Drug charges scupper Amy's ambitions

AMY WINEHOUSE'S career as an international star hung in the balance amid claims she is to be banned from the U.S.

American authorities will not grant her a visa to enter the country to complete a promotional tour following a recent drugs bust in Norway, her father claimed.

But Mitch Winehouse went on to blame Norwegian authorities for misleading his 24-year-old daughter into signing a confession document in relation to the incident on her European tour last week.

Mitch, a taxi driver, said Amy thought the document, which was written in Norwegian, had actually been a release form.

Mr Winehouse said the situation was now being thrashed out between the British Consulate and Norwegian authorities in the hope that Amy would avoid a US ban.

Being denied a visa could stall Winehouse's assault on the US where she has already climbed the top ten singles chart and earned rave reviews.

Fellow Brit singer Lily Allen has also recently fallen foul of US immigration.

Her visa was cancelled in August after LA immigration officials questioned her over an assault on a photographer in March.

She was forced to cancel a planned September concert in Las Vegas.

Winehouse was arrested in Norway earlier this month for possession of marijuana while on her European tour.

She and husband Blake Fielder-Civil, along with friend Alexander Foden, spent the night in a police cell and were released after paying a fine.

Mr Winehouse also claimed - in the interview on This Morning - that his daughter did not touch hard drugs until she married Blake Fielder-Civil, who works as a film production runner.