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Lily Allen at the CHANEL Dinner to Celebrate Coco Crush held at Chateau Marmont on January 7, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
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Lily Allen Scaling Down Fall 2026 Leg of North American West End Girl Tour From Arenas to Theaters: ‘We’ve Had to Make Some Adjustments’
Most of the shows on the singer's upcoming tour will be moved into smaller spaces, including in Vancouver. She's also cancelled her planned stop in Montreal.
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Lily Allen has rethought the routing for her upcoming tour in support of her acclaimed West End Girl album. After playing a series of North American theaters in the spring, Allen had announced a run of arenas in the fall. But this week, she’s downsized a majority of the shows to arenas and amphitheaters, as well as canceling her planned stop in Montreal.
In an Instagram post announcing the change on Monday (July 13), Allen wrote, “I am so beyond excited to bring West End Girl back across the pond this September!! It has been so surreal playing this album to such epic crowds this summer.. Thank you for singing every word with me.”
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She added, “We have a few updates since we first announced this leg of the tour earlier in the year. I am SO excited to say we are now coming to Seattle, tickets on sale July 24, 10AM local.” Allen also noted that shows in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver have been adjusted down, informing fans that if they have tickets for those shows they will automatically be refunded in the next 5-7 working days and enrolled into a presale that will go live at 10 a.m. local time on July 22; a general onsale will follow on July 24 at 10 a.m. local.
Allen also apologized to her fans in Montreal, saying, “I am so sad to say we tried our hardest but will not be able to make it to you this time. NY, Boston, Toronto, Detroit, Minneapolis, Red Rocks – you are staying as is. Tickets on sale now :))” The singer did not give any reason for the downscaling of the tour, which played theaters and concert halls across the U.K., Europe and the U.S. earlier this year, bumping up to arenas in the U.K. during a recent run; at press time a spokesperson for Allen had not returned a request for additional comment on the tour date shuffle.
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The fall North American tour is now slated to kick off on Sept. 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York, followed by a Sept. 4 stop at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston. After shows in Philadelphia at the TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann (originally at 21,000-capacity Xfinity Mobile Arena), Toronto, Detroit, Chicago (now at the 3,500-capacity Chicago Theatre vs. the 23,500-capacity United Center), Minneapolis, Morrison, Colo., Los Angeles (5,900-capacity Greek Theatre vs. the 18,000-capacity Kia Forum), Oakland (3,000-capacity Paramount Theatre vs. 21,500-capacity Chase Center in San Francisco) and Seattle, the outing is slated to wrap up on Sept. 28 at the Orpheum in Vancouver.
Allen has been eschewing her back catalog on the tour in favor of playing the new 2025 album in chronological order. She recently defended her artistic choice after someone who attended one of her shows at the O2 Arena in London complained about length of the show, the lack of an opening act and Allen not addressing the audience.
“The show has always been advertised as ‘Lily Allen performs West End Girl,'” Allen wrote. “I was a few mins late as my tights were laddered and i had to change them,” she continued. “The show is just over an hour as it’s just the album in its entirety. It’s my artistic choice not to talk to the audience, the fourth wall helps with the storytelling. Most people find it to be effective. “I don’t want anyone to feel ripped off. Everyone on this tour is really working very hard to give people the best show we possibly can, and i’m extremely proud of it.”
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Check out the revised fall 2026 North American tour dates below.
- Sept. 3: New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden
- Sept. 4: Boston, Mass. @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
- Sept. 6: Philadelphia, Pa. @ TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann
- Sept. 10: Toronto, ON @ RBC Amphitheatre
- Sept. 12: Detroit, Mich. @ Fox Theatre
- Sept. 13: Chicago, Ill. @ Chicago Theatre
- Sept. 16: Minneapolis, Minn. @ The Armory
- Sept. 18: Morrison, Colo. @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- Sept. 21: Los Angeles, Calif. @ Greek Theatre
- Sept. 22: Oakland, Calif. @ Paramount Theatre
- Sept. 24: Seattle, Wash. @ Paramount Theatre
- Sept. 28: Vancouver, B.C. @ Orpheum
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