Amy Winehouse Denied Visa For Coachella Festival

Troubled Amy Winehouse has been supposedly forced to pull out of a forthcoming U.S. concert after she was denied a visa following her charge with assault on Thursday.  The 25-year-old singer who was charged with common assault last week after allegedly punching a fan in September last year (08) – will no longer appear at April’s Coachella festival.

She had been a headline act along the likes of The Killers, Sir Paul McCartney and Morrissey at the California spectacular, which is attended by around 75,000 fans. As well the thousands of fans, legions of top record executives are expected to visit Coachella. It would have been her biggest US show to date.

Her spokesman told the Daily Mirror: “She is not appearing at Coachella this year in the light of current legal issues.”

The Back To Black singer was said to be “absolutely gutted” at the development.

She will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates Court on March 17.

It is not the first time the star has been halted by visa trouble – she had to perform at the 2008 Grammy Awards via satellite from London after she was banned entry over her arrest for drug possession in Norway in 2007.