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Lily Allen (UK) announces her biggest ever Australian & New Zealand headline arena tour performing West End Girl in October & November 2026
1 Feb 2026The remarkable Lily Allen, whose highly acclaimed album West End Girl has become a massive global success with over 275 million streams, has today announced her Australian & New Zealand shows for October & November 2026. These shows will mark Lily’s biggest headline tour of her career.
The show – Lily Allen performs West End Girl – will see the singer/songwriter play her brand-new album in its entirety, in the order the songs appear on the record.
Presented by Frontier Touring, Lily Allen performs West End Girl tour marks her first Australian and New Zealand shows in over seven years, following her last visit in 2019 on the No Shame tour.Kicking off in New Zealand, Allen will play Spark Arena, Auckland on Wednesday 21 October before heading to Australia performing at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Friday 23 October before the TikTok Entertainment Centre, Sydney on Sunday 25 October, then Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne on Wednesday 28 October with a final show at RAC Arena, Perth on Sunday 1 November.
Telstra Plus Members (AU) can access presale tickets from Wednesday 4 February (11am local time) via telstra.com.au/plus, while the lilyallenmusic.com and Frontier Member presales commence Thursday 5 February (12pm local time) before the general on sale on Monday 9 February (1pm local time). Tickets and tour information via and lilyallenmusic.com/tour/ and frontiertouring.com/lilyallen
Watch: Lily Allen - Madeline (Visualiser)
Long a defining and maverick voice of contemporary pop, Lily’s first two albums — her 2006 debut Alright, Still and its follow-up It’s Not Me, It’s You — reimagined pop stardom for the internet age, selling more than five million copies worldwide. Her Mercury-nominated 2018 album No Shame and explosively candid memoir My Thoughts Exactly cemented her reputation as one of music’s sharpest truth-tellers, before she announced she was stepping away from music.
In her absence, Allen’s influence only deepened. Billie Eilish has spoken about crying the first time she heard Smile. Olivia Rodrigo — who invited Allen to perform Fuck You at Glastonbury in protest at the US Supreme Court — credits her with showing how to “say what the fuck you want”. PinkPantheress, another admirer, put it simply: “Allen made sounding like yourself feel cool”.
Allen herself turned to new stages and formats, starring in sold-out runs of 2:22 A Ghost Story and The Pillowman, plus a recent starring role in a new adaptation of Ibsen’s devastating domestic tragedy Hedda Gabler. She also became the co-host of the award-winning podcast Miss Me, alongside her best friend Miquita Oliver.
Now with the critically acclaimed West End Girl – Lily's fifth studio album and first for seven years – Lily Allen 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. All 14 songs were written by Lily, mainly in collaboration with her musical director Blue May. The album’s executive producers were Lily Allen, Seb Chew, Kito and Blue May. The cover art and illustrations were created by renowned Spanish artist Nieves González.
‘’West End Girl’’ is fantastic’ – Sunday Times UK
‘Lily at the very peek of her powers’ – Vogue
‘An album of the year contender’ – Variety
‘A sleek, smart collection that sees Allen back at her very best’ – NME
‘West End Girl is one for the history books’ – BBC
‘Her best album in 16 years’ – The Independent UK
Watch: Lily Allen - Tennis (Visualiser)
West End Girl (out now via BMG Australia, here) was released digitally in October 2025 (physical release January 30, via here) and debuted at #6 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and #5 on the official New Zealand Albums chart. This marks Lily’s fifth consecutive Top 10 album on the ARIA Album Chart!
Announced recently, Lily has been nominated for three BRIT Awards 2026: Artist of the Year, Mastercard Album of the Year, and Genre Category: Pop. Lily also appeared twice in triple j’s Hottest 100 2025 with ‘Pussy Palace’ at #38 and ‘West End Girl’ at #88.
Lily also recently performed on America’s highly prestigious TV show ‘Saturday Night Live’ with ‘Madeline (Live on SNL)’ and ‘Sleepwalking (Live on SNL)’.
Don’t miss the unfiltered, fearless and charmingly honest Lily Allen performing West End Girl this October & November!