Following much rumours on the net over the weekend, Lily Allen confirmed yesterday that she is postponing the next leg of her US tour so she can return to the UK to start work on a second album. The news follows the cancellation of a New York show last week and recent comments from the singer to the effect that she was finding her grueling US promotion schedule "boring".
Speaking for Allen, label spokesman Murray Chalmers told reporters: "She has been writing new material whilst on the road in the US and wants to capture these new songs in the studio", while Allen herself is quoted thus: "I want to give my best to every audience I play to but, at the same time, I am itching to get back in the studio to start recording these great new songs, to keep things fresh for the audience and for myself". The twenty outstanding US dates will be rescheduled for the end of the year.