Fresh from the release of her excoriating new album West End Girl, Lily Allen has announced she’ll be playing two dates at Aviva Studios next year.
As part of a full UK tour, she’ll arrive at the home of Factory International on 10 and 11 March, 2026, alongside dates at the Liverpool Philharmonic, the Birmingham Symphony Hall and two tour-closing dates at the London Palladium.
Allen will play each song from West End Girl in the order it appears on the record. The album marks her first full-length release since 2018’s No Shame.
Recorded in a brief creative burst, West End Girl was reportedly written and produced in Los Angeles and finished in London and New York. Allen has said that the songs draw on the real emotional terrain of her life, notably the end of her marriage to Stranger Things actor David Harbour – though she describes the album as ‘autofiction’, a kind of fictional autobiographical style.
“I’ve tried to document my life in a new city and the events that led me to where I am in my life now,” she said.
Themes throughout the record include the turbulence of relationships, dating as a woman in your late 30s, and the challenges of parenthood.
Critics have lauded Allen’s return. The Independent awarded the album five stars, describing it as ‘a brutal, tell-all masterpiece’, while The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis praised the ‘boldness and the quality of its songwriting’.
Allen last toured in support of No Shame during 2018 and 2019, although she has made guest appearances since, including with Olivia Rodrigo in 2022 and Shy FX at Glastonbury in 2025.
Tickets go on sale 7 November at 10am – you can gain access to priority booking for the Aviva Studios shows here…
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