Overview
- West End Girl was released on Oct. 24 via BMG as Allen’s first studio album since 2018.
- Allen announced a 13-date U.K. theatre run for March 2026, concluding with two nights at London’s Palladium, with general sale set for Nov. 7 at 10 a.m.
- Each show will present the album front to back in venues chosen to foreground the new material, with fan presales opening in early November.
- Early reception has been strong, with praise from outlets including NME and The Independent, and Official Charts noting it as the U.K.’s most-downloaded album of the week and her highest-charting in over a decade.
- The record’s lyrics allege infidelity connected to her marriage to David Harbour, which Allen frames as part truth and part fiction, written rapidly in about 10 days.