Wheels off Winehouse tour again

Quick, Daily Telegraph writers - you're going to be needed to trot out some more pieces about how, if you pay to see Amy Winehouse, you'd better not complain: her third night at the Hammersmith Odeon hasn't gone down entirely well:

In developments which have started to alienate even her most loyal fans, the singer:

* Locked herself in her hotel room after a 48-hour bender and refused to go to the venue;

* Was booed after a shambolic set which didn't start till 10.15pm; Slurred her way through the songs, with many fans leaving early and demanding refunds;
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* Snubbed her support act.

Now, the "snubbing her support act" is one of those bits that should have been left out of the article, but we suppose once the Mirror;s unnamed journalist had put in the first two developments, he or she didn't know how to switch off the automatic bulletpointing so had to pull in the not-entirely-heinous crime of not hanging out with the support act to round off the list.

They were quite upset, though:

A member of Bryn Christopher's band claims: "Amy always throws parties backstage but we're not allowed to go. It's hurtful."

Frankly, we'd be delighted to take the opportunity to nip off home early and catch the start of Newsnight, but that could be just us.