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Lily Allen Announces winter European tour dates

• 5th Jun 2018

Lily Allen today releases ‘Lost My Mind’, the latest song to be lifted from her highly anticipated upcoming fourth album, No Shame, released on June 8th. Powerful in its vulnerability, ‘Lost My Mind’ is an upbeat confessional about a failing relationship, with Lily’s typically stark lyrics revealing her self-doubt: “now I’m stuck in a rut, kicking stones, looking at my phone all night, maybe I’ve lost my mind?”

No Shame is Lily Allen’s most personal, insightful and fully-formed record to date, and includes ‘Trigger Bang’ featuring Giggs, ‘Three’ and ‘Higher,’ all of which are available to stream and download now and are instant grats for those pre-ordering the album. Working with collaborators Fryars, Mark Ronson, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Burna Boy, P2J and Cass Lowe to create No Shame, Lily says her goal was to make an album that is “as truthful as possible”. Speaking about the sense of catharsis that came with making the album, she says, “I believe that we as humans work through things by talking about them, and that’s what making music is, for me. It’s sharing things that you hope are going to connect with people, not that are going to connect with algorithms. I think we are so led by outside forces in terms of the way we express ourselves nowadays because we’re so scared of what comes back. It’s something I’ve always wanted to explore. It’s why I went into it at the beginning when it felt a lot more free.”

Earlier this week Lily gave a stirring, heartfelt performance of ‘Three’ on Later with Jools Holland, with Jools himself joining her on the piano.

Lily today announces she will play across the UK and Europe in December this year, culminating in a night at London’s iconic Roundhouse. The shows follow a headline performance at Common People festival in Southampton last weekend and a string of intimate live shows earlier this year that garnered 4* reviews across the board, including The Guardian, Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph and The Independent.

Lily will perform headline shows in the UK, US, Europe and Festival dates this summer:

Thursday 14th June Festi’neuch* Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Saturday 16th June Ardeche Aluna Festival* Ruoms, France
Friday 27th July Qstock* Oulu, Finland
Sunday 5th August Ronquières* Braine-le-Comte, Belgium
Saturday 11th August Boardmasters Cornwall, UK
5th – 7th October Austin City Limits Festival Austin, TX, USA
12th – 14th October Austin City Limits Festival Austin, TX, USA
Sunday 2nd December Fabrique Milan, Italy
Tuesday 4th December Astra Berlin, Germany
Wednesday 5th December Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium
Thursday 6th December Live Music Hall Cologne, Germany
Saturday 8th December La Trianon Paris, France
Sunday 9th December TivoliVredenburg Ronda Hall Utrecht, Netherlands
Tuesday 11th December Olympia Theatre Dublin, Ireland
Thursday 13th December Barrowland Glasgow, UK
Friday 14th December O2 Institute Birmingham, UK
Sunday 16th December Albert Hall Manchester, UK
Monday 17th December The Roundhouse London, UK

*Festival headline performance

Lily Allen has had three UK number 1 singles, two number 1 albums and sold over 5 million albums worldwide. She also recently featured on ‘Cigarettes and Cush’ from Stormzy’s acclaimed Gang Signs and Prayer.