{"id":310581,"date":"2026-03-03T07:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/310581\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T07:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:04:11","slug":"lily-allen-performs-new-album-west-end-girl-at-glasgow-tour-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/310581\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Allen Performs New Album ‘West End Girl’ At Glasgow Tour Kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lily Allen returned last fall with her first album in seven years, a Lemonade-esque concept album about the collapse of her marriage called West End Girl<\/a>. Now she’s played her first concert in seven years too, assuming you don’t count promotional appearances like her December SNL appearance<\/a> and January’s Chateau Marmont event for Chanel as concerts (and we don’t).<\/p>\n

Allen will be performing West End Girl throughout North America<\/a> in April, but she’s getting things started in the UK<\/a>. At Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, she did indeed perform all 14 songs from West End Girl as advertsed \u2014 nothing more, nothing less. However, the opening act was a string ensemble (\u201cthe Dallas Minor Trio\u201d) performing Allen’s older hits with the lyrics projected behind them for the audience to sing along, so that’s fun.<\/p>\n

Allen\u2019s set was staged like a play (not the first time she got the lead in a play) with props and costume changes but no audience interaction. She sang to a backing track as opposed to a band. The performance marked the live debuts for most of the album. Check out fan footage from Glasgow below.<\/p>\n

Lily Allen\u2019s support act in Glasgow being a string trio performing her hits with the words on screen for the audience to sing along to was the funniest, campest thing I\u2019ve ever seen. pic.twitter.com\/otmcDdOR7z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Stuart (@st_ua_rt) March 2, 2026<\/a>