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Allen Quits Piracy Fight ... and Maybe Music, Too

Brit singer says she won't renew recording deal, has no plans for new album

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 24, 2009 8:13 PM CDT

(Newser) – After taking heaps of “abuse” for her campaign against music piracy, British pop star Lily Allen today shut down the blog she’d used to explain her side of the fight—only after she’d written that she wasn’t going to renew her recording deal and didn’t plan on another album. “She is not quitting pop music,” a rep tells NME.com about the 24-year-old, who’s still touring in support of her current record.

Though Allen tweeted otherwise, she did attend a meeting tonight in London with other artists worried about the issue, the Guardian reports. “I’m proud of the fact that that I’ve been involved with this debate,” she later wrote on her Twitter feed, “but I’m passing the baton on to other artists.” Her most recent post: “And I’ve shut down the blog, the abuse was getting too much.”

British singer Lily Allen performs in Manchester, England, March 15, 2009.
British singer Lily Allen performs in Manchester, England, March 15, 2009.   (AP Photo)
Lily Allen performs at the Glastonbury festival, June 26 2009.
Lily Allen performs at the Glastonbury festival, June 26 2009.   (AP Photo)
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Just so you know, I have not renegotiated my record contract and have no plans to make another record. I do however remain a fan of new music, so this is not some selfish crusade. - Lily Allen, in a since-deleted blog post

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chas_m
Sep 26, 2009 11:32 AM CDT
Who?
EileenRocks
Sep 25, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
Hey Lily, in the words of one of your own songs, "F%*k you, F#$k you very very much. 'Cuz we hate what you do and we hate your whole crew, so please don't stay in touch." I like the video to that song... not hers, but the one by the gay kids fighting back against the haters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...). Ironically, that's just the kind of cross-polllination that's she's probably dead set against. Doesn't she understand how much free publicity it is? Without the video I linked, I wouldn't even know who she is.
drlarrymitchell
Sep 25, 2009 9:09 AM CDT
I wish I could thumb you for this more than once.

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