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Lily Allen



Last Updated: 10/28/2009

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Status: Single
City: LDN
State: South
Country: UK
Signup Date: 11/7/2005

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October 28, 2009 - Wednesday 
In between the Big Day Out shows, there are now some headline shows to be had:

19th January - Brisbane - River Stage
21st January - Sydney - Hordern
28th January - Melbourne - Festival Hall

Fancy it?
12:15 PM 
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October 9, 2009 - Friday 
Apparently the Big Day Out in Sydney sold out in 4 minutes, so to celebrate, we're doing two days there now - adding in the 23rd January.  Come on out.
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September 28, 2009 - Monday 
As if the news of Big Day Out was not enough for one day, mark your diary for 7th March and 10th March 2010 - I am doing two co-headline shows with Dizzee Rascal at the Manchester MEN Arena and the O2 Arena.  We're both doing full sets, so prepare yourself.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 9th October 2009 and will be available from both gigsandtours.com and ticketmaster.co.uk


12:25 PM 
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September 28, 2009 - Monday 
Pleased to announce that we are heading back to Australia and New Zealand for Big Day Out 2010.  Ticket information is available from Tuesday 29th on Ticketmaster Australia. Tickets are on sale as follows:

SYDNEY: WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER

GOLD COAST: THURSDAY 8th OCTOBER....

AUCKLAND, MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE & PERTH: FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER....


Also, head over to the Big Day Out 2010 website for who all the details on who else is on the bill.
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September 16, 2009 - Wednesday 

Current mood:  focused
I've had a lot of responses back since my previous blog posting here. The long and short of it is, even before this economic downturn Piracy has been affecting all areas of entertainment, except maybe theatre. CD sales, Film DVD sales, book sales , TV DVD sales, everything. Now, if people go on consuming at the rate they are and do not pay for what they are consuming, not only will the artists within all these industries be without jobs and unable to express themselves but the behind the scenes people too. Thats literally millions of jobs . . I know that a lot of you want to know that you're not being overcharged for a product and you want to know that your hard earned cash is going to the right places, alot of work has to be done in order for this to happen. I think that paying 14.99 for an album is ridiculous, I'm with you on that, and that wont happen again, but piracy is not the answer.It's hard enough to get a job at the moment.People are being laid off in all areas and the record companies are no exception. My own label EMI laid off thousands last year. I don't care so much about the high-ups (and by the way they're always the last to go - what a surprise) but the people who are going out are the young ones, the life blood basically. They're the ones that go first, , I've seen it. And the same is happening in TV and film. Why do you think you are just getting Terminator 6 and Harry Potter 7 instead of exciting new voices? Because the young voices are not there anymore. Do you care about that, or do you just want to watch and listen to the products of the last generation? Or do you want a voice that is heard and can make a difference?What I do know is  we have to invest in this sector of our country guys, we are great film makers,we have incredible writers and authors, historically the best music makers, we cant throw it all away. The internet is the most amazing thing, but it should be OUR thing, and ironically piracy is just playing into the hands of the corporations.  What these artists and creators do, they do for the love of it, I know its hard because money is scarce but we have to inject money back into these areas. It's not fair to steal peoples material,I know it's art and it has no physical value but even Shakespeare had shares in The Globe Theatre. People will lose their jobs, you'll be watching X-factor, Simon Cowell will be getting richer, radio stations will be churning out old back catalogues from people your dad or even your grandads age(vera lynn is No 1 this week)  and the taxpayer will have to subsidize yet more unemployment. Please, please, please go and see a film in the cinema instead of buying it in Tesco's  car-park , buy a c.d. or album off itunes if you really like it, and god help us, keep buying books . If we do this, i really think we can make a difference.     Anyone band, writer, author, musician, actress please feel free to contact me on this matter if you feel it is important




ps . Matt Bellamy from MUSE wrote this to me in response to my previous post, Bjorn Ulvaeus has also spoken out publicly re file sharing. 

Lily
My current opinion is that file sharing is now the norm.  This cannot be changed without an attack on perceived civil liberties which will never go down well.  The problem is that the ISPs making the extreme profits (due to millions of broadband subscriptions) are not being taxed by the copyright owners correctly and this is a legislation issue.  Radio stations and TV stations etc have to pay the copyright owners (both recording and publishing) a fee for using material they do not own.  ISPs should have to pay in the same way with a collection agency like PRS doing the monitoring and calculations based on encoded (but freely downloaded) data.  Broadband makes the internet essentially the new broadcaster.  This is the point which is being missed.

