Amy Winehouse postponed her tour of the U.S. and Canada, citing poor health and exhaustion. The singer is still scheduled to go ahead with U.K. concerts in October and November, her record company Island said today in an e-mailed statement. The missed shows will be rescheduled in early 2008.
``Due to the rigors involved in touring, Amy Winehouse, who is taking time out to address her health issues, has been advised to postpone,'' Shane O'Neill, head of press for Island, said in the statement.
Winehouse, 23, was treated in hospital earlier this month for ``severe exhaustion,'' the BBC reported on its Web Site. She has denied newspaper reports of drug abuse, though her husband Blake Fielder-Civil said the couple had been in a rehabilitation clinic, the BBC said.
Winehouse had already canceled concerts including the V Festival in Chelmsford and Staffordshire, England, support gigs with the Rolling Stones in Germany, and the Rock en Seine event near Paris.
Her second album ``Back to Black'' has gone platinum in both the U.S. and the U.K. and is the favorite to win Britain's Nationwide Mercury Prize. Its singles include ``Rehab'' and ``You Know I'm No Good,'' both mixing R&B with jazz.
Winehouse swiftly followed the album with sell-out concerts, a BRIT award, marriage, and headlines about drink and tattoos.
Winehouse is also nominated for three prizes at next month's MTV Video Music Awards in the U.S.: best female artist of the year, best new artist and video of the year (for ``Rehab''). Island Records made no further comment, so it is not known if she will now perform at the Las Vegas MTV event on Sept. 9.
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