Singer cancels August touring dates

SINGER Amy Winehouse has cancelled all her touring commitments for August, her spokeswoman said.

“Amy Winehouse is putting all her touring commitments for this month on hold until further notice in order to address her health issues,” Tracey Miller said in a statement.

“Her family has requested that the media respect Amy’s privacy at this time. There will be no further comment.”

Winehouse, 23, was taken to hospital last week for “severe exhaustion”.

Reports said she had allegedly taken a cocktail of heroin, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol.

Winehouse, whose hits include the single Rehab, was then said to have checked into the £10,000-a-week (€14,683) Causeway treatment centre in Essex.

She left the centre on Wednesday but insisted she had not quit rehab and had simply popped home to pick up a guitar.

The singer claimed: “I’m fine. I’ve put on half a stone and I feel fine.”

Asked if newspaper reports of her drug abuse were true, she replied: “I wouldn’t say so, no.”

She was then driven away by a friend. Last night her husband Blake Fielder-Civil admitted Winehouse has “a few problems” but said: “She’s determined to get well.”