V Festival cheers for 'wobbly' Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse turned in a wobbly performance at the V Festival - but escaped being booed for a second time.

The troubled soul singer was barracked when she arrived late on stage at the event's leg in Weston Park, Staffordshire on Saturday night.

Her set at the festival's second site, at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex, also started behind schedule but attracted cheers rather than jeers.

Winehouse made a jittery start, but had the crowd singing along by the time she closed with her version of The Zutons' song Valerie. She appeared to change the words of her hit Rehab to refer to her husband Blake Fielder-Civil's incarceration for trying to cover up an attack on a pub landlord.

The 24-year-old Grammy winner looked nervous, and her vocals were sometimes only partially audible, but the V crowd applauded loudly at the end of her curtailed set.

Music fans at the festival's Essex site basked in sunshine as they enjoyed a diverse line-up of rock, pop and urban acts today.

Weston Park suffered heavy downpours over the weekend, but Hylands Park almost entirely escaped the rain.

Earlier, Girls Aloud won over the main stage with their combination of perfect pop tunes and energetic dance routines. All dressed in black with gold accessories, they got the crowd joining in with their hits, including Love Machine and Call the Shots, as well as spirited covers of Walk This Way and Jump (For My Love).

On the 4Music stage, Scouting For Girls provoked a mass singalong with their summer-tinged indie pop. Their medley of Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling In Love and their own hit Elvis Ain't Dead sent fans into a frenzy.

On Saturday night, the headliners at Chelmsford, Devon band Muse accompanied their operatic rock with a spectacular laser show. Their V appearance concluded a gruelling world tour, and now the group will return to the studio to begin the follow-up to 2006's Black Holes and Revelations album.

Via ukpress