{"id":163116,"date":"2025-11-04T22:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/163116\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T22:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:11:09","slug":"lily-allen-adds-extra-london-show-to-2026-west-end-girl-tour-due-to-phenomenal-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/163116\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Allen adds extra London show to 2026 &#8216;West End Girl&#8217; tour due to phenomenal demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/lily-allen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lily Allen<\/a> has added another London show to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-west-end-girl-2026-uk-tour-buy-tickets-3903580\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">next year\u2019s intimate \u2018West End Girl\u2019 theatre tour<\/a> following huge demand \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Flily-allen-tickets%2Fartist%2F1053214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">buy tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"367\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>Read More:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/lily-allen-west-end-girl-review-3901723\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Lily Allen \u2013 \u2018West End Girl\u2019 review: a vicious, vulnerable and victorious comeback<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The singer, who released her album of the same name on October 24, will now end the tour, which takes place in theatre venues she chose herself, on March 22.<\/p>\n<p>The tour is now set to conclude with three nights at the London Palladium, after shows in 10 other UK cities including Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>Each night of the tour, she\u2019ll be playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/lily-allen-west-end-girl-review-3901723\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018West End Girl\u2019<\/a> in order and in its entirety. The album is Allen\u2019s first since 2018\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/lily-allen-no-shame-review-2326933\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018No Shame\u2019<\/a>, which she finished touring the following year. She\u2019s only made occasional live appearances since, including guest appearances <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/olivia-rodrigo-brings-lily-allen-on-stage-dedicates-fuck-you-to-us-supreme-court-3255866\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-makes-surprise-glastonbury-2025-appearance-during-shy-fxs-set-3874862\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shy FX<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/glastonbury-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glastonbury Festival<\/a> in 2022 and 2025 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale on Friday (November 7) at 10am, and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Flily-allen-tickets%2Fartist%2F1053214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">buy them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3905490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Lily-Allen-Tour.jpg\" alt=\"Lily Allen 2026 tour dates\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"  \/>Allen\u2019s March 2026 UK tour dates. CREDIT: Press<\/p>\n<p>\u2018West End Girl\u2019 has been acclaimed by critics and fans alike, reaching Number Four in the UK to become Allen\u2019s highest-charting album in 11 years. In a four-star review, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/lily-allen-west-end-girl-review-3901723\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NME described it as a \u201cvicious, vulnerable and victorious comeback,\u201d<\/a> adding, \u201cBy the end of \u2018West End Girl\u2019, it\u2019s clear the relationship in this tale might be over, but Lily Allen\u2019s comeback is just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The relationship in question was with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/stranger-things\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stranger Things<\/a> actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/david-harbour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Harbour<\/a>. In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theperfectmagazine.com\/features\/lilyallen-b8d6m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Perfect<\/a> published just after \u2018West End Girl\u2019s release, Allen explained that the album was inspired by her \u201cdeep-rooted issues with rejection and abandonment\u201d following her divorce from the actor.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to not have my person, you know? And I am quite a codependent person. And I find it difficult to lean on the people who are available to me when I\u2019m missing the comfort and stability of what is not available to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, she has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-says-west-end-girl-is-not-a-cruel-album-i-dont-feel-confused-or-angry-now-i-dont-need-revenge-3903130\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">insisted that \u2018West End Girl\u2019 is \u201cnot a cruel album\u201d<\/a>, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/lily-allen-bares-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Interview<\/a> magazine that she was no longer \u201cconfused or angry\u201d about the circumstances that inspired the record.<\/p>\n<p>Allen and Harbour started dating in 2019 after meeting on the membership dating app Raya, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-ties-the-knot-with-stranger-things-star-david-harbour-in-las-vegas-2749009\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">got married in Las Vegas a year later<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-and-david-harbour-have-reportedly-separated-after-four-years-of-marriage-3834929\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News of their separation came out at the start of the year<\/a>, amid rumours of cheating on Harbour\u2019s part. Earlier this year, Allen, who shares daughters Ethel and Marnie with ex-husband Sam Cooper, shared that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-speaks-out-on-time-in-treatment-centre-for-emotional-turmoil-after-david-harbour-split-3838153\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went into a treatment centre to deal with the resulting \u201cemotional turmoil\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Halloween last weekend, Allen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/lily-allen-takes-shot-at-david-harbour-with-madeline-halloween-costume-3904520\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took a shot at Harbour by wearing a \u2018Madeline\u2019 costume<\/a> \u2013 inspired by the song on the album named after a woman she implies had an affair with him.<\/p>\n<p>Poking fun at the situation, she dressed up as the character Madeline from the book of the same name for a Halloween party in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Since the album came out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/madeline-from-new-lily-allen-album-comes-forward-after-affair-with-david-harbour-3902359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a woman named Natalie Tippett has come forward claiming to be the woman <\/a>in question. She told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15227093\/Madeline-Lily-Allen-world-exclusive-reveal-mum-affair-stars-husband-David-Harbour-Natalie-Tippett-exposed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mail on Sunday<\/a>: \u201cOf course I\u2019ve heard the song. But I have a family and things to protect. I have a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, and I understand this is going on. It\u2019s a little bit scary for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Allen explained to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/music\/article\/lily-allen-interview-intimacy-is-messy-ive-had-a-tough-year-qvc3t078z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Sunday Times<\/a> that the song \u2018Madeline\u2019 is actually about a fictional character who is a \u201cconstruct of others\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lily Allen has added another London show to next year\u2019s intimate \u2018West End Girl\u2019 theatre tour following huge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,7162,337,4513],"class_list":{"0":"post-163116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-live-music-news","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-pop"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115493724764540697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}