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The Sun reports Amy remains in an isolation ward in a London hospital, with only her father Mitch permitted to see her. She was admitted on Monday after collapsing at home.

A source said: ‘Amy doesn’t want to cancel – it’s keeping her going. She begged the doctors to let her out to rehearse. She went into the studio for a few hours and sang her heart out. She sounded amazing. No matter what else is happening in her life, Amy can still turn it on.”

Amy is also scheduled to perform at the Glastonbury music festival on Saturday. Although Amy’s dad, Mitch, recently voiced his fears she was suffering from emphysema, doctors are still trying to diagnose what is wrong with Amy. A source said: ‘She has scarring on her lungs, which doctors say could lead to emphysema, but she isn’t as bad as her dad first thought.’

A source said: “Amy was one of the first acts Glastonbury started talking to about performing this year, so they’ll do all they can to help ensure she is fit to sing. Amy travelled by private plane to her recent show in Lisbon and she’s been offered a helicopter to minimize the stress of traveling to Glastonbury.”

Winehouse is expected to appear on stage at 10pm and will be followed by headliner Jay-Z.

Amy is also scheduled to sing at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert in London’s Hyde Park on Friday and has left the hospital for rehearsals. Nurses and medics will travel with her to the show, and she will go straight back to the hospital afterwards.

The singer has been diagnosed with scarring on her lungs which can lead to emphysema. However, she has been told her illness is treatable with nebulisers, which sprays a fine mist of medication directly into the lungs.

The incident has sparked debate about Australia’s lack of a Bill of Rights, but Sen-Sgt Arron Ottaway defended charging the teen: “I’m not religious but that’s just offensive.” Police conducted inquiries at Australia Fair shopping centre, where the teen said he bought the shirt, to find any shops selling it.

Metro newspaper reported in October 2005 that a British teenage heavy metal fan had been handed a community service order for wearing the Cradle of Filth “Jesus is a Cunt” t-shirt. Adam Shepherd, who was 19 at the time, was reportedly convicted under the then-new anti-hate laws which ban people from displaying religiously insulting signs. The teenager was arrested after a woman complained to police when she saw his shirt, which shows a picture of a nun in a pornographic pose. The top was being worn by Shepherd’s girlfriend when a police officer approached her. As soon as the teenager realized there was a problem, he told the officer it was his and swapped tops with his girlfriend. But he refused to take it off or cover it up and was arrested. Weymouth magistrates gave him 80 hours community service and told him to pay $70 in fines.

Meanwhile, MediaWatchWatch.org.uk reported that the wearing of this T-shirt has led to at least two previous convictions in the UK. Dale Wilson, 35, of Norwich, was arrested by two police officers as he walked to the newsagents on Halloween 2004. He pleaded guilty to “religiously aggravated offensive conduct.” He was eventually discharged and told to “grow up.” He paid $260 costs, and the judge ordered that the T-shirt be destroyed.

Back in 1997, Rob Kenyon, 29, of London was found guilty of committing the offense of “Profane Representation under the 1839 Act” by Bow Street Magistrates Court. He was also fined. Cradle of Filth drummer Nicholas Barker was also arrested in Dover and charged with “creating a public disorder” for wearing the same t-shirt. There were no further proceedings against him.

Some journalists & citizens on the internet & are wondering: Q? Am I a homophobe because I included a slang for gay in with other “acceptable” curse words during a verbal lashing I gave a young concertgoer, after being hit by his shoe, during a show the other day? A= Nope. My gay family & friends, as well as myself, KNOW I am not a homophobe. For years now I’ve known gay is not a choice; one’s skin color doesn’t determine one’s intelligence level; & red hair doesn’t mean you’re someone’s stepchild. You see, it’s not the words, it’s their intent. I never said, nor suggested, that being gay is wrong, but apparently, based on your outrage to my flu-infused rant, you do! By that logic… I also told that young whipper snapper I’d have anal sex with him… how can I possibly reconcile these opposing viewpoints? I called him a pussy too. Does it mean I hate our one worlds’ collective vagina? I never have been nor intend to be politically correct. That’s your cross to bear. To me, that PC world would suck more shit than the porta-potty truck at Glastonbury.

Homophobic? I’m in Queens Of The Stone Age for crissake… You say, “So. Your band name doesn’t prove anything.” Maybe not. But it’s a helluv a lot more definitive than the logic of some watchdog… (sorry canine-American, canine-European, canine-African, canine-Australian & canine-Asian) moralist, keeping score from pure perfectionville? If your glass house is squeegeed that clean & you need to do something, do what the great philosopher Bill Hick’s once suggested: - forgive me-. Or don’t. I’m not asking for either, OK? I think you should let both of your cheeks go loose so the stick will drop out. Either way I expect that you’ll soon find another injustice from your chair, then roll to your bullhorn & point it out to the rest of us… Because you’re so above it all. Or If you’ll allow me to translate a wish of mine into your PC lingo:

Will you please go have, consensual, sex with yourself. Pretty please with all natural, carbon offset sugar on top.