Can you think of a more attention-grabbing start to a song than “They tried to make me go to rehab..“?

Amy Winehouse is one of those tabloid phenomenons that you automatically assume must be a waste of space a la Pete Doherty. She’s sort of the female equivalent of Russell Brand. Anyway, it took me a long time to get into her music. Though I’m having a three-way love affair with her and Lily Allen in my car at the moment…(their albums that is!)

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Amy Winehouse, Ash, Billy Bragg, Babyshambles, The Charlatans and Travis will all be appearing at London’s music marathon, The Camden Crawl.

The crawl will consist of more than 90 gigs, at 15 venues in 48 hours. That will be tiring!

Lisa Paulon, co-founder of the Camden Crawl, said: “This year’s event is nearly treble the size. We wanted more of a festival atmosphere, with competitions, daytime tours, exhibitions and surprise elements.

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