Singer Lily Allen has postponed the next leg of her US tour because she is feeling homesick and wants to get back to the UK.
The 21-year-old star, who recently said that trying to crack the US market was boring, has pulled out of 20 concerts across the US.
The official announcement about the tour dates comes just days after media reports suggested that the singer was too exhausted to continue performing on the tour.
Spokesperson Murray Chalmers said: "She has been writing new material whilst on the road in the US and wants to capture these new songs in the studio."
Allen said: "I want to give my best to every audience I play to but, at the same time, I am itching to get back in the studio to start recording these great new songs, to keep things fresh for the audience and for myself."
The star recently wrote a blog on her MySpace page, saying: "Life is weird at the moment. Is it really important to break America?"
"If it is I have to write my life off for the next nine months, playing the same gig answering the same questions to different journalists and such."
"It's either that or I could go home, sit on my boyfriend's sofa for a bit, then write a new album. What d'you reckon?" she wrote.
"As much as I love driving across America and doing the same thing every night, I'm bored slightly."
Allen is due to reschedule her remaining US dates for the end of the year.
