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Turns out, Lily Allen did indeed cancel much of her North American tour over the weekend. Though she looks assured as ever in our pictures from the KCRW Sounds Eclectic Evening on Saturday, Lil complains of rattled nerves and a far-too-friendly relationship with the bottle in her just-posted MySpace blog explaining the tour hiccup:

"Hey Guys ,
I'm writing to tell you that I have cancelled many of my May and June tour commitments in America . The reason for this , is because my mummy and daddy are very rich , and I have never been in a position where i have actually had to do any hard work before . I thought that being a popstar meant going out getting trashed with famous people and sleeping in all day . The fact that this is not true has come as a huge disappointment to me , and as a result I am throwing the towel in .

No but seriously , I have been on tour with this album for a year now , I have fulfilled every commitment up to this point . I am tired , but more than that I don't think I have been giving my best performances recently . I have been getting really drunk because i've been so nervous about doing bad shows , and I don't want people spending money on a going to see a show that isnt the best it could be . I am not falling apart at the seems , I am not suffering with exhaustion , I am not pregnant , and I am not going to rehab . I will be here in America , promoting the album and also starting to write the second album , which I am beyond excited about . The LA and New York shows will still be happening , and I am still playing Coachella and Bonaroo and all the other festivals .

I'd like to apologise to anyone who has bought tickets , but you can get your money back , if you take 'em back to the place you bought them from ."

Get better soon, Lily! Glad to see your sense of humor hasn't suffered a bit.

Knock 'em out:

04-29 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-13 Seattle, WA - Everett Events Center
05-15 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
05-16 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
05-17 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
05-19 Boston, MA - Tweeter Centre (KISS 108 KISS Concert 2007)
05-21 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
05-22 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
05-23 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
05-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
05-26 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
05-27 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
05-28 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
06-01 Charleston, SC - Center Stage at the Plex
06-04 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues Cleveland
06-05 Indianapolis, IN - Vogue Theatre
06-06 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
06-08 Dallas, TX - The Palladium Ballroom
06-12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
06-13 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
06-12 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
06-15 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
06-21 Bath, England - Bath Pavillion
06-23 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-29 Werchter, Belgium - Werchter Festival
07-06 Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park Festival
07-07 Paris, France - Solidays Festival
07-13 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase Barcelona
07-14 Madrid, Spain - Summercase Madrid
07-18 Cornwall, England - Eden Sessions
07-28 Yuzawa-machi, Niigata, Japan - Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
08-10 Oslo, Norway - Oyafestival
08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West
08-15 Sagres, Portugal - Surf Festival
08-18 Staffordshire, England - Weston Park (V Festival)
08-19 Chelmsford, England - Hylands Park (V Festival)
08-24 Krakow, Poland - Coke Live