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She entered rehab for the first time at the Causeway Retreat facility on Osea Island in England, together with her husband Blake Fielder. Both resumed using drugs immediately after being released.
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- Amy Winehouse overdosed on a mixture of alcohol, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine after visiting several London pubs. Her hospitalization led to the cancellation of her first U.S. tour. The singer refused her record company's request that she enter rehabilitation for alcohol abuse, which inspired her hit "Rehab". She later did enter rehab, but never remained sober for long.
- Amy Winehouse cancelled a series of European concerts after being admitted to University College London Hospital due to severe exhaustion. She was later discharged.
- Amy Winehouse canceled two scheduled performances in Hamburg, where she was due to open for The Rolling Stones. She cited exhaustion as the reason; Starsailor replaced her.
- Organizers of the French music festival Rock En Seine threatened legal action after Amy Winehouse cancelled her appearance. The singer did not attend the three-day festival in Paris, and according to the organizers, they received notification of the cancellation only two hours before her scheduled performance.
- Two weeks after Amy Winehouse's death, her second and final studio album, “Back to Black,” reached No. 1 on the UK album chart and began a three-week run at the top.
- Amy Winehouse's 2007 performance on Radio 1 Live Lounge, in which she sang a cover of “Valerie” by The Zutons, was voted the best performance on the programme during its first 25 years. Arctic Monkeys came second and third.