Lily Allen had a pretty busy year last year \nd performing at the Top Of The Pops christmas speacial should have been the cherry on the top for her.

But unfortunately she was unable to attend and had to cancel due to illheath strangely though she was seen the night before partying at Sir Elton John’s annual Winter Ball in London’s Grosvenor Hotel.

Allen also cancelled a gig for Mencap on December 17th , saying that she had a severe sore throat.

friends of the star fear tht she is headed for a burnout due to Allen constantly going out while at the same time trying to battle regular bouts of laryngitis and bronchitis.

A friend tells Now: ‘She hasn’t stopped touring all year and her body’s taken a battering. She’s on antibiotics, but still enjoys a drink. So her body doesn’t have chance to get better. The nights out and illnesses are taking their toll.’

Her love life is improving for her though ,she has now been with Sam Cooper for five months and is still going strong

A friend adds: ‘It’s a good job she has Sam. He’s remarkably level-headed, dependable and not at all showbiz-like. Without him, she’d have already hit the self-destruct button.’

A friend also said

‘Lily’s had therapy in the past for her personal issues, so she could benefit from this kind of help again.’

Allen’s spokesman says: ‘She has a recurring throat infection.’