Lily Allen Performs New Album At First Concert In Seven Years

Lily Allen returned last fall with her first album in seven years, a Lemonade-esque concept album about the collapse of her marriage called West End Girl. Now she's played her first concert in seven years too, assuming you don't count promotional appearances like her December SNL appearance and January's Chateau Marmont event for Chanel as concerts (and we don't).

Allen will be performing West End Girl throughout North America in April, but she's getting things started in the UK. At Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, she did indeed perform all 14 songs from West End Girl as advertsed — nothing more, nothing less. However, the opening act was a string ensemble (“the Dallas Minor Trio”) performing Allen's older hits with the lyrics projected behind them for the audience to sing along, so that's fun.

Allen’s set was staged like a play (not the first time she got the lead in a play) with props and costume changes but no audience interaction. She sang to a backing track as opposed to a band. The performance marked the live debuts for most of the album. Check out fan footage from Glasgow below.