Lily Allen ProfileLily Allen has finally arrived in Australia, seven years after her last tour.
On Friday (23 October), the British singer-songwriter took over the Brisbane Entertainment Centre for her West End Girl tour. Promoting her album of the same name, which was released a year ago today, fans can expect a different kind of tour from Allen.
This current tour finds Allen performing West End Girl in its entirety, front to back, and that’s it. One hour and the show is wrapped.
But fans who want to hear some other hits by Allen should arrive early to catch her support act, Dallas Minor Sextet – formerly known as Dallas Minor Trio – Lily Allen’s “very own cello ensemble,” as they describe themselves.
The group have joined Allen across her West End Girl tour in the UK and the US, where they perform a string of instrumental versions of the singer’s singles, including Fuck You, Not Fair, Smile, and The Fear, among others, leading singalong renditions with fans.
Now they’re joining her in Australia. Allen’s West End Girl tour “deliberately rejects” traditional concert expectations. She performs the album of the same name in its entirety, presenting it as a continuous piece of live theatre, with herself at the centre of the intimate production.
Check out the setlist below.
Lily Allen at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Friday, 23 October Setlist
West End Girl
Ruminating
Sleepwalking
Tennis
Madeline
Relapse
Pussy Palace
4chan Stan
Nonmonogamummy
Just Enough
Dallas Major
Beg for Me
Let You W/In
Fruityloop
Allen’s tour continues at Sydney’s TikTok Entertainment Centre on Sunday, 25 and Monday, 26 October; plays two nights at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday, 28 and Thursday, 29 October; and concludes at Perth’s RAC Arena on Sunday, 1 November.
Tickets to all shows are now available – head to the Frontier Touring website for more information.
West End Girl marks Allen’s first album in seven years. The emotionally raw record debuted at #6 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and #5 on the official New Zealand Albums Chart, marking Allen’s fifth consecutive Top 10 album on the ARIA Albums Chart.
