Amy Winehouses final words to bandmate hours before | Music News

Amy Winehouse’s bandmate has shared intimate particulars about the time he spent with her before her premature death.

The iconic singer tragically handed away at the age of 27 in July 2011, leaving the world in shock as they grappled with the heartbreaking news. At the time, Amy was reportedly in high spirits and at her happiest. Amy would have been 42 today (14th September). 

Just weeks before her death, Amy had embarked on a 12-date European tour, beginning in Belgrade.

However, her tour was later canceled so she may take “as long as it takes” to regain her consolation and well-being.

Just days before her death, Amy made her final stage look at Camden’s Roundhouse on July 20, 2011, alongside her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, shocking her to carry out her single Mama Said with The Wanted.

In a resurfaced interview, Dale, who performed bass for the songstress, said she was in good spirits and was “never far from being OK”. 

“I talked to her at 11.30pm, three hours before she went to bed for the last time, and she was on good form,” Dale shared with The Sun.

He continued: “Amy said, ‘Dale, I’ve just been watching myself on YouTube and I can sing, can’t I?’ I replied, ‘Of course you can sing! You’re the best…’ You know. I’m glad she went to bed with that thought. She needed to appreciate she could sing because she was very humble. Even at her level, a person can never see it in themselves.”

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“They probably think, ‘Is the adulation real or not?”

Throughout Amy’s profession, the late singer confronted quite a few public challenges. The Me and Mr Jones hitmaker struggled with drug dependancy.

However, in her final years, Amy had develop into clean from medication after spending time in rehab.

An inquest later decided she died of alcohol poisoning, and heard testimony from a GP who had visited her at home the evening before her final drink.

Dr Christina Romete spoke with Amy during her go to and told the court the singer admitted she was consuming again after a long period of abstinence.

She acknowledged the severity of her condition and hauntingly told the doctor, “I don’t want to die”. Dr Romete revealed the star had been prescribed a medication called Librium to help her deal with alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

Romete later described Amy as “one of the most intelligent young women I’ve ever met.”

At the inquest held at St Pancras Coroner’s Court in London, assistant deputy coroner Suzanne Greenaway decided that Amy’s death was due to “accidental alcohol poisoning”. The official ruling was declared as death by misadventure.