Amy Winehouse’s mother Janis and fans pay their respects at singer’s gravestone on what would have been her 40th birthday – as star’s original band mark milestone by revisiting old haunt in Camden
Amy Winehouse’s mother and fans of the singer paid their respects at her gravestone to mark what would have been her 40th birthday.
Janis Winehouse visited the cemetery where her daughter is buried today as fans laid flowers by her grave.
Amy died from alcohol poisoning in her Camden home on July 23 2011 aged 27. The star sang some of the biggest hits of the 2000s, including Back To Black, Rehab, Valerie and Tears Dry On Their Own.
Three years ago, on the death anniversary of Amy’s death, Janis shared the heartbreaking final words she said to her daughter before her tragic death.
She recalled: ‘I remember exactly. I said to her, “Amy I love you” and she said, “I love you too mummy”.’
To observe her birthday, her original band took a set of photos taken at an old haunt in Camden. The band will also hold a live concert in the London borough in December to celebrate the milestone.
Amy Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning in her Camden home on July 23 2011 aged 27. Today would have been her 40th birthday
Her mother Janis Winehouse visited the cemetery where Amy is buried today as fans laid flowers by her grave
Fans laid flowers on Amy Winehouse’s grave today to mark what would have been her 40th birthday
To observe her birthday, Amy’s original band took a set of photos taken at an old haunt in Camden. Pictured: Dale Davis, Hawi Gondwe, Ade Omotayo and Nathan Allen of the Amy Winehouse Band at the Hawley Arms
The Amy Winehouse Band – comprised of Ade Omotayo, Dale Davis, Nathan Allen and Hawi Gondwe – gathered at the Hawley Arms in London on the eve of her 40th birthday.
The singer was known to frequent The Hawley Arms and a photo-realistic image of her appeared on one of the walls behind the pub in 2021, 10 years on from her death.
The musician was often photographed leaving the pub and in 2019 a mohair leopard-style pattern cardigan by Dolce and Gabbana that she had been pictured in near the pub was exhibited at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.
The band sat inside the pub yesterday, known for its autographed rock star hall of fame pictures, and also visited the Hawley Arms mural and the Amy Winehouse statue, in the Camden Stables Market.
The bronze sculpture was unveiled on September 14, 2014 on the day that Amy would have turned 31.
The Amy Winehouse Band will perform a special show in memory of Winehouse at KOKO in Camden on Friday December 22. Tickets went on pre-sale at 10am today and general sale will begin tomorrow.
The Amy Winehouse band is led by Amy’s long-term musical director and bass player Davis who is also a music consultant on the upcoming biopic Back To Black.
Actress Marisa Abela is set to play Amy in the film which is being directed by Nowhere Boy and Fifty Shades Of Grey’s Sam Taylor-Johnson.
In 2022 and 2023, The Amy Winehouse Band toured their show Forever Amy all over Europe, fronted by vocalist Bronte Shande.
In August, a book of Amy’s journal entries, including a foreword from her mother Janis and father Mitch, was published posthumously, titled Amy Winehouse: In Her Words.
Three years ago, on the death anniversary of Amy’s death, Janis shared the heartbreaking final words she said to her daughter before her tragic death. She recalled: ‘I remember exactly. I said to her, “Amy I love you” and she said, “I love you too mummy”.’ Janis is pictured at the cemetery today
A fan mourns Amy Winehouse at her grave on what would have been her 40th birthday
Fans pay their respect to the late singer at her grave today
A fan places a flower at Amy Winehouse’s grave today
Amy’s band visited the Amy Winehouse statue in Camden. The bronze sculpture was unveiled on September 14, 2014 on the day that Amy would have turned 31
The tributes to the late singer came flooding in as her ex-husband revealed that he would do ‘almost everything’ differently if he could go back in time.
Blake Fielder-Civil was married to Amy for two years between 2007 and 2009, and was in prison when she died.
Blake, 41, and Amy both battled substance abuse issues during their marriage and were frequently photographed in a state of disarray.
Blake said he believes many people still hold him responsible for her death.
Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on her 40th birthday today, he said: ‘It’s devastating she’s not here. I think about her a lot, I thought about her this morning when I woke up and said my happy birthday to her.
‘I’ll always, always, always miss her. She was my best friend, and we were married.
‘Obviously, we had our issues, I think if it wouldn’t have been for certain factors, you know, it would have been completely different, a different relationship, a different outcome.’
Discussing what those factors were, he said: ‘Aside from the obvious ones, which everyone knew about – the addiction – fame in itself at a young age is hard to deal with.
‘Also I think everything happened kind of quite quickly for Amy and I at the time, we were really young, this was over nearly half my life ago.
‘Factors that a lot of people have when they’re young – mistakes, not knowing how to conduct themselves, not knowing how to pace yourself, not knowing what your limits are – normal things that people learn as they get older that we perhaps weren’t afforded the same kind of allowances to make mistakes.’
Tributes and flowers are laid at Amy Winehouse’s grave today to mark her birthday
The singer was known to frequent The Hawley Arms and a photo-realistic image of her appeared on one of the walls behind the pub in 2021, 10 years on from her death. Her band visited the mural yesterday
Janis Winehouse is pictured today at the cemetery where her daughter is buried
Asked if he thinks he is still held responsible for her death, Blake said: ‘Yeah, that’s one of the reasons why I wanted to speak today. I do, and that’s okay.
‘I can’t change how other people feel about that. But for me, personally, I needed to stop carrying that cross on my own.
‘I’ve carried that burden myself for over 10 years. I feel that I’m the only person within that story that’s ever held any accountability, that has ever tried to say, ‘Yeah, I made some huge mistakes’.
‘I was a 20-something-year-old drug addict so I had no idea how to make myself clean, let alone somebody else who was a big cog in the machine for a record label and there were vested interests in Amy carrying on performing.’
Blake said he had used drugs before he met Amy but did not become an addict until later. He also confirmed the singer had not tried heroin until she saw him taking it.
He continued: ‘I wasn’t an addict before Amy was, I had done drugs. There’s a difference between somebody that takes drugs socially. Again, this isn’t me trying to demean my role. I did become a drug addict.
‘Full accountability. I’d tried that particular drug [heroin] a handful of times. I hadn’t gone down any bad roads with it. I know that sounds a bizarre thing to say.’
Asked what he would change if he could go back and do things differently, he said: ‘Almost everything.
The tributes to the late singer came flooding in as her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil (pictured today) revealed that he would do ‘almost everything’ differently if he could go back in time
Blake Fielder-Civil was married to Amy for two years between 2007 and 2009, and was in prison when she died. Blake, 41, and Amy both battled substance abuse issues during their marriage and were frequently photographed in a state of disarray. They are pictured in 2007
‘Before me and Amy did that together. I had tried it a few times. So I recognise myself now, and this is part of being kinder to myself, I didn’t know what I was doing. I wasn’t going into it with an intention of this happening.
‘I don’t think people around Amy, people that loved Amy, her family or friends, none of them would think that this is what I would have wanted.
‘But equally I think that they would have said Amy wouldn’t want me to have taken the burden for the past 10 plus years.’
The biopic about her life is due to be released next year but Blake said he is not sure if he will watch it.
He said: ‘Maybe. Maybe not. I mean, I’ll probably see what people’s reactions are.’
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