Avril Lavigne will perform live in upcoming Asian tour, informs Billboard.com. The canadian singer will include "six or seven" China cities Nettwerk Productions CEO Terry McBride said during the Music Matters conference in Hong Kong.

In an interview with Mobile Entertainment Forum chairman emeritus/founder Ralph Simon, McBride also said that within the next six to nine months Nettwerk will release a new song by the Barenaked Ladies in a "multi-track". McBride says the best mix will be chosen as the Barenaked Ladies' next single.

"Rather than tell your audience what to do, why don't you shut up and listen to them?" said McBride.

And in a swipe against those in the industry who want to clamp down on peer-to-peer file-sharing, McBride said "you cannot legislate or litigate (against) public behavior."

What's crucial, he said, is how to create "an authentic relationship" between artists and their fans. "The music business is all about monetizing this behavior," McBride said.