Winehouse's father in-law, Giles Fielder-Civil, told BBC Radio Five Live that fans should send his son and daughter-in-law a message. "Perhaps it is time to stop buying records. It's a possibility, to send that message."

Amy's father disagrees. He told the Victoria Derbyshire show "It won't send any message to Amy at all, unfortunately. If I thought it would, it would be a great idea," he said. "The only way out of this is not sectioning them, not locking them up. At some point they are going to reach rock bottom."

Are Amy and her husband Blake the new Sid and Nancy? Blake's mother fears they may be. "I think they both need to get medical help before one of them, if not both of them, eventually will die," she said.