Avril Lavigne Engaged to Nickelback Singer Chad Kroeger

Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.Marcel Thomas/FilmMagic; Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Avril Lavigne is engaged to Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger after a six-month courtship they kept largely out of view, US Weekly reports.

Their relationship started innocuously when Lavigne, 27, got together with Kroeger, 37, earlier this year to write songs for her upcoming fifth album. At the time, she tweeted a photo of Kroeger playfully hugging her, captioned, "Bro'ing out with Chad Kroeger in the studio." What began as a working collaboration grew into romance, and Kroeger popped the question August 8th.

The marriage will be Kroeger's first and Lavigne's second. She filed for divorce from Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley in October 2009, and had dated The Hills star Brody Jenner for two years before they split in January. 

Lavgine's most recent album, Goodbye Lullaby, came out in 2011. Nickelback released their seventh album, Here and Now, the same year.

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Avril Lavigne Engaged to Nickelback Singer Chad Kroeger

Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.Marcel Thomas/FilmMagic; Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Avril Lavigne is engaged to Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger after a six-month courtship they kept largely out of view, US Weekly reports.

Their relationship started innocuously when Lavigne, 27, got together with Kroeger, 37, earlier this year to write songs for her upcoming fifth album. At the time, she tweeted a photo of Kroeger playfully hugging her, captioned, "Bro'ing out with Chad Kroeger in the studio." What began as a working collaboration grew into romance, and Kroeger popped the question August 8th.

The marriage will be Kroeger's first and Lavigne's second. She filed for divorce from Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley in October 2009, and had dated The Hills star Brody Jenner for two years before they split in January. 

Lavgine's most recent album, Goodbye Lullaby, came out in 2011. Nickelback released their seventh album, Here and Now, the same year.

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Jason Alexander Stars in New Nickelback Video

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Nickelback managed to enlist two television veterans for this surreal and disarming video for the song "Trying Not to Love You," off their 2011 album Here and Now. Seinfeld star Jason Alexander plays an ace barista who apparently loses all fine motor skills after becoming besotted with a coffee house customer, played by Baywatch's Brooke Burns. Cups and saucers whirl in space and Burns writhes around in coffee beans until a goateed rival (also played by Alexander) enters the scene on a motorbike, setting off a high-stakes latte competition. Is the story a nod to bassist Mike Kroeger's past employment behind a Starbucks counter?

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Nickelback managed to enlist two television veterans for this surreal and disarming video for the song "Trying Not to Love You," off their 2011 album Here and Now. Seinfeld star Jason Alexander plays an ace barista who apparently loses all fine motor skills after becoming besotted with a coffee house customer, played by Baywatch's Brooke Burns. Cups and saucers whirl in space and Burns writhes around in coffee beans until a goateed rival (also played by Alexander) enters the scene on a motorbike, setting off a high-stakes latte competition. Is the story a nod to bassist Mike Kroeger's past employment behind a Starbucks counter?

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Nickelback Respond to Haters on Twitter

Chad Kroeger of Nickelback performs at halftime during the Thanksgiving Day game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions in Detroit.Mark Cunningham/Detroit Lions/Getty Images

Nickelback have become the butt of many, many jokes in recent years, with the band's name serving as an all-purpose signifier of lame mainstream rock for music fans of all ages and tastes. (Remember back in November when a petition was going around to have the band replaced as the halftime act for the Detroit/Green Bay Thanksgiving Day game? Or when the Black Keys slagged them off in the pages of Rolling Stone earlier this month?)

The band have clearly become annoyed with all this constant ridicule, so they've taken to Twitter to respond to pretty much everyone who makes a joke about them or writes a nasty @ reply to their official account. The band – or, really, whoever it is that is writing their official Twitter – have been writing up dozens of replies. They range from the sarcastic – "I bet it was the best day you've had in a while" in reply to a guy who wrote that  he had "an aneurysm and violently shit myself at the same time" upon hearing a Nickelback song on the radio – to the somewhat mean, asking, "Did you do it yet?" to a young woman who wrote that "Nickelback makes me want to chop my ears off."

Though Nickelback have been mostly grappling with haters on Twitter, they have been engaging in some friendly comments too, informing fans of tour dates and offering general kind words to well-wishers. However, if you ever wanted to either directly tell off Nickelback or get insulted by the band themselves, now is your chance.

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Nickelback Respond to Haters on Twitter

Chad Kroeger of Nickelback performs at halftime during the Thanksgiving Day game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions in Detroit.Mark Cunningham/Detroit Lions/Getty Images

Nickelback have become the butt of many, many jokes in recent years, with the band's name serving as an all-purpose signifier of lame mainstream rock for music fans of all ages and tastes. (Remember back in November when a petition was going around to have the band replaced as the halftime act for the Detroit/Green Bay Thanksgiving Day game? Or when the Black Keys slagged them off in the pages of Rolling Stone earlier this month?)

The band have clearly become annoyed with all this constant ridicule, so they've taken to Twitter to respond to pretty much everyone who makes a joke about them or writes a nasty @ reply to their official account. The band – or, really, whoever it is that is writing their official Twitter – have been writing up dozens of replies. They range from the sarcastic – "I bet it was the best day you've had in a while" in reply to a guy who wrote that  he had "an aneurysm and violently shit myself at the same time" upon hearing a Nickelback song on the radio – to the somewhat mean, asking, "Did you do it yet?" to a young woman who wrote that "Nickelback makes me want to chop my ears off."

Though Nickelback have been mostly grappling with haters on Twitter, they have been engaging in some friendly comments too, informing fans of tour dates and offering general kind words to well-wishers. However, if you ever wanted to either directly tell off Nickelback or get insulted by the band themselves, now is your chance.

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