Duran Duran postpone tour dates

5 July 2011 Last updated at 15:16 GMT Doctors say Simon Le Bon damaged his voice during a performance in Cannes Duran Duran have postponed their European tour - including three UK festival dates - because of Simon Le Bon's ongoing voice problems.

In May the band announced they were postponing UK tour dates after doctors ordered Le Bon to rest his voice.

The 52-year-old, who has been told to undergo physiotherapy treatment, said it had been an "extremely difficult decision to make".

The band said they hope to reschedule the dates.

Doctors believe Le Bon damaged his voice during a performance in Cannes, in May, which caused him to temporarily lose the top part of his vocal range.

Le Bon said his injury was "an internal one and so no one can tell me exactly how long it's going to take to mend completely".

"I need to take some more time away from shows to get back to full strength," he added.

"If we knew exactly when that might be, we wouldn't have to let this entire run of dates go, but what we feel we can't keep doing is moving shows piecemeal as it's just not fair on the fans."

He said his voice problems "couldn't have come at a worse time".

"I am doing everything I can to work through this and get back on track as soon as possible."

The tour had been due to kick off in Dublin on 14 July, ending in Paris on 12 September.

Duran Duran had been due to play at the iTunes Festival in London on 16 July as well as at V Festival dates in Stafford, on 20 August, and in Chelmsford, on 21 August.

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Winehouse cancels two tour dates

19 June 2011 Last updated at 18:26 GMT Video of Amy Winehouse performing in Serbia.

Amy Winehouse is to cancel part of her European tour after the singer was booed for appearing to be too drunk to perform at a concert in Serbia's capital Belgrade.

She is pulling out of shows in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, and Athens, Greece, on Wednesday.

A spokesman said Ms Winehouse would like to apologise to fans, but "feels that this is the right thing to do".

The singer has struggled with addiction for some time.

Her spokesman added that Ms Winehouse will return home after agreeing with management that "she cannot perform to the best of her ability".

Her tour, which was originally scheduled to include 12 performances, is now due to resume in Bilbao, Spain, on 8 July.

'Strained notes'

The concert in Belgrade was the first of the tour, and for almost 90 minutes, Amy Winehouse mumbled her way through parts of songs, said the BBC's Mark Lowen.

He added: "She sang a few strained notes, before stumbling across the stage and at one point throwing her microphone to the floor.

"At times she left the stage altogether - her band attempting to fill in.

"She was frequently booed by the crowd. Many had paid up to €45 (?40) to see her in a country in which wages are some of the lowest in Europe, and their anger was clear."

The Grammy-award winning singer had been under strict instructions not to drink after recently finishing a course of alcohol rehabilitation in London.

Hotel staff on her European tour are said to be under orders to remove alcohol from her room.

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