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Source: Reuters
Singer Amy Winehouse will not get a work visa to travel to the
United States in time to perform at a leading music festival
because she was charged with assault last week, her spokesman
said.
Winehouse, 25, had been expected to perform at the annual Coachella
festival in California, where she was to join acts including Paul
McCartney and The Killers.
According to the festival website, she was due to sing on April
18.
The bee-hived soul singer, who won five Grammy awards in 2008 and
whose second album Back to Black has won widespread critical
acclaim, was charged with common assault following an incident at a
ball in London's Berkeley Square last year.
Her private life, including a battle against drug addiction, has
increasingly overshadowed her recording success over the last two
years.
Winehouse had to perform live from Britain via satellite at the
2008 Grammy awards ceremony in Los Angeles because she was
attending a drug rehabilitation facility at the time and also had
problems in getting a US work visa.
A hearing in the assault case is due to take place at Westminster
Magistrates' Court on March 17.
