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The story so far: In 2006, Lily Allen makes a really breezy and fun and great debut album. Then she gets very famous very quickly, which somehow leads to her doing stuff like getting sloppy drunk while cohosting an awards-show with Elton John. She says all sorts of saucy stuff whenever anyone interviews her. The BBC gives her a variety show, then cancels it. And she makes a second album which, it turns out, is absolutely butt. Whoever decided to swap out the summery ska of Alright, Still for shiny club-pop needs to lose their job.

And now Lily Allen's about to tour Europe and the U.S. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, who either have the best band name in history or the worst band name in history (probably the worst), will open Allen's North American dates.

Capitol will release It's Not Me, It's You, Allen's second album, on February 10 in the U.S. (It's out February 9 in the UK via Regal.) It's streaming right now on her MySpace.

Dates:

03-14 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow Academy
03-15 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
03-16 Dublin, Ireland - O2 Academy
03-18 Bristol, England - Bristol Academy
03-19 Southampton, England - Southampton Guildhall
03-20 Brighton, England - Brighton Dome
03-22 Norwich, England - Norwich UEA
03-23 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Academy
03-24 Leeds, England - Leeds Academy
03-26 London, England - Shepherd's Bush Empire
03-27 London, England - Shepherd's Bush Empire
03-28 London, England - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
04-01 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
04-02 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern *
04-04 San Francisco, CA - Warfield *
04-06 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo *
04-08 Salt Lake City, UT -  In the Venue *
04-09 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre *
04-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
04-12 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre *
04-13 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall *
04-15 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *
04-17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
04-18 Philadelphia, PA - TLA *
04-19 Boston, MA - House of Blues *
04-20 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom *
04-22 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theater *
05-03 Berlin, Germany - Lido
05-04 Cologne, Germany - Gloria
05-06 Paris, France - Cigalle
05-07 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
05-08 Belgique, Belgium - Ancienne

* with Natalie Portman's Shaved Head