Back To Black was a massive hit, propelling Amy Winehouse from perennial struggler known by a few people and their dogs in the UK to an international superstar whose name is known by almost everyone in the world. And now it’s time for her to produce a follow-up.

The problem is, this doesn’t exactly seem to be going very smoothly. In fact, friends of Winehouse are said to fear her third studio album may never actually happen, or at least not until she manages to kick her drink and drug habits completely.

The follow-up to Back To Black has seemed to be in question all year. At the end of March, it was claimed that friends who had heard some of Winehouse’s new tracks described them as “suicidal music”.

Then in April, the singer cancelled a booked recording session in the Bahamas to concentrate on writing and recording the new Bond theme. Hmm, well that worked then, as Jack White and Alicia Keys got the gig instead.

It was then reported that Winehouse’s record company had issued her with an ultimatum - get clean or lose your record deal. She still isn’t clean but still has her record deal, probably because Universal Music realise what a guaranteed payday Winehouse is when she’s on form (which is rare these days).

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Amy Winehouse is the latest celebrity to be immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds in London. While she wasn’t present to see herself uncovered in public for the first time, her parents Mitch and Janis were.

They were so taken with the model, they expressed an interest in taking it home to replace the real Amy, beset by drink, drugs, relationship, and health problems in recent months.

The model is an incredible likeness, and it was all done without Winehouse modelling live for the recreation even once. Instead, the artists worked from pictures of her, complete with heavy make-up, and beehive hairdo. Let’s be honest, the modellers would have had a wealth of photos to work from, as not a day goes by when Amy isn’t in the newspapers.

However, from the pictures of the waxwork in The Mirror, there seems to be a distinct lack of scabs, scars, spots, and blemishes… and there’s not a trace of white stuff coming from her nose.

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Pete Doherty was released early from his prison sentence involving drugs on May 6th, and immediately revealed plans to record a duet with fellow druggie and supposed new best friend Amy Winehouse.

However, the plans haven’t exactly gone to plan.

While they’re still on to duet together at Doherty’s rescheduled Royal Albert Hall gig, plans for a new song from the pair have reportedly hit a problem, namely that Winehouse isn’t happy with any of the material Doherty has come up with for the pair to sing.

The pair are said to have been inseparable since his release from prison with Winehouse taking her guitar to the Jazz After Dark venue in Soho in preparation for an impromptu jam session.

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It seems Amy Winehouse went out on a bender in London on Tuesday, and not content with getting paralytically drunk, or high on drugs, she allegedly assaulted men in not one, but multiple different incidents.

Winehouse is thought to have been out drinking in North London with Babyshambles member Mik Whitnall, probably discussing Pete Doherty’s current incarceration. Amy is now facing arrest after police received at least one allegation of assault, although judging by her activities, more may follow.

First of all, the singer is alleged to have head butted a man trying to help her hail a taxi cab at the end of the night. She is also accused of punching Moroccan musician Mustapha el Mounmi in the face after he reportedly refused to let her play on a snooker table.

When she did finally manage to get a taxi willing to take her home, she is also alleged to have become abusive with the driver. When he got her to her flat, she had lost her keys and money, and so reportedly spent 20 minutes trying to break in. When the driver asked for his fare money, it’s alleged she swore at, and tried to hit him.

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If you’re Amy Winehouse, and are seeing your career suffer (in some ways, and improve in others) thanks to being addicted to drink and drugs, and that rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, who would be the best person to advise you? Someone who’d been there, and done that of course.

Step forward Keith Richards, the Rolling Stone with the worst reputation for being a big party animal.

64 year old Keith Richards, so he’s eligible for a free bus pass, gave an interview to the Mail On Sunday in which they asked him about which current musicians he rates.

He replied:

“There’s only one person, that girl Amy. Mind you, that girl isn’t going to be around long unless she sorts herself out pretty quick. Amy’s got to get smart.”

“I’m not a preacher. But I’ve been there and you have to pass it on.”

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It looks as though Amy Winehouse could be getting back to her worst, and back drinking and taking copious amounts of drugs, at least if you believe what her friends have reportedly told the newspapers.

It’s a mere eleven days since Winehouse left her enforced spell in rehab to perform via satellite at the Grammy Awards, where she won five accolades, and was the most successful artist on the night.

Since then, things looked to be going well, with a triumphant performance at the Brit Awards, where she not only performed her own set, but also duetted (if that’s the right word) with Mark Ronson on their joint cover of The Zutons Valerie.

The past few days have even seen talk of a fashion range being launched by Amy, including clothes and make-up which the singer has become known for wearing.

Unfortunately, it seems there is also a down side to all of this, and it looks as though Amy is getting back to her substance abusing worst.

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The troubles Amy Winehouse has been having are all over the media right now. You can’t open a newspaper in the UK without being faced by the latest news on the singer.

So the news that Winehouse has postponed her US and Canadian tour until 2008 came as no surprise to anyone.

I reported just over a week ago now about Amy’s drink and drugs overdose, and trip to hospital.

And since then, we’ve heard how she’s been in and out of rehab for addiction. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the British singer, and this announcement will only add to that.

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