Winehouse may miss Glastonbury and Mandela gig

Amy Winehouse might have to pull out of Glastonbury and the Nelson Mandela concert next week, the singer’s spokesman has admitted.

Amy Winehouse might have to pull out of Glastonbury and the Nelson Mandela concert next week, the singer’s spokesman has admitted.

The troubled singer is booked to play at Mandela’s 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park on Friday June 27 followed by Glastonbury, directly before headliner Jay-Z, the following day.

However, Winehouse, who has fought heroin and crack addiction, is still in a London clinic awaiting the results of tests following her collapse at home.

A spokesman said last night Winehouse still intended to perform at both high-profile events, but that doctors would decide whether she was well enough to take to the stage.

He said: “Amy has undergone more scans and tests today and we are awaiting the verdict of her doctors.

“At present, she still intends to perform at the two scheduled dates next week.

“However, a decision will be made entirely upon the advice of her doctors and in her best interests.”

Winehouse, 24, has been in the London Clinic since being taken there by her father Mitch after fainting at her home in Camden, north London, on Monday.

The star’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has admitted attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice.

According to a report in The Sun today, doctors believe Winehouse may have contracted tuberculosis.

The newspaper reported the singer has a chest infection and has been coughing up blood – both symptoms of the disease, along with weight loss and lack of appetite.

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