LILY ALLEN has given up on social-networking after her boyfriend told her she spent too much time online.The Smile hitmaker was a frequent user of Twitter.com and MySpace - but has now turned her back on the sites, and given away her computer and BlackBerry, in a bid to keep lover Sam Cooper happy. Allen has previously admitted her obsession with the internet and communicating with fans was causing friction in their relationship, saying, "My boyfriend gets really angry. He's like: 'I want to spend some time with you, do we have to have one and a half million people in the room with us?' I'm like, 'Yes, shut up!'" But the star has now decided to quit writing on her blogs, according to British newspaper the Daily Mirror. A source tells the publication, "We thought she was joking, but it's been a month since she last Twittered. Before then you could always get a response from her straight away. No matter what time of day or where she was, she'd be glued to her BlackBerry. "Now you ha...

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LILY ALLEN has confirmed she has no intention to ever record another album.The British pop star is currently leading a campaign to stamp-out illegal online file-sharing in the U.K., encouraging music lovers to buy albums in order to save the struggling record industry. And she has taken to her blog to tell fans she doesn't stand to gain financially from the fight - because she is quitting her music career for good. She writes, "Just so you know, I have not renegotiated my record contract and have no plans to make another record (applause). "I do however remain a fan of new music, so this is not some selfish crusade. The days of me making money from recording music has been and gone as far as I'm concerned, so I don't (at this point) stand to profit from legislation, except future purchases of previously recorded material (which won't be much)." Allen is set to test her acting skills after landing the lead role in writer/director Neil LaBute's upcoming London play Reasons To Be Pre...

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LILY ALLEN has confirmed she's dating contractor SAM COOPER with a very public kiss.The British pop star has been single since splitting from art dealer Jay Jopling at the beginning of the year (09) and has previously dated Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons and record executive Seb Chew. She has been dogged by rumors of new romances, with internet gossips recently linking her to The Virgins guitarist Wade Oates. But she has now gone public with new lover Cooper - the pair was spotted kissing and cuddling as they watched England play Australia in the final Ashes cricket test at the Kennington Oval in London on Thursday (20Aug09). Allen recently took to her Twitter.com blog to clear up rumors about Cooper, but only to point out that he is in fact a builder - not a painter and decorator, as he was described in the media.

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LILY ALLEN had to sing through the pain on tour in Finland on Sunday night (16Aug09), after falling and injuring her back over the weekend.The singer was given a pain-killing injection to help her keep her commitment to perform at the Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland - but she was worried the pain would be too much to handle. Lily Allen doesn't reveal how she fell, but wrote on her Twitter.com blog before she was due on stage, "(I) fell over badly last night and I've really f**ked my back up. Just had an injection in my bum. How am I gonna get through tonight's gig?"

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LILY ALLEN is reportedly romancing a member of British band THE VIRGINS.The 24 year old, who has previously dated Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons and record executive Seb Chew, was rumored to be dating painter/decorator Sam Cooper in July (09) after breaking up with art dealer Jay Joplin in January (09). But it seems she has a new man in her sights - British guitarist Wade Oates. The pair was spotted kissing at the Fuji Rock music festival in Tokyo last week (25-26Jul09), according to Britain's Daily Star newspaper. A source tells the publication, "There was an instant attraction. They were making out all night and didn't care who saw them. "Lily seemed very pleased with herself and was glued to his side all night."

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