Lily blames label for album delay

Updated 13.48 Mon Aug 18 2008

Keywords: EMI, Terra Firma, MySpace, blog, album, Lily Allen

Lily Allen has revealed her second album hasn't been released yet because of problems at her label.

The singer, who is signed to EMI, explained the reasons for the delay on her blog.

The singer, who is signed to EMI, explained the reasons for the delay on her blog

She said: "The album, it has been finished for a while now. I don't really know what's going on with it.

"The record industry is a very political place at the moment and I am on EMI Records. Lots of people have been fired or have taken redundancy recently as the company was taken over by a private equity firm called Terra Firma.

"Many of these people were people assigned to my projects and now I don't quite know what's going on. I'm sure everyone will find their feet soon enough and I'll be able to put the album out soon."

EMI was bought by Terra Firma last year for £3.2 billion, resulting in nearly 2,000 job losses.

Allen's debut, Alright, Still, was released in July 2006.