Lily Allen Tweets following the birth of her daughter

December 6, 2011 By Carl Wheeler
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Lily Allen has taken to Twitter to thank her fans for their kinds messages following the birth of her first child. Although no official announcement has been made, it’s understood the Smile singer gave birth to a baby girl on November 25th.

The singer is known for being a serial tweeter but hadn’t posted a message for a week until her tweet today which read, “Thank you for all the flowers and lovely messages everybody. Very touching indeed. nuff luv x x” Prior to this, the last tweet from the singer came on November 25th, the date she’s rumored to have given birth, which simply said “Totes amaze”.

The news of the baby’s safe arrival is especially happy as the 26-year-old had previously suffered two miscarriages, one last year and another in 2008 while in a relationship with Chemical Brothers’ star Ed Simons.

Lily, who now goes by her married name of Lily Cooper, broke the news of her pregnancy in June when she married her partner Sam Cooper in Gloucestershire where the couple now live.

While Lily is yet to officially confirm the birth or the name of the baby, friends and family have done little to quash the rumours that the baby has indeed arrived with the singer’s sister Sarah Owen gushing on Twitter, “I LOVE my little niece” and other celebrities such as Amanda Holden and Myleene Klass sending their congratulations via the social network.

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Lily Allen leads the Brits in the Ivor Novello awards shortlist

April 21, 2010 By Carl Wheeler

Lily Allen is up for two awards at the Ivor Novellos

Lily Allen is leading the Brits alongside rapper Dizzee Rascal in the list of nominees for this year’s Ivor Novello awards. Both Lily and Dizzee have been nominated for two awards apiece at the prestigious bash which will take place next month.

The Smile singer admitted to being a little overwhelmed and emotional at the news of the nomination for the well respected award. However we may even see some feathers fly when the glittering ceremony arrives as Lily has been pitched against rival Cheryl Cole. Girls Aloud’s track The Promise is nominated in the category of PRS For Music Most Performed Work, as is Lily’s number one hit The Fear.

Dizzee Rascal is also riding high with two nominations. The rapper’s much-loved track Bonkers is listed in the contemporary song category, and Dizzee’s album will battle is out with Paolo Nutini amongst others for the title of Best Album.

The awards were established in 1995 to honour the composer and songwriter Ivor Novello. Each year the ceremony aims to showcase and reward the best of British musical talent.

This year’s awards ceremony will take place on May 20th.

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Lily Allen’s shock announcement to quit music

September 24, 2009 By Kate Owen
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Lily Allen is to quit music for good

Lily Allen is to quit music for good

Lily Allen has stunned music fans by announcing through an online blog that she is to quit music. The Smile singer wants to take her career in another direction and is looking into the possibility of pursuing her interests in acting.

Her current album, It’s Not Me It’s You, will be her last as she confirmed on the blog, “I have not renegotiated my record contract and have no plans to make another record.” The news may shock her fans but those close to Lily say she has been feeling unsure about her future in music for some time. A source close to the 24-year-old said she has described herself as feeling “old” when she looked at some of the fresh musical talent currently on the scene.

Lily used her blog on the site set up to fight illegal file sharing, It’s Not Alright, to announce the news. She has since closed her blog as a result of the “abuse” she was receiving because of it. In recent times Lily has been extremely vocal in her condemnation of music piracy sites branding them “the biggest threat to British music’s future.”

Not one to waste time, Lily has already lined up her first acting role, and it’s pretty substantial. She will appear in the London’s West End in a new production of Neil LaBute’s play, Reasons to be Pretty. With a father and brother already in the acting profession and a mother who works in film, Lily will have all the support she could possibly need to make a success of her new venture.

It has been confirmed that Lily has tour dates booked until March of next year so it’ll be a few months before Ms. Allen can officially draw a line under her musical career.

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