley, Lavigne dated reality star Brody Jenner, they even got tattoos of each other’s names, but the pair ended their relationship early this year. This will be Kroeger’s first marriage.
Music-wise, Lavigne has said her fifth studio album will have a lighter, more fun pop tone and is expected to be released before the end of the year. In addition to the song written and recorded with Kroeger, Lavigne also enlisted the recording talents of hip-hop production duo the Runners and former Evanescence bandmember David Hodges.