Any good will and future hope Amy Winehouse garnered during her triumphant Grammy performance and multiple wins has been pissed away by now. At this point, even her most ardent fans are getting fed up with her refusal to get help for her obvious substance abuse problems- to the point that she cannot reliably perform live anymore. This was evident after Winehouse disappointed a group of fans who waited over an hour for her to show up at her first concert since appearing on the Grammys. Not only was she late, but she was, as expected, a complete and total mess. The fans even booed her.

Amy Winehouse kept 90,000 fans at the Lisbon music festival waiting almost an hour at the first concert she has given since leaving rehab.

“Hey Lisbon, I’m sorry I’m late,” the Grammy winner, 24, told the sold out crowd, which had started to boo when she failed to arrive, the Associated Press. The singer said she was suffering from a sore throat, but disappointed many with her distracted performance of hits like “Rehab.”

Her voice cracked repeatedly and she often stopped to fix her microphone or talk with her band members.

The singer, who had visible cuts on her left arm, and a bandage on her right hand, left the stage without performing an encore.

[From People]

I really wish Amy had a Daddy Spears in her life who would come in, take charge, and get her back on track. While her parents seem to care about her a lot, they don’t seem to be able to give her the “tough love” she needs right now. Instead, they run to the tabloids or write long, rambling letters to magazines that Amy doesn’t read, because she’s too busy getting cracked out with Pete Doherty. I’d love to see Amy’s dad march into her apartment, throw her over his shoulder and carry her off to a rehab clinic. It might be the only way she’d go.

Amy Winehouse is shown performing at Rock in Rio Lisboa on 5/30/08, thanks to WENN.

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