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Lily Allen: ‘Getting my U.S. Visa Revoked Was a Blessing in Disguise’

Posted by Adam

Friday June 12, 2009

Lily Allen is grateful to American immigration officials for revoking her work visa in 2007 — because it gave her a much-needed break from her hectic tour schedule.Lily Allen

The 23-year-old star had to scrap all her U.S. tour dates in August 2007 after she was stopped from entering the country following an altercation with a photographer that March — which resulted in her arrest on allegations of assault.

“I was really sad when I got my visa taken off me, but I was really exhausted and it felt like a blessing in disguise,” Lily tells British music magazine the NME.

“I did really need to be home. I’d been on the road for a year and I just wanted to be with my friends and family.”

“I’ve completely changed the way I play live,” she added. “I’m really enjoying it, giving people a show. Before I was just getting drunk, wandering around onstage and moaning, which isn’t much fun if you’ve paid for a ticket. So thank the nice people at immigration for putting me on a path to a rethink.”

Lily recently revealed that she’s “obsessed” with Lady GaGa.

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  • anonymous

    Lily Allen wasn’t arrested. Lily Allen grabbed the camera of pap photographer Kevin Rush. Rush pulled back striking himself in the eye & tried to press charges. The infamous kick with her standing next to Seb Chew never connected. Lily’s problems began when she flew to New York ( To meet with Mark Ronson) She wasn’t supposed to leave the country. After meeting Elvis Costello at a party in the Hamptons and finishing her work, Lily Allen returned to the U.K. and she asked to meet with the police [ by appointment.] so you see there was no arrest.