Also, usage should have a value.  Someone who just checks email uses minimal bandwidth, but someone who downloads 1 gig per day uses way more, but at the moment they pay the same.  It is clear which user is hitting the creative industries and it is clear which user is not, so for this reason, usage should also be priced accordingly. The end result will be a taxed, monitored ISP based on usage which will ensure both the freedom of the consumer and the rights of the artists - the loser will be the ISP who will probably have to increase subscription costs to compensate, but the user will have the freedom to choose between checking a few emails (which will cost far less than a current monthly subscription) and downloading tons of music and film (which will cost probably a bit more than current subscription, but not that much more).

We should set up a meeting with Lord Mandelson as he is on this issue at the moment, I'm sure he would meet us for breakfast!
4:48 PM 
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September 14, 2009 - Monday 
I havent written on here for a while but I've taken the time to write this as I  think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music, but some really rich and successful artists like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O'Brien from Radiohead don't seem to think so. Last week in an article in the Times these guys from huge bands said file sharing music is fine. It probably is fine for them. They do sell-out arena tours and have the biggest Ferrari collections in the world. For new talent though, file sharing is a disaster as it's making it harder and harder for new acts to emerge. Heres a link to the article http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6828262.ece
Mason, O'Brien and the Featured Artists Coalition say that file sharing's "like a sampler, like taping your mate's music", but mix tapes and recording from the radio are actually very  different to the file sharing that happens today. Mix tapes were rubbish quality - you bought the real music, because you liked the track and wanted to hear it without the DJ cutting off the end of each song. In digital land pirated tracks are as good quality as bought tracks, so there's not a need to buy for better quality. The Featured Artist Coalition also says file sharing's fine because it "means a new generation of fans for us". This is great if you're a big artist at the back end of your career with loads of albums to flog to a new audience, but emerging artists don't have this luxury. Basically the FAC is saying 'we're alright, we've made it, so file sharing's fine', which is just so unfair to new acts trying to make it in the industry.
You don't start out in music with the Ferraris. Instead you get a huge debt from your record company, which you spend years working your arse off to repay. When you manage to get a contract, all those pretty videos and posters advertising your album have to be paid for and as the artist, you have to pay for them. I've only just finished paying off all the money I owe my record company. I'm lucky that I've been successful and managed to pay it back, but not everyone's so lucky. You might not care about this, but the more difficult it is for new artists to make it, the less new artists you'll see and the more British music will be nothing but puppets paid for by Simon Cowell.
And it's not like there aren't alternatives to illegal downloads anyway. Sites like Spotify give us access to new music and different music without having to rip someone off - you can listen to tracks and see if you like them before you buy them. Then obviously there's MySpace, that streams music and helps acts like me get enough fans to convince record companies to sign us up.
If this sounds like I'm siding with the record bosses, I'm not. They've been naive and complacent about new technology - and they've spent all the money they've earned on their own fat salaries not industry development. But as they start to lose big from piracy, they're not slashing their salaries - they're pulling what they invest in A&R. Lack of funds results in A&R people not being able to take risks and only signing acts they think will work, which again makes British music Cowell puppets.
Is this the way we want British music to go? Now, obviously I'm going to benefit from fighting piracy, but I think without fighting it, British music is going to suffer.
I don't think what's out there is perfect. It's stupid that kids can't buy anything on the internet without credit, forcing them to steal Mum's credit card or download illegally. It's this kind of thing that the record company bosses, artists, broadband providers and government should be sitting down and discussing. I'm off to South America on tour today, but i'm going to be writing British artists, saying just this.
File sharing's not okay for British music. We need to find new ways to help consumers access and buy music legally, but saying file sharing's fine is not helping anyone - and definitely not helping British music. I want to get people working together to use new digital opportunities to encourage new artists.
3:24 PM 
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August 4, 2009 - Tuesday 
The fourth Brixton Academy show is coming on sale this coming Friday, 7th August at 9am via gigsandtours.com or via phone on 0870 220 0260.

See you there?
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July 31, 2009 - Friday 
Lily's doing a short South American tour in September! The dates are as follows: 16th September Via Funchal, Sao Paulo, Brazil 17th September HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 19th September Lunapark, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tickets are available now.
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July 18, 2009 - Saturday 
Lily Allen has had to pull out of her performance tonight at the Benicassim festival in Spain due to ill-health. Lily has been diagnosed today as having gastroenteritis by her doctor and has been told she is not fit to fly to Spain. She is very sorry to let fans down and hopes to be back to full strength as soon as possible.
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May 21, 2009 - Thursday 
Good news!  Demand for tickets has been so crazed, that we're now doing a third night at Brixton Academy on Tuesday 15th December 2009.


Tickets are on sale tomorrow (Friday) morning!



11:55 AM 
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