Lily Allen has shared a huge announcement with her fans in the wake of releasing her first new music in seven years, West End Girl, which she discusses her split from David Harbour
Lily Allen has made a huge announcement following the huge buzz around the release of her new album, West End Girl.
She is making her long-awaited return to the stage following the release of her brutally honest new album West End Girl. The singer-songwriter, 40, will take her new material on a UK theatre tour in March 2026.
She will be performing in cities including Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Bristol and Cardiff, before wrapping up with two nights at the London Palladium. Tickets go on sale on Friday, November 7 at 10am.
The Smile hitmaker’s fifth studio album has caused a stir for its unflinching lyrics about the breakdown of her four-year marriage to Stranger Things star David Harbour. The couple split last December after Lily accused the actor of having an affair.
In her most talked-about track, Madeline, she appears to confront her ex’s alleged infidelity, singing: “How long has it been going on? Is it just sex or is there emotion?/ He told me it would stay in hotel rooms, never be out in the open.”
She continues in the chorus: “We had an arrangement/ Be discrete and don’t be blatant. There had to be payment/ It had to be with strangers/ But you’re not a stranger, Madeline.”
Lily has described West End Girl as her most personal record yet, explaining that it was born out of “deep-rooted issues with rejection and abandonment”.
In a chat with Perfect magazine, she said: “I have deep-rooted issues with rejection and abandonment which I’ve been tussling with for most of my adult life and probably quite a lot of my childhood as well.”
After taking a step back from music for seven years to focus on acting, where she earned acclaim for her stage roles in 2:22 A Ghost Story and The Pillowman, Lily said her album helped her process the “sorrow and pain” of her divorce.
She also admitted that writing again felt like “therapy”, and is grateful for having that creative outlet during one of the most difficult periods of her life.
This week she told Interview magazine: “It isn’t [a revenge album]. I mean, I wrote this record in 10 days in December and I feel very differently about the whole situation now. We all go through breakups and it’s always f***ing brutal.
“But I don’t think it’s that often that you feel inclined to write about it while you’re in it. At the time, I was really trying to process things and that’s great in terms of the album, but I don’t feel confused or angry now. I don’t need revenge. It’s not a cruel album. It was just the feelings I was processing at the time.”
Her new tour will feature songs from West End Girl alongside hits from her back catalogue, including Not Fair and The Fear, as she makes her long-awaited return to the stage in 2026.
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