Lily pulls the plug on US tour

Updated 13.19 Tue Apr 17 2007

Keywords: Tour, US, MySpace, Lily Allen

Lily Allen has confirmed, via her MySpace page, that she is to cancel most of her US shows.

Reports had been circulating that the Londoner was planning to pull out of her Stateside performances and last night Allen declared that she was backing out because she was "tired".

"I am not suffering with exhaustion, I am not pregnant, and I am not going to rehab," - Lily Allen

Writing on her regularly updated page, Allen stated: "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 going to see a show that isn't the best it could be."

The singer dismissed rumours that she was falling apart at the seams.

"I am not suffering with exhaustion, I am not pregnant, and I am not going to rehab," she said.

Allen will stay in America to promote her album and also plans to start writing some new material, which the singer said she was, "beyond excited about".