[Red Moon]

Is it impolite to ask if you've been to powder your nose, Amy Winehouse?

After the disastrous opening night of her UK tour, one might have thought Amy Winehouse would be trying to keep her nose clean.

But judging by the white powder lodged in her nostril, that seems to be far from the case.

Winehouse seemed in remarkably good spirits as she arrived for her sell-out show at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, in contrast to the opening night in Birmingham where she staggered round the stage insulting fans.

However many and varied her demons, it emerged last night that Winehouse, 24, has at least one invaluable ally in her battle against substance abuse: Pete Doherty, a man who has been there and back again, several times.

Doherty, 28, said he and Winehouse were helping each other fight drugs.

He also said that she has been clean since her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, 25, was arrested and remanded in custody on charges of GBH and perverting the course of justice.

Doherty said: "I speak to Amy almost every day. She just wants her man back for Christmas. They are desperately in love.

"One good thing is that Blake has got clean since he has been in prison. It's been quite an awakening. Amy stopped doing everything since he went in. She realises how much they have to lose. They are going to lose each other if it carries on. Love, music and melody is the way forward."

But Winehouse's mother Janis, 52, meanwhile, has gone one further, and said that jail was the best thing that has happened to Blake.

"Thank God he's gone inside because its also a case of now he's going to learn," Janis told First Magazine "I think, while they are apart, she will wake up and think, 'What have I done?'"

"I hope Amy has not been taking drugs long enough for it to be a real addiction. I don't think she's stupid enough to actually keep going.

"If his and Amy's relationship is meant to be, it will survive this.

"I don't bear Blake any ill will. If he and Amy are meant to be together he will have to straighten up.

"What's happened to Blake could be a great lesson in life for Amy, but we'll have to wait and see. However, I have always had this intuitive feeling about Amy...that she will always be fine."

Source: Daiy Mail