It looks like it just might be touch and go as to whether Amy Winehouse will indeed make it to her scheduled appearance at Friday’s Nelson Mandela’s concert because for some reason she did not turn up at today’s photo call.

Amy did confirmed that she will sing at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert despite being diagnosed with early stages of emphysema.

On Monday Amy was released from hospital after doctors confirmed she has scarring of the lungs which can cause emphysema, but it is treatable. Yesterday, Amy pledged to honour her live commitments at both Glastonbury and the Mandela concert. So what has happened today?

Instead she visited her husband Blake Fielder-Civil at London’s Pentonville Prison, before stopping off at an off licence for some Jack Daniels whisky and vodka and a packet of sweets. 

Nelson posed with Will Smith, Annie Lennox, The Sugababes and Leona Lewis at today’s photo call, following last night’s big charity dinner in his honour. So the big question is will Amy disappoint her fans and not turn up at Nelson Mandela’s concert on Friday and the other question is will she be well enough to take part in the Glastonbury event on Saturday?

Her father, Mitch Winehouse, said his 24-year-old daughter’s lungs were “all gunked up” and revealed doctors painted a “very vivid picture of her sitting there with a mask on her face struggling to breathe”. He said she has been warned “if she goes back to smoking drugs it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her.”

According to reports if she plays for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert and Glastonbury this weekend, she will play through the pain barrier with a special St John’s Ambulance crew on standby back stage. 

OH! AMY! 

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