Lily Allen Slams ‘Smear Campaign’ Amid West End Girl Tour Headlines

Lily Allen has suggested that she’s become the subject of a public “smear campaign”.

The Brit Award winner has been vocal about the unfair treatment she’s received from both the press and on social media throughout her decades-long time in the spotlight.

Earlier this month, Lily kicked off her latest tour in support of her hit album West End Girl, which received rave reviews upon its release last year, and became her highest-charting release in more than a decade.

The concert sees the Hard Out Here star bringing her latest album to life in a lavish setting, singing it straight-through before leaving the stage.

As a result, this meant that Lily’s part of the show clocking in at under an hour, with her previous hits only being performed by her opening act, the Dallas Minor Trio, a string band who provide classical-style karaoke tracks for the likes of Smile, The Fear and Fuck You for the audience to sing along to.

Since the tour began, people have been somewhat divided over Lily’s short runtime.

While some have claimed they’d feel a little short-changed if they were to watch the show for themselves, most fans who’ve actually seen it have been offering glowing reviews on social media.

On Thursday, an X user lamented that “this smear campaign against Lily Allen came out of nowhere”, which the British singer-songwriter quickly responded to.

She claimed: “Oh it’s coming from somewhere, but we move!”

In a follow-up post, she also appeared to speculate that “bots” could be behind some of the negative comments being shared about her online.

As mentioned, the vast majority of fans who’ve seen Lily’s tour so far – which is unambiguously titled Lily Allen Performs West End Girl – have been glowing with their comments about it on social media.

One part of the show that’s received particular attention over the last few days is on the song 4Chan Stan, which on the album sees Lily singing from the perspective of a woman who’s found the receipts for presents her husbands has been buying for other women.

This part of the show sees Lily singing the West End Girl cut while wearing a dress which slowly unravels to reveal the receipts in question…

The West End Girl tour resumes on Saturday night in Sheffield, with shows scheduled at intimate venues around the UK for the rest of March, culminating in two nights at the iconic London Palladium.

After taking the show overseas, she’s set to return to her home turf in June for a string of arena shows across the UK and Ireland.