Thursday, February 21, 2008

Winehouse, McCartney play at Brit Awards

British singer Amy Winehouse performs at the Brit Awards 2008 ...
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British singer Amy Winehouse performs at the Brit Awards 2008 in London, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008.

(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Amy Winehouse performs at Lollapalooza  in Chicago in this Aug. ...
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Amy Winehouse performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago in this Aug. 5, 2007 file photo. Winehouse, up for six Grammy awards including album of the year, is due to perform via satellite from her home country, where she is currently being treated in a rehabilitation center for substance abuse.

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By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer

LONDON - Amy Winehouse and Paul McCartney set their recent troubles aside to steal the show Wednesday at the Brit Awards, the British music industry's most prestigious prizes.

Rockers Foo Fighters and British bands Take That and Arctic Monkeys were all double winners at Britain's equivalent of the Grammys.

Although she wasn't up for any awards, troubled retro-soul diva Winehouse received a rapturous reception when she appeared to perform "Valerie" with Mark Ronson. She followed that up with the sultry ballad "Love is a Losing Game" from her breakthrough album "Back to Black."

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