Amy Winehouse today cancelled her ongoing UK tour after a string of emotional outbursts and below par performances.

Winehouse, 24, said that without the support of her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, she would be unable to fulfil her commitments.

“I can’t give it my all on stage without my Blake,” she said.

“I’m so sorry but I don’t want to do the shows half-heartedly; I love singing. My husband is everything to me and without him it’s just not the same.”

Mr Fielder-Civil was arrested earlier in the month for allegedly trying to bribe a barman he is accused of attacking not to give evidence against him. He is currently in Pentonville Prison on remand.

The singer was due to perform in Bournemouth tonight but announced that all engagements this year will be scrapped.

Island Records issued a statement this evening explaining that gigs in Cardiff, Dublin, Belfast, Manchester and London would not go ahead on the advice of medical experts.

Winehouse's award-winning Back To Black is Britain’s biggest-selling album of the year, with 1.2 million sales, but she has been dogged by reports of marital strife and drug use.

She was booed on the first night of this tour and responded by threatening fans that her husband would confront them once he is released from jail.

The tour has continued with poorly reviewed and often incoherent shows culminating in alarming behaviour after last night’s gig in Brighton. She is said to have run from hotel to hotel in the pouring rain before jumping in a taxi back to London in the early hours of the morning.

Her record company said that refunds would be available for all-ticket holders.

“The rigours involved in touring and the intense emotional strain that Amy has been under in recent weeks have taken their toll,” said a spokesman for Island Records.

“In the interests of her health and well-being, Amy has been ordered to take complete rest and deal with her health issues.”

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