Amy Winehouse's silent illness

29-10-2008 12:01

Amy Winehouse may never sing again.Friends fear the singer - who was hospitalised last weekend with a chest infection, at first thought to be the return of emphysema - has damaged her voice through her drug-fuelled partying and may never record another album.Record bosses allegedly claim work on the follow-up to Amy's award-winning 'Back To Black' LP is "going slower than hoped" because of her health problems. A source told Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "She's struggling. We just hope the wait is worth it. She's got the genius in there, it just takes more coaxing to get it out these days."However, a spokesperson for the star insisted there was no need to worry about her lack of material.He said: "Amy isn't on a deadline with her album."The last album's still selling. She's in and out of the studio working but the record company hasn't seen the final result yet. Amy's fine."