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Amy Winehouse Fails at Rock in Rio

by celebuzz on Jun. 2, 2008 11:46 AM / 8 Comments
Amy Winehouse Fails at Rock in Rio
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Don't call it a comeback. Seriously, just don't.

Anyone holding high hopes for Amy Winehouse's concert at the Rock in Rio festival had to have been shaking their heads in dismay as Wine-O turned her catalog of hits into a parade of misses.

On the plus side, she managed to show up—eventually.

The singer took the stage in Lisbon, Portugal, nearly an hour late, according to Access Hollywood, then rambled aimlessly into the microphone and danced like a drunk toddler while her backup band performed an interminable vamp.

The show, which took place in front of a crowd of 90,000 people, lasted 55 minutes before it mercifully came to an end, sans encore.

During that time, Winehouse—who sported curious cuts on her left arm and a bandage on her right—squawked through something resembling her hit song "Rehab" and a handful of soul and reggae numbers.

Her Grammy-winning voice cracked under the pressure of actual use.

See for yourself...

 

Wow, hopefully she pulls herself together before her big gig at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebration. Because while 27 years of imprisonment under apartheid might have failed to break Mandela, witnessing this crap might just cause him to hang himself with his own necktie.

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“Amy Winehouse reportedly showed up almost an hour late to her concert in Lisbon. Miss Wino was at the Rock in Rio Lisboa fesival in Lisbon, Portugal on Friday for the concert, however, when the 90,000 crowd were booing until she arrived. According to reports, Wino's voice was hoarse.

I would've still booed if I had been waiting for her for that long and her voice sounded like crap.


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Gabby Babble
“The queen of the crack attack, Amy Winehouse, actually showed up to perform at the Rock in Rio festival in Portugal. Sure, she was an hour late. But she's on crackhead time. Winehouse complained of a sore throat, but she performed a full set.

"I should have cancelled but wanted to be here so much," she croaked. Crack smoke is probably murder on the throat. Whenever I smoke a cigarette when I'm drinking (and I have to be REAL drunk for that to happen) I always wake up the next day feeling like someone took a cheese grater to my throat. I can't imagine what it feels like after sucking the glass dick all day.

Amy's rep covered for her crack tardiness.

"Amy was overwhelmed by the goodwill shown by the audience in Lisbon and even apologised for her below par vocals on stage, after suffering from a sore throat all week," he said.

"She was given the option to cancel, but was determined to take her first step back on to the live scene and although her throat was not at 100%, Amy felt it important for fans to see that she is back working at her craft. She will continue to her comeback at events throughout the summer."

Enabler! The crowd reportedly gave her shit when she first showed up, but then gave her a "warm welcome." Let's face it. It's Amy Winehouse. Her showing up is like hitting on a scratch ticket. And there's a better chance of hitting on a scratchie.

She would make the hottest basketball coach ever. "Wankers! Put the bleedin' ball in the basket! This bolllocksy sore won't heal on me face!"”
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