Fans Serenade Alanis at L.A. Shopping Mall Concert

05/29/2004 5:41 PM, Reuters


Canadian pop singer Alanis Morissette , on the campaign trail for her newly released album, got an early 30th birthday gift from fans during a quick midday concert at a Los Angeles shopping mall on Saturday.

Morissette, who said she was "very excited" to be joining the thirtysomething crowd on Tuesday, was presented with a giant card signed by some of the thousand-odd people who showed up for the gig at the Grove, near Hollywood.

After everyone sang "Happy Birthday," Morissette responded by singing "Thank U," the last tune on her five-song setlist. Dressed in orange trousers, a black belly t-shirt and fingerless gloves, she also performed three songs off her new album, "So-Called Chaos," including new single "Everything." Afterward, she signed CDs at a nearby book store.

The album, her fourth for Maverick Records, opened at No. 5 on the U.S. pop charts with sales of 114,500 copies, a 47 percent drop from the first-week performance of 2002's "Under Rug Swept." The new album also debuted at No. 1 in Germany, No. 2 in Canada, No. 4 in Italy and No. 5 in France.

Morissette has appearances scheduled on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Good Morning America" and "The View" before beginning a co-headlining U.S. tour with fellow Canucks Barenaked Ladies in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on July 13.

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