Watch out everybody! Lily Allen is expected to come to the US and Canada for a brief tour in April. That is, if she doesn’t cancel like she did her last North American tour. Anyway, the British troublesome singer’s little run of dates will start on April 1 at the House of Blues in San Diego, California and will wrap up on April 22 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She has a total of 15 dates to make. She will also hit Washington, Utah, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, DC, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York. Will you be going to one of her shows?
Lily Allen was recently interviewed for an article in the UK Telegraph where she tells the boring details in her life along with some pretty interesting thoughts. The singer was asked if there’s ever a point when she just starts to freak out because of the fame and the paparazzi following her. She said “Yeah. I do that all the time. And usually at that point I have a mental breakdown and check myself into some kind of hospital. It is what it is. I’m not complaining. I have a really nice life.” I wonder just how many times she’s checked herself in. She also talks about blaming the Daily Mail for inventing stories about her, drugs and not being a real musician.
The singer, who will be releasing her latest album “It’s not me, it’s you”, has recently stopped working with producer Mark Ronson. The reason she did this can be seen in her words: “I would definitely work with him again - I just didn’t want to do it this time because Mark has a really retro feel to what he is doing. I wanted to set myself away from Duffy, Adele and Amy Winehouse because they are so brilliant at what they do - it would be silly for me to follow them down that route.” I really, really, really hope Lily Allen is being sarcastic over here. Amy Winehouse is brilliant in what she does? Yeah, there’s probably nobody who can mess everything up with themselves as well as her. And she doesn’t want to go down the same path? Such modesty…
Since Lily Allen is allegedly sober, I guess we can categorize her latest rant as insecurity issues. On Monday, the outspoken British singer lashed out at American singing sensation Katy Perry during a radio interview. Lily spoke about Katy saying “I happen to know for a fact that she was an American version of me. She was signed by my label in America as, ‘We need to find something controversial and kooky like Lily Allen.’ And then they found her… I think the lyrics and stuff are a bit crass… When I met her I was bit frosty with her because someone asked her to describe herself. She’s like, ‘Aha, I’m like a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinner version of Lily Allen!’. It’s like, you’re not English and you don’t write your own songs, shut up!” Newsflash Lily, Katy does write her own songs.
Well this is very typical of stars they haven’t yet found much success in a particular field as yet and they are trying to jump into someplace where they think there would be much more media attention and as we know they all love to hog the limelight.
Lily is currently tied up with the release of her 2nd album ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ due out in February of 2009, but according to her friends, she has been trying to convince her actor father, Keith Allen, to help her chart a new career.
I mean fine her first album was a hit and she sings well to but come on lets not fall for a girlish look and look at her junk head ways, why is that they crave for so much attention. I could well see her following the footsteps of the likes of Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse and bla bla kind of girls.
If she has the desire to express her creativity then she should have at least 5 – 10 singles top of the UK & US charts. Prove yourself in one field beyond anyone’s doubt and if you don’t care of what your fans think then people such as you do anything it doesn’t matter one bit. Go lose it all!
The US officials granted UK pop tar Lily Allen an American work visa recently. The troubled singer’s permit was revoked by immigration officials last year when she was arrested for attacking a photographer. I guess the grant came right on time as she is planning to do an American tour in 2009 to promote her second album. Lily spoke of the happy news saying “I got my U.S. visa today, yay! It means I can go and tour there and finish what I started, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a while.” Somehow, I don’t think anybody really cares.
All hopes of Lily Allen making a splash with her upcoming album have gone down the drain. The other British pop wreck is set to record a duet with train wreck from the US Lindsay Lohan. Lily is working on finishing her second album but reports are saying that she still wants to add another song to it called ‘Wherever You Go’ and plans to record it with Lindsay. If Lily really wanted to further her career and make a big deal out of it, she should have just enlisted label mate and rumored rival Katy Perry to do the duet with her.
Duffy is tired of being compared with other female singers. The 23-year-old Welsh singer - real name Aimee Anne Duffy - has been compared with Dusty Springfield and hailed as the ‘new Amy Winehouse’ since releasing her breakthrough single ‘Mercy’ earlier this year, but wants to be recognized in her own right.
She said: “To be honest, if it’s not Leona Lewis, it’s Amy Winehouse. I’m being compared with Lily Allen or Dusty Springfield, bless her soul, she was an amazing woman. I just feel like one day I’ll be known as myself, but time will tell.”
The singer - who won Single of the Year for ‘Mercy’ at MOJO Honours List 2008 on Monday - also spoke about how far she had come.
She added: “This time last year I was eating fish and chips on a North Wales beach! This is my first big awards ceremony. No one cared about me then so I don’t know why they do now.”
Duffy remained tight-lipped over rumors she is set to record the theme song for the new James Bond movie, ‘Quantum of Solace’, teasingly saying: “A lady never exposes her secrets. You’ve got to leave this Welsh girl alone.”
