Winehouse no-show delays new album plans

Plans for Amy Winehouse to release a new album this year have been shelved.

The singer's label Island Records booked a trip for her in the Bahamas last month, where she would begin recording her next LP with producer Saleem Reli. However, Winehouse pulled out of the arrangement at the last minute, meaning that plans for a new release this year will no longer go ahead.

"Island wanted to get her away from it all and thought it would be great surroundings for her," a source told The Sun. "It was a very expensive trip and it was hoped they would make some decent progress recording the album. But Amy pulled out at the last minute.

"The album was planned for late 2008, but her label is now privately admitting it’s unlikely to happen until 2009. She's not the kind of artist you can just stick in the studio for a month and get an album done. And I now think early 2009 would be a good result."

Amy's last album, Back to Black, was released in 2006. A deluxe edition of the CD is currently at number seven in the UK album chart.