Lily Allen Confirms Career Break

After months of rumours and counter-rumours, Lily Allen has confirmed that she is to take a break from her music career once her current commitments have been fulfilled.

Speaking to BBC Newsbeat, Allen said: "My last gig is my Dizzee Rascal concert at the O2 (London) in March. That's the last thing I've got planned. I'm just going to concentrate on doing some behind-the-scenes sort of stuff."

Contrary to speculation that she was set to make a career move into acting, Allen said that she was planning on opening a rental fashion store with her sister called Lucy In Disguise.

She said: "It's about making fashion democratic. That's the idea behind it. It's about getting really nice clothes but letting people rent them for affordable prices so they can go out and feel like a million dollars and it won't cost them a million dollars."

Allen also confirmed that she was also in the process of setting her own record label with a focus on developing new talent: "I'm going to get into signing new bands, but at a really early level. I don't want to compete with other record companies, but I want to support new artists."