We all know what a naughty girl that Amy Winehouse is. The press publish photos of her doing crack cocaine, she wanders the streets in her bra and abuses her own fans at concerts, add to that all the woes of her beloved Blake Incarcerated and the girl ain't doing well. She's so notoriously blighted by her addictions that she even famously sang about them to score a huge hit (and probably some other stuff). But now her record label has had enough of her wayward behaviour. Yes, Universal Music has rolled up its sleeves and is ready to whip the beehive back into shape. Rate their chances much?
The company's European top-dog Lucian Grainge tried to clean up the Wino after the crack cocaine saga went public, but like her other attempts to sort herself out, the singer soon slid Back to Black. Now, the exasperated suits at Universal are determined that a stern ultimatum will work its magic with them threatening to not release any more of her music unless she ditches the drugs and the booze (and preferably that scabby husband).
An insider at Universal source blabbed to The Sun: “Amy has been reminded of her responsibilities. Unless she is clean she will not be allowed to release another album. She took notice when Lucian talked to her earlier in the year and agreed to go to rehab. But she didn’t take it seriously enough. They would never release her from her deal, they would just not put an album out.”
Hear, hear – well done Universal, after all no great music ever came out of drug-taking did it? The Beatles, Hendrix. etc. that was neither hear nor there. But more importantly, will Amy be bothered about all this? If some of her recent live performances are any kind of indicator, any music she'd release would sound shite anyway.
[via The Sun]