Amy Winehouse Backed By Andrew Lloyd Webber

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has defended Amy Winehouse’s performance at the Birmingham NIA on Wednesday night, saying the singer showed “flashes of genius.”

Of course, many Winehouse ‘fans’ at the show started booing her and some walked out of what was labelled as a “car-crash” performance. She was labelled drunk, incoherent and at one point even threatened a section of her audience.

But Lloyd Webber remains miffed as to why the crowd turned on Winehouse, during what he perceived as a solid performance.

He said: “I thought there were moments when she was absolutely magnificent. I didn't notice her doing anything peculiar. I thought her voice was toned and she was handling material you would not expect a girl of her age to cope with.

"It was strange what happened. Suddenly, way into the show, the audience suddenly turned on her and she wasn't equipped to handle it.

"I was with Sir David Frost and he has seen it all. Neither of us could work out why the crowd turned on her - it just happened in one moment."

Speaking about Winehouse threatening the crowd, Lloyd Webber continued: "It wasn't fair what happened to her. If she was working with me I would have a heart-to-heart about her obvious talent. I would beg her not to throw it away and advise her to get whatever help she needed."

Lloyd Webber added: "If she hadn't abused the crowd everybody would have gone home saying 'Gosh she's right back. Terrific concert.'"