Amy Winehouse gets US visa rejection

Amy Winehouse will not perform at the Grammy Awards because her US visa application has been rejected.

The Back To Black star - currently in rehab for drug addiction - had been invited to sing at the event this Sunday. She has been nominated for six awards.

But the US Embassy in London turned down her application.

A spokesman for the star said: "Amy Winehouse will not be performing at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony. Unfortunately, her application for a visa to enter the United States of America has been rejected at this time by the American Embassy in London".

"Amy has been progressing well since entering a rehabilitation clinic two weeks ago and although disappointed with the decision has accepted the ruling and will be concentrating on her recovery. Amy has been treated well and fairly by the Embassy staff and thanks everyone for their support in trying to make this happen. There will of course be other opportunities and she very much looks forward to visiting America in the near future."

The 24-year-old singer attended a meeting with embassy officials on Monday, accompanied by her lawyer.

In addition to her current well-documented addiction problems - she entered rehab on January 24 after a video emerged of her apparently smoking crack cocaine - she was arrested and fined in Norway last October for possession of cannabis.

Winehouse's six Grammy nominations include Record of the Year for Rehab and Album of the Year for Back To Black.

Mark Ronson in bed with Amy Winehouse?

Music producer Mark Ronson has denied spending the night in a hotel room with troubled singer Amy Winehouse.

Ronson, who produced Winehouse's last album Back To Black, was accused of romancing the star after the pair were reported to have stayed at the K West Hotel in London together on Friday night after an alcohol-fuelled recording session. However, the 32-year-old has rubbished the reports that they are having an affair, insisting the pair are just friends.

He says, "We were pictured together at the weekend but we didn't spend the night together and we weren't even working in the studio. "We were just running around London, hanging out, going to a house party. I went to her house for a bit and she played me some new songs and then we went out."

Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently being held on remand at London's Pentonville Prison on charges of perverting the course of justice, was said to be furious at reports his wife had spent the night with Ronson. It was another blow for Fielder-Civil who was also reported to have been angered by Winehouse's decision to spend a festive holiday in the Caribbean with her ex-boyfriend George Roberts.