{"id":262256,"date":"2026-02-01T08:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262256\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T08:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:58:11","slug":"lily-allen-announces-new-zealand-tour-date-as-part-of-her-new-west-end-girl-album-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262256\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Allen announces New Zealand tour date as part of her new West End Girl album tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/lily-allen-calls-new-album-an-act-of-desperation-after-marriage-split\/HSEIP5AMOVGULDSHJNBQZLBJGM\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/lily-allen-calls-new-album-an-act-of-desperation-after-marriage-split\/HSEIP5AMOVGULDSHJNBQZLBJGM\/\">Her new album West End Girl was released in October last year<\/a>, just days after announcing the surprise project, and she admitted she wasn\u2019t thinking about the record, which she wrote and recorded in 10 days following the end of her marriage to David Harbour, in a career or financial sense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">She wasn\u2019t convinced she\u2019d even let anyone hear the album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">Allen told CBS News: \u201cAt the time I wasn\u2019t really thinking about it as a commercial endeavour, it was just, it was an act of desperation actually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile I was writing it I wasn\u2019t really sure whether it was going to see the light of day up until relatively close to its release. I was always thinking, \u2018Is this something I want to share with the world?\u2019 But not when I was writing it because the writing was very much &#8230; I hate the word \u2013 I don\u2019t hate it but I feel like we hear the words \u2018catharsis\u2019 or \u2018therapy\u2019 in relation to music [quite a lot].<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019s an odd idea and an odd question that if you consider yourself an artist that you might think, \u2018Should I really be sharing what\u2019s going on in my brain as part of my art?\u2019 That\u2019s kind of messed up, that that is where we have got to as human beings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">The 40-year-old singer previously insisted West End Girl isn\u2019t a malicious album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">She told Interview magazine: \u201cIt\u2019s not a cruel album. I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m being mean. 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