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Butt, why? Babyshambles' Pete Doherty to sell-off cigarette ends smoked by Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse
Thursday 27 June 2013
The Babyshambles frontman is hoping to make money from 'all kinds of sh*t' at a stall in Camden
What really killed Amy Winehouse was the eating disorder bulimia, her brother Alex claims
Monday 24 June 2013
The singer's elder brother says years of suffering from an eating disorder left Amy 'weaker and more susceptible'
A rare chance to explore Amy Winehouse’s Jewish family roots
Friday 21 June 2013
Amy Winehouse’s battered black suitcase is crammed with photos of her family and friends. There is the red jumper she wore as her Sylvia Young School uniform with her name label, as well as her record collection, passes for gigs and her first guitar. These are just a few of the intimate objects on show at Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait at London’s Jewish Museum in Camden, where Winehouse lived, that have been lovingly put together by her brother Alex and his wife Riva, just two years since she died in 2011.
Any Winehouse's cultural icon status confirmed by Jewish Museum exhibition and bronze statue
Friday 10 May 2013
Amy Winehouse's status as a cultural icon looks set to be canonised as plans to install a life-sized statue of the "Back to Black" singer in her native Camden are approved by the local council in the same week the Jewish Museum announces an exhibition dedicated to her.
Amy Winehouse documentary featuring unseen footage of the singer to be made by Senna director
Thursday 25 April 2013
A documentary about the life of Amy Winehouse is being developed by the director of Senna, it has been confirmed.
I turned off the lights at Television Centre
Sunday 07 April 2013
For trivia fans, I was in the last programme ever to be filmed in BBC Television Centre. This is a fact, despite reading about 10 different Tweets from other performers claiming the same thing. As far as I can make out, their claims were only factually correct in that it might have been the last thing to be filmed in the studio they were in, but mine was the very last. I literally turned the lights off as I left. This should be very exciting, but as it was a non-broadcast puppet pilot for CBBC, it's not quite as glamorous as it could have been.
Russell Brand hails 'perfect' anti-addiction concert acts
Thursday 07 March 2013
Russell Brand said he had put together the "perfect bill" for his anti-addiction concert with acts including Noel Gallagher, Rizzle Kicks, and Nicole Scherzinger.
Russell Brand: I recently wanted to take heroin
Wednesday 06 March 2013
Comedian and former drug addict Russell Brand has admitted that he is still tempted to take heroin.
Laura Mvula, The Tabernacle, London
Tuesday 05 March 2013
There’s much talk of The New Boring, the supposed prevalence of a staid, pleasant, young fogeyish tendency in new music - the success of your Michael Kiwanukas, Adeles and Ben Howards being its most obvious symptom.
Music 'Walk of Fame' for London
Sunday 03 February 2013
Amy Winehouse will be one of the first names to be immortalised in a monument inspired by Hollywood
Amy Winehouse and Alt-J head best of British list
Friday 11 January 2013
The acclaimed indie-rock band Alt-J will compete against boyband sensations One Direction at the Brit Awards after leading the field with a trio of nominations for the UK music industry's showpiece event.
Danish theatre cancels Amy Winehouse play after her family refuse copyright permission
Monday 26 November 2012
Amy Winehouse's father has stopped the performance in Denmark of a play about the late singer, refusing permission for the use of her music and photos.
Stars come out for Amy Winehouse Foundation Ball
Wednesday 21 November 2012
A host of music stars paid tribute to Amy Winehouse as they gathered in her memory to raise money for disadvantaged young people.
Thieves steal Amy Winehouse's wedding dress in raid on her home
Thursday 01 November 2012
Amy Winehouse's wedding dress, which was to be auctioned for charity, has been stolen from her home.
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