Hey, do you like rich white girls singing about how hard it is to be them? Then you'll love Ashlee Simpson, who will be stopping into the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby Saturday night at 7:30.


Simpson, as we all know, is the younger sister of human genome experiment Jessica, a distinction that has helped carry Ashlee into the limelight.Riding on bigger sister's coattails as a back-up dancer, Ashlee was later marketed to teenage girls who also had more attractive older sisters.

Once in place, she dyed her blonde hair brown to stand out, got a TV show documenting her life, and began recording songs like "Pieces of Me," a harrowing tale of how hard it is to live in her sister's shadow (despite the fact it got her where she is today).

You may remember Simpson's less remarkable "Saturday Night Live" appearance a couple of months ago, wherein her "backing vocals" went a little haywire and she began singing -- rather lip-synching -- the wrong song.

Hilarity ensued, although it didn't seem to affect her career whatsoever, as the little diva-in-training continues to play venue after venue to squealing females of all ages. After the "SNL" debacle last year, she was booed at a performance in January at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla. Ashlee, 20, told the crowd: "I've had a tough year. But I've learned a lot of lessons and the most important is that I don't have to be perfect."

The Tower crowd will hear songs from her "Pieces of Me" CD, including the title track, "Autobiography," where she sings, "I'm a simple girl in a complex world." She said she co-wrote every song on the album, which features full-throttle rock and danceable tunes.

The Waco, Texas-born Ashlee has been dancing since she was 3, and by 11, she was the youngest person ever admitted into the prestigious School of American Ballet. She moved to Los Angeles with her parents and Jessica when she was 14, pursuing an acting career and dancing in her sister's stage show, but dreaming of doing music.

Despite her sister's shadow, Ashlee has a regular role as Cecilia in WB's hit "TV Seventh Heaven," a reality series on MTV and her current tour.

Rounding out the show will be Pepper's Ghost, a Springfield-based retro-rock pop group that combines all the best bits of the Beatles, with a modern party sound of today. Tickets are $35.