Lily Allen recently blogged about the piece of news that she was jealous of Katy Perry, the singer who has since replaced Lily as Capitol Records’ golden girl. Sad to say, Lily was caught in a bunch of lies which were easily debunked. She said “And this is not meant in any way [to be mean] but I’d never heard of Katy Perry before I came here [to L.A.] a few days ago, I didn’t even know she was on Capitol.” Sources close to both singers says that they definitely know each other and have even met. Case in point, the picture for this rant of mine. Liar, liar pants on fire.
When it comes to the music industry, it’s hard to stay on top – you can just ask Lily Allen how that feels. Lily used to be Capitol Records’ golden girl but since she’s been slipping lately, she’s been replaced by Katy Perry. According to a music industry insider “Lily Allen is peeved at Capitol. She feels like they’ve shoved her aside to focus all their energies on their new girl of the moment, Katy Perry.” According to the source, the real insult came when the label “replaced a photo of Lily Allen with one of Katy Perry” in its office main lobby. The only thing that can save Lily from becoming washed-up goods is if she can come up with a great sophomore album. But from what I’m hearing, her new material sucks.
Songstress MIA recently had a sit down with Uptown magazine where she was asked about what she thought of British singers like Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen. What she had to say was funny, mean and the truth all at the same time. She said “The biggest thing coming out of England right now are singers like Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen. I think questioning the status quo for them is doing lines of cocaine in the toilet.” Honestly, I couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s like she took the words out of my mouth. MIA is now officially my hero.
Heartbroken pop star Lily Allen is undergoing treatment for depression at a top private clinic.
The tragic Smile singer, 22, sank into despair after a miscarriage. She also split with lover Ed Simons, who pals said Lily thought was “the one”.
She bravely tried to battle on but has now decided to seek help. The star is being treated at a residential clinic, but is allowed out to see pals and to film her chat show, Lily Allen and Friends.
A pal said last night: “The last couple of months have been really hard for Lily. She was so happy to be pregnant and was willing to give up her showbiz life to settle down and have a family. Her miscarriage was a huge blow and she hasn’t really recovered. She has tried to put on a brave face but she found she needed to get some professional help.”
Lily recently pulled out of performing at the Isle of Wight Festival in June and she is likely to delay the release date for her forthcoming album. But her troubles started in January with the miscarriage. Her relationship with Ed, 37, hit the rocks and they went on a $6,000-a-night holiday to the Maldives to try to make up, but it didn’t work and they split.
The pal added: “She really believed she and Ed were perfect together so she was devastated when they broke up. But she is responding well to treatment and is pleased that she is being allowed out to film her TV show and to keep in touch with the friends supporting her.”
Sarah Harding is making moves behind the scenes to launch a solo career away from Girls Aloud. The Manc caner has been in touch with a select group of top music managers to sound them out in a bid to secure solo success after her girl band dream ends.
But so far she has been knocked back by operators including the team who put Lily Allen on the map and made Natasha Bedingfield a big name in the US.
An insider said: “Sarah has had an eye on her future for a long time. She knows girl bands only have a short shelf-life and that the dream wouldn’t last for ever”
News of Lily Allen’s miscarriage spread quickly last week. While she is still mourning that loss, she is already making plans to try again.
Friends say that she and her boyfriend Ed Simons, of Chemical Brothers fame, will try again as soon as the doctor says it’s ok. The friend says, “Lily is devastated and still in a state of shock, but she has spoken to her doctor and told him that she wants to try to get pregnant again straight away.”
According to the friend, the doctor has recommended that she give herself two or three months to heal and rest. She isn’t expected to have any trouble conceiving in the future.
Mom-to-be Lily Allen and her Chemical Brothers boyfriend Ed Simons were spotted doing some last minute Christmas shopping in Notting Hill in London on Wednesday. The Sun was first to report that the British singer was pregnant and she recently just announced that she IS pregnant with her first child.
Lily’s rep released a statement on Wednesday saying “I am pleased to confirm that Lily Allen and her boyfriend, Ed Simons, are expecting their first child. However, as the pregnancy is at a very, very early stage, the couple ask that you respect their privacy, as the health of Lily and their child is their paramount concern.”
Lily Allen was recently asked on what she wants to do if and when she decides to quit being a singer and leave the music scene completely.
She said, “I’d like to live in the country and have chickens and pigs. It’s a great job but it doesn’t leave time for what’s important - like having a family. I’m going to do one more album. I just want to make some money - maybe I could retire at 25.”
Let’s just take it for what it’s worth. This Lily that says she wants pigs is the same one that says she’s changed yet still manages to bash Victoria Beckham.
Girls are known to be shopping freaks, once they have the money in their hands they just keep going on until they are finished with it. That was in the past and things haven’t changed at all, things have got even worse. Girls with the name and the money still shop till they drop but they more often then not do not have any money in their wallet most of the times. Lilly Allen too belong to the later category of girls who might have the money but either forget to carry it or take it for granted that high end market stores would recognize them and let them leave telling them that they could send the money with someone for the bill to be paid. Lilly at times has reportedly taken her credit card that has been rejected for insufficient funds or overuse has blocked the card or nonpayment of previous bills. Well I hope that they consider themselves worthy of a few thousand dollars and the next time she visits a place of credit she knows whether she is window shopping or actually out to buy some stuff.
