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Winehouse Go, Go, Goes to Rehab

Troubled pop singer checks herself in after damning footage released

By Michael O'Connor,  Newser User

Posted Jan 24, 2008 5:33 PM CST

(Newser) – Though her hit song may deny it, Amy Winehouse is going to rehab, E! reports. The Grammy-nominated singer today checked herself into an undisclosed drug-treatment facility a day after police began investigating a video in which she inhales from a smoking glass pipe. No word yet whether Winehouse, 24, will still perform at the Grammys in Los Angeles next month.

The incriminating footage was first published online Tuesday by British tabloid the Sun, and was then turned over to authorities. Winehouse has a hit song, "Rehab," in which she  insists she won't "go, go, go" into a treatment facility. Winehouse's father said he was actually grateful the video was released, adding, "It may finally be the thing to focus her mind and convince her to get the help she needs to quit for good."

British singer Amy Winehouse leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court in London after the hearing of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil in this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo. Fielder-Civil is in court charged with grievous bodily harm and preventing the course of justice. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
British singer Amy Winehouse leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court in London after the hearing of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil in this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo. Fielder-Civil is in court charged with grievous...   (Associated Press)
British singer Amy Winehouse, left, leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court in London with an unidentified woman after the hearing of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. Fielder-Civil is in court charged with grievous bodily harm and preventing the course of justice. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
British singer Amy Winehouse, left, leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court in London with an unidentified woman after the hearing of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. Fielder-Civil is in...   (Associated Press)
British singer Amy Winehouse poses for photographs at a studio in north London, in this Feb. 16, 2007, file photo. Winehouse received six Grammy nominations on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, including best new artist. The Grammy Awards will take place on Feb. 10. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)
British singer Amy Winehouse poses for photographs at a studio in north London, in this Feb. 16, 2007, file photo. Winehouse received six Grammy nominations on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, including best new...   (Associated Press)
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