Allen: 'I'm off to Afghanistan'

Lily Allen has revealed that she is planning to visit Afghanistan.

The singer said that she wants to see the war-ravaged country because her celebrity lifestyle has become too "vacuous".

"I sometimes feel like my life is a bit empty - as ridiculous as that sounds to some people, a bit vacuous," she told Q Radio.

"It is pop music and people do talk about it too much and sometimes I feel like I want to have a bit more substance in my life."

The star recently covered The Clash's 'Straight To Hell' for the War Child album. The charity raises money for children living with the effects of war.

"I am going to be going to Afghanistan or the Congo in a few weeks to help War Child," she said. "They want me to go there and see how the money I have earned for them in the past is being used. And that is the stuff I get really excited about."

Allen releases new single 'The Fear' on January 26.