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10th November 2021 Lily Allen adds another massive Manchester arena show to West End Girl tour
Daisy Jackson
Lily Allen has just announced an extra show here in Manchester, after her previously announced dates in theatres across the UK drove phenomenal demand.
The much-loved British singer sold out some of the nation’s finest theatres in just minutes with her West End Girl tour.
Since then, the star has announced her biggest-ever headline tour, with a run of arena shows coming next summer.
Lily Allen is now set to visit the AO Arena in Manchester not just once but twice, as well as playing other big cities including Leeds, Nottingham, Birmingham and London.
West End Girl was released less than a month ago and has received critical acclaim across the board, amassing 150 million streams and sticking near the top of the UK Albums Chart.
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The bear-all, scathing, deeply personal record has catapulted Lily Allen back into the spotlight, and now she’s got the arena tour she deserves.
The show – ‘Lily Allen Performs West End Girl‘ – will see the singer/songwriter play her brand-new album
in its entirety, in the order the songs appear on the record.
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She had already announced two nights at Aviva Studios in Manchester next March, which sold out almost instantly.
Before this era, Lily was famed for her big hits like ‘Smile’, ‘The Fear’, and ‘F*ck You’. It’s fair to say she’s now riding one of the biggest waves of popularity in her career thus far.
Lily Allen is set to play at the AO Arena in Manchester on Friday 19 June 2026, with tickets on sale from 10am on Thursday 27 November.
You can get your tickets right HERE, but we’d be quick about it…
Lily Allen 2026 arena tour dates in full
- 16 June – Newcastle Utilita Arena
- 17 June – Glasgow OVO Hydro
- 19 June – Manchester AO Arena
- 21 June – Leeds First Direct Bank Arena
- 23 June – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
- 24 June – Cardiff Utilita Arena
- 26 June – Birmingham BP Pulse Live
- 27 June – London The O2
- 30 June – Dublin 3Arena
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Greater Manchester officially launches five-year climate change action plan
Danny Jones
Greater Manchester has officially begun its five-year climate change action plan, with the overarching goal of becoming a net-zero city region by 2038.
The comprehensive pledge put together over a number of years itself will see Manchester City Council and the nearby local authorities put into action a number of key measures that will help to reduce not only central carbon figures but, eventually, across the 10 boroughs in turn.
Over the last 15 years, emissions have been reduced by approximately 64%, saving an estimated 44,344 tonnes of carbon through cleaner building energy, street lighting and other electronics, as well as the increasingly green and over-growing Bee Network.
They have also insisted that it isn’t just about cutting down on greenhouse gases; the aim is to make the city region and the surrounding areas more sustainable, affordable and create a better standard of life.
Our five-year plan to tackle climate change launches today. 🌏
— Manchester City Council (@ManCityCouncil) November 26, 2025
It details how we’ll continue to deliver dramatic reductions in the amount of carbon we emit (the biggest contributor to climate change). 🏙️
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As per the summary on the Council website, in addition to creating more efficient homes, they’re hoping to provide more access to nature and good-quality green space, “public transport you can rely on”, and “better health and wellbeing for those who live, work, study and visit here.”
With a steadily recovering local and national economy (touch wood), they’re also hoping for an influx of new jobs, too.
Summarising the key bullet points leading up to the end of the decade, these are the next steps currently outlined by the Council:
- Lower carbon emissions
- Grow the use of renewable energy
- Improve low-carbon travel in the city
- Improve air quality
- Grow the city’s natural environment and boost biodiversity
- Improve resilience to flooding and extreme heat
- Engage and involve our workforce and our city’s communities
- Reduce waste and grow reuse, repair, sharing and recycling
- Support a move to a more circular economy
- Minimise the negative impact of events held in the city
- Develop our knowledge of our indirect emissions and lower them
- Create a green financing strategy and explore new funding models for the city
- Influence the environmental practices of other organisations
As for emissions, the target is now to drop the present output by another 34%, which will prevent almost 43,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from being pumped into the atmosphere.
You can see the foundations for the climate change action plan being laid out by Greater Manchester. Combined Authority back in 2019.
Provided the city region keeps on track, these steps should help Greater Manchester become largely zero-carbon by 2038.
For those curious as to the breakdown of the numbers, you can read more about the science-based carbon reduction targets online.
Having touched upon the continued expansion of the Bee Network infrastructure, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is also set to install multiple new travel links over the coming years, including both new tram stops and train stations – further
You can read the climate action plan in full HERE.
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