Lily Allen has announced custom cello ensemble, Dallas Minor Sextet (formerly the Dallas Minor Trio) as the opening act for her seven-date live arena tour of Australia and New Zealand.
The tour, ‘Lily Allen Performs West End Girl’, will kick off in New Zealand on Wednesday, October 21st.
It will then head to Australia for a show at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Friday, October 23rd, then onto the TikTok Entertainment Centre, Sydney for two shows on Sunday, October 25th and Monday 26th.
Dallas Minor Sextet
The tour then continues to Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, on Wednesday, October 28th and Thursday, 29th October, before winding up at RAC Arena, Perth, on Sunday, November 1st.
Allen’s ‘West End Girl’ show deliberately rejects the conventions of a traditional concert, presenting the album as a continuous piece of live theatre. It will be performed in sequence, placing Allen alone at the centre of the production, transforming the songs into scenes and the stage into an intimate dramatic world.
This comes after the UK star added second and final dates in Sydney and Melbourne due to popular demand earlier this year. The shows will mark Allen’s first visit on our shores since 2019, when she toured in support of her 2018 album, No Shame.
Rolling Stone gave West End Girl a four-star rating, saying that the artist “turned a painful marriage into a powerful album”.
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“Allen has always had a catholic approach to musical style, and that attitude serves the emotional spectrum of West End Girl well, with the stages of relationship grief and personal humiliation echoed by the music surrounding her,” the review reads.
Check out all of the dates and venues below, for final tickets, click here.
LILY ALLEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2026
Wednesday, October 21st
Spark Arena, Auckland
Friday, October 23rd
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Sunday, October 25th
TikTok Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Monday, October 26th (NEW SHOW)
TikTok Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Wednesday, October 28th
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Thursday, October 29th (NEW SHOW)
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Sunday, November 1st
RAC Arena, Perth
