Amy Winehouse canceled the Athens and Istanbul concerts

The British singer Amy Winehouse canceled the concerts from Athens and Istanbul from her European tour after the incident from the Serbian concert from Monday. The singer entered on the stage very drunk and she wasn’t able to sing. He couldn’t keep her stability and even though the band tried to postpone the moment for her singing, to let her save the moment, Winehouse wasn’t able to sing at all. The people that came to see her and paid 45 Euros on a ticket, in not a very wealthy country, hooted her. The 20.000 fans didn’t like at all the singer’s attitude and they were disappointed for the grotesque show. The concert from the Serbia’s capital should had been open the European tour for the singer, but the entire event was a failure both for the audience and Winehouse too. The singer that is in a harsh battle with the drug and alcohol addiction could not sing at all in Serbia.

For 90 minutes, the time that she was on the stage, she just murmured small passages from her songs. At one moment, the singer thrown the microphone on the ground and she hampered several times as she was on the stage. The band behind her couldn’t save the situation, although they tried. The people that paid a ticket to see her in concert started to furiously boo her. Amy Winehouse was the headline of a Festival in Belgrade that included in its line-up Moby too. A spokesman said that the next two concerts from the European tour of the British singer are canceled. The Greece and the Turkish fans will not enjoy the „Rehab” singer in their country. The next concert is scheduled for July 8, in Spain.

In the official statement, the spokesman said that despite her desire to respect the contract obligation, the singer agreed with the managing team of canceling the next two concerts. More, the spokesman said that she apologize the fans from Athens and Istanbul, but she thinks this is the right thing to do. Amy Winehouse received specific instructions not to drink any alcohol after she came out from a specialized center for treating her alcohol addiction in London, where she spent one week. More, the employees from all the hotels were the singer stayed in that period had specific instruction not to give her any alcoholic drinks and to give up the drinks from the room.

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