Lily Allen today reveals the custom cello ensemble, Dallas Minor Sextet (formerly the Dallas Minor Trio) as the opening act for her 7-date live arena Lily Allen performs West End Girl tour which lands in New Zealand and Australia this month.

Allen’s West End Girl show deliberately rejects the conventions of a traditional concert, presenting the album as a continuous piece of live theatre. Performed in sequence, the production places Allen alone at its centre, transforming the songs into scenes and the stage into an intimate dramatic world.

Kicking off in New Zealand at Spark Arena, Auckland on Wednesday 21 October, the tour then heads to Australia for a show at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Friday 23 October then onto TikTok Entertainment Centre, Sydney for two shows on Sunday 25 and Monday 26 October. The tour then continues to Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October before winding up at RAC Arena, Perth on Sunday 1 November.

Final tickets and tour information via frontiertouring.com/lilyallen

Lily Allen, whose highly acclaimed album West End Girl has become a massive global success, will tour the show – Lily Allen performs West End Girl – seeing the singer/songwriter play her brand-new album in its entirety, in the order the songs appear on the record. These shows will mark Lily’s biggest headline tour of her career.

The critically acclaimed West End Girl (out now via BMG Australia, here) – Lily's fifth studio album and first for seven years – pivots the spotlight back on herself, using her move to New York as the basis for a narrative journey within 14 new songs – an outstandingly candid and accomplished fusion of fact and fictions which is undoubtedly the most expansively empathetic work of her career.

Lily Allen’s West End Girl live experience has earned striking critical attention across the UK, Europe and North America, with reviewers highlighting its theatrical ambition, emotional force and radically intimate approach to live performance.

“A theatrical one-woman show...masterfully crafted...turned pain intro something beautiful... no pop star has interpreted their album in such an expressive and unique way before” — Chicago Sun-Times (USA)

“A special show, reminding me more of a play than a pop concert...heartbreaking and defiant” — The Washington Post (USA)

“Allen remains a magnetic presence, maintaining a steely control throughout some of the most nakedly emotional material of her career...In between this show’s prelude and its standing ovation is one transformative hour in which Allen delivers a radically self-contained performance." - Observer (UK) ★★★★★

"Lily is in her element being back on stage for the first time in seven years...the set design of the show is so impressive that Lily effortlessly floats between outfits and songs with different backdrops which mimic her storytelling lyrics." - Metro (UK) ★★★★

"The crowd had come to be appalled as much as entertained by the explicit narrative and to see a famous person hellbent on revenge in the flesh.” - The Times (UK) ★★★★

"her superb storytelling and stage presence make for a captivating watch...a blend of concert and play, in which Allen plays the starring role. It takes real skill to transform cataclysmic hurt and betrayal into something so dazzling." - The Independent (UK) ★★★★

"a raw, unflinching and welcome comeback for master in female rage and revenge...bold, brave and brilliant, it blurred the lines between pop music and theatre. It was Lily Allen the musical." - Mirror (UK) ★★★★