Is Amy Winehouse set for a premature death? That is at least the opinion of Brit Music Scene readers who responded to me recent poll asking where Amy Winehouse was likely to end up.

I’m a huge fan of Winehouse’ music but her personal life keeps getting in the way and leaves a lot to be desired. And that saddens me because it means one of the most talented and world-renowned British artists this generation could end up messing her life up badly.

After reading about Winehouse’ activities on holiday in St. Lucia, I asked the question: What is Amy Winehouse’ ultimate fate? The answers were very much skewed in favor of the one none of us want for her but most of us seem to fear will happen.

Read more

What’s the first thing that springs to your mind when you think about Amy Winehouse? Drugs probably, then Blake Fielder-Civil, and then possibly music? But it seems all three of those things have now gone out of her life and been replaced by just one: love.

Love can conquer all, this is true, but I’m dubious as to whether it can make someone well known to be hooked on drink and drugs to give turn their back on substance abuse. But that is exactly what Amy Winehouse is claiming.

In a new interview with the News Of The World, Winehouse claims to have turned her back on drugs. The newspaper claims to have had exclusive contact with Winehouse while she’s on holiday in St. Lucia. She is pictured above with a News Of The World reporter.

Read more

There I was thinking Amy Winehouse had started to settle down a little bit when she goes mad once again. I thought the spells in hospital and time out of the limelight since taking a break from touring may have calmed her down but it seems not. And that’s even before she’s reunited with her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.

The Mirror newspaper reports how Winehouse was on yet another bender in Camden when she started acting strangely. She screamed for Blakey, even though she knows he’s currently in rehab, and banged loudly on the door of her old flat just up the road from her new one.

Winehouse is said to have been completely out of it, which is unsurprising seeing as how she was carrying a liter bottle of vodka with her. She offered the vodka to passers-by and signed autographs on her way back to the flat she currently resides in.

Read more

Brit Music Scene has been a bit of an Amy Winehouse-free zone for the past month or so, partly because some readers requested less frequent reports on every facet of her life, and partly because she hasn’t actually done anything for weeks, having been out of the newspapers for some considerable time.

Winehouse was taken to a London hospital suffering from a chest infection last week, but is now back at home and thought to be on the road to recovery. She’s reportedly not well enough yet to have met up with husband Blake Fielder-Civil who was released from jail today (November 5th, 2008).

Fielder-Civil has straight away entered rehab as part of his release conditions and is unlikely to meet up with Winehouse for some time. Meanwhile, she is thought to be back at home working (finally) on her new album, which is well overdue with Back To Black having been released over two years ago now.

Read more

We all know Amy Winehouse hasn’t exactly been healthy for the last couple of years, with the continued drink and drugs abuse really taking a toll on her body. But there are new fears over the state of her health after her latest public appearance where she looked almost on the verge of death.

Winehouse’s year started off surprisingly well, with her winning five Grammy Awards stateside. This made her the most successful artist at the annual backslapping event, and although she couldn’t attend in person, she performed via satellite without messing up one little bit. She actually looked quite healthy and there was optimism surrounding her addiction problems.

But it’s been downhill since then. Her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has been jailed, although he’s expected to be released in to his mum’s care soon. And Winehouse has also been hospitalised twice, the second time being when she was diagnosed with emphysema.

And then there are the numerous incidents of fighting in the street with paparazzi, reporters, and innocent bystanders. While all of this has been going on in her (supposedly) private life, her professional career has bombed, with the James Bond theme slipping away, and her new album nowhere near being finished.

Phew. And that’s only the half of it.

Read more

Amy Winehouse may have had a hit record with the song telling of her refusal to enter rehab but it seems she may have finally succumbed to the good advice. Russell Brand, due to present the MTV Video Music Awards in September, is said to have been the man behind the sudden change of heart.

According to The Sun, Winehouse has booked in to a rehab clinic just a short drive away from currently incarcerated husband Blake Fielder-Civil. This will enable her to receive treatment for drink and drug addiction while still being able to pay visits to Blake in Highpoint Prison, near Newmarket.

The Focus 12 Clinic in Bury St Edmunds is where Winehouse is being treated after Brand recommended it. He beat his own demons there, thought to include sex addiction as well as drugs, before becoming hugely famous.

Read more

Amy Winehouse has finally got her own computer game! Sort of. She’s the star of a new Flash-based Internet game called Escape From Rehab that has been made to promote new spoof Disaster Movie. It’s a brilliant idea because it’s working - I now know about the film.

It may not be as graphically brilliant as your average PS3 or Xbox 360 game, and it may not be as innovative as something the Wii could come up with, but it is funny, and that has to count for something right?

The game sees you cast as Winehouse, resident in a rehab clinic (not based on real life then) which gets destroyed along with the rest of the city. You have to help Winehouse escape even though she’s drunk, drugged up to the eyeballs, and on heat without her Blakey there to satisfy her needs.

Read more

It must be Sunday today, and the reason I know that is because there’s another round of Amy Winehouse stories in the press. It’s like a weekly habit now for the newspapers to report the latest rumours, talk to her friends and family, and generally report on the state of her health and well-being. What’s worse is that Sunday is a complete non-day for music news, so I always feel compelled to also write about Winehouse.

This weekend has seen a report in the Daily Star Sunday claiming Winehouse has been offered £1 million to perform one gig for playboy prince Azim of Brunei. While that is an absolute fortune to us, Azim is worth an absolute fortune, being as he is, the son of the Sultan Of Brunei, who has a personal fortune of £25 billion.

The newspaper claims Amy will agree to do the gig, even though it would break her vow to stop touring in September to have a well-deserved break, and to concentrate on finishing up her next album.

A friend suggests that Winehouse would hand the fee straight to husband Blake Fielder-Civil, currently imprisoned on a 27-month prison sentence, to give him a fresh start upon release.

Read more

Amy Winehouse is always talking about her husband Blake Fielder-Civil. Whether it’s during a live show and she dedicates a song to him, or whether it’s in an interview, and she tells the reported he’ll be out soon, the two go hand in hand. But they won’t be hand in hand for the next 18 months, after he was today given a 27 month jail sentence.

Winehouse wasn’t at London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court to see the sentence handed down, but she’s probably crying in to her crackpipe about it now. Fielder-Civil has been on remand for 9 months already after being charged with not only assaulting a pub landlord but then attempting to pervert the course of justice after the initial incident.

Read more

Amy Winehouse’ problems have been well reported up to now. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that she is the musical artist who has had most press coverage on her personal problems ever. And the reporting of her personal problems sadly outweigh the amount of copy written about her singing career these days.

But part of the problem is that the people around her keep opening their mouths and telling the world all about her problems. Be it the friends who are referred to as sources in the newspapers, or the relatives who come out of the woodwork for a bit of a payday. And then there is her dad.

I’m sure Mitch Winehouse is a lovely guy, and he certainly comes across as such in all the newspaper, TV and radio interviews he does. But why does he feel the need to do all of these interviews? Sure, he’s got his daughter’s well-being at heart, and sure, I guess he feels the need to set the record straight when an erroneous report gets published about her, but man, give it a rest.

He’s just given yet another interview, this time to Sky News, (reported here via NME) where he spoke about the current state of Amy’s health, her incarcerated husband Blake Fielder-Civil, her efforts to get help for her substance abuse, and the plans to take a break from touring, for an indefinite amount of time.

Read more