The singer appeared to be tired and emotional as they performed at the Gexa Energy Pavillion in Dallas on Friday. After spending some time speaking incoherently, he told the crowd: “I’m going to go backstage and vomit, drink a beer and then come back out and play three more songs.”

He added: “For the record, I’m not drunk – I’m just fucking hot.”

But he didn’t return, leaving brother and bassist Jared to announce: “We are so unbelievably sorry. It’s beyond out control. It’s really not our fault – it’s Caleb. He can’t play the rest of the show.

“We love you guys so much, but I know you guys fucking hate us.”

Band spokesmen later said Followill had been suffering from exhaustion and dehydration. Their concert the following night was postponed and both dates have now been rescheduled.

But Jared later tweeted: “There are internal sicknesses and problems that have needed to be addressed.

“I know you guys aren’t stupid. I can’t lie: there are problems in our band bigger than no drinking enough Gatorade.”

The band’s official website and Facebook page carried no mention of the event as of 2am Monday morning.

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Total Albums sold: 4 million

Back to Black 3.1 Million

Frank 900,000

Single Sales 1.2 Million

23 Awards including 5 Grammys

Source:  Official Charts Company, Sunday Times Rich List, BBC

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No cause of death has been given, while an inquest was opened and adjourned until 26 October. Results of further toxicology tests could take four weeks.

The 27-year-old singer’s body was found on Saturday at her home in Camden, north London.

Her father Mitch thanked fans for their tributes saying: “I can’t tell you what this means to us. It really is making this a lot easier.”

Visiting his daughter’s home, he added the loss left him “speechless”.

“Amy was about one thing and that was love. Her whole life was devoted to her family and her friends and to you guys as well,” Mitch Winehouse told fans gathered in Camden Square.

The singer’s mother and brother also visited the site to see the flowers, cards and photos fans laid in tribute.

A representative for Winehouse said the funeral would not take place on Monday.

A family spokesman said earlier the funeral would be held as soon as possible, with coroners issuing interim death certificates allowing arrangements to be made.

Traditionally, Jewish funerals take place as quickly as possible following a death.

In a statement, her family said they had been left “bereft” by their loss, adding: “She leaves a gaping hole in our lives.”

‘Musical soulmate’

The Brit and Grammy award-winner had struggled with drink and drug addiction for many years and had recently spent time in rehab.

But police have declined to say whether her death was drug-related.

Police spokesman Supt Raj Kohli said: “It would be inappropriate to speculate on the cause of death.”

He added: “My sympathy extends not just to her immediate family but clearly to the thousands and millions of fans across the world.”

There have been no arrests made.

The singer, who topped the charts with her album Back To Black, was found dead by a member of her security team.

The album re-entered the charts on Sunday almost five years after it was released. The record, produced by Mark Ronson, climbed to number 59.

Tributes have been pouring in from her celebrity friends.

Ronson, who produced Winehouse’s second album Back to Black, said: “She was my musical soulmate and like a sister to me. This is one of the saddest days of my life.”

Comedian and actor Russell Brand posted a statement on his website, saying: “We have lost a beautiful and talented woman.”

Brand, who has also struggled with drug addiction in the past, described one of the first times he saw her perform.

“Entering the space I saw Amy on stage with [Paul] Weller and his band; and then the awe. The awe that envelops when witnessing a genius,” he said.

At the time he met Winehouse, Brand had not yet completely stopped taking drugs and he said the pair of them “shared an affliction, the disease of addiction”.

Camden stage

Winehouse made her last public appearance on Wednesday night when she joined her goddaughter, Dionne Bromfield, on stage at the Roundhouse in Camden.

The singer danced with 15-year-old Bromfield and encouraged the audience to buy her album in the impromptu appearance.

Just two hours after news broke of the singer’s death, Bromfield took to the stage at a festival in Pontypridd in Wales and did not mention her godmother.

Music promoters said she had been under no pressure to perform and commended her professionalism.

Last month, Winehouse pulled out of a comeback tour after she was jeered during her first gig in Serbia, when she appeared to be too drunk to perform.

For 90 minutes, she mumbled through parts of songs and at times left the stage – leaving her band to fill in.

She had recently finished a course of alcohol rehabilitation in London and was under strict instructions not to drink.

Former head of Island Records, Mark Marot, told BBC Radio 4′s Today programme that the singer’s record company had behaved responsibly.

“Island has behaved very well with Amy, and has taken very public measures to wean her away from self-harming behaviour.”

Alan McGee, the man behind Creation Records, which launched bands like Oasis, Primal Scream and Super Furry Animals, said: “If someone takes too many drugs, it’s their problem.”

McGee, who had a well-documented drug problem himself in the 1990s, added: “Only you can get yourself clean, it’s all immaterial unless you get clean.”

Winehouse won widespread acclaim with her 2003 debut album, Frank – which was nominated for the Mercury Prize.

But it was 2006′s Back to Black which brought her worldwide stardom, winning five Grammy Awards.

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Chicago based hard rock outfit Disturbed will be placing themselves on hiatus after they finish performing at this year’s Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival according to lead singer David Draiman, citing unspecified personal issues within the group. He claimed that the band has no plans to tour in 2012 and that they have no immediate plans to regroup after the Rockstar tour.

Speaking to Idaho radio station KQXR, Draiman stated: “We don’t know what we’re doing… We’re not gonna do our own thing either. This is gonna be the last tour that the American people get to see us in for a while, if not indefinitely. We have some things going on internally, we have some personal things going on. So I don’t know. It’s hard to tell.”

More information on the situation will be revealed as it becomes available.

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“Rockers both modern (Kid Rock, the Killers, the Raconteurs) and classic (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, the Doobie Brothers) along with a smattering of country, blues, folk, R&B and hip-hop artists will be performing at the inaugural Orlando Calling festival Nov. 12-13 at the city’s Citrus Bowl football stadium.

The event is the first U.S. endeavor for Festival Republic, the Live Nation-owned U.K. production and promotion firm that puts on the annual Reading & Leeds Festivals, Latitude and the Big Chill in the U.K., Ireland’s Electric Picnic and Germany’s Berlin Festival. Melvin Benn, the company’s managing director, is also one of the producers of the Glastonbury Festival.

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Orlando Calling will feature four stages of all American artists and bands, with the first day leaning towards modern sounds while the second will feature classic rock and older artists. It marks the Killers’ first U.S. show in more than three years, as well as the first time Detroit standard bearers Seger and Kid Rock have played on the same bill with their own bands (though each has guested at the other’s shows).

Other notables on the bill include the Raconteurs, who are also headlining the MI Fest on Sept. 17 in Michigan, the Pixies, the Roots, O.A.R., the Avett Brothers, Buddy Guy, Warren Haynes, the Flatlanders and Michelle Branch. The producers are planning an intimate coffee house-style site within the stadium for folks, bluegrass, jazz and other “legacy” artists, as well as exhibitions by regional artisans and late-night performances and parties in downtown Orlando.

The Raconteurs, Sheryl Crow Top Inaugural MI Fest Lineup

The city will also run shuttles from downtown to the festival site.

In a statement, Benn says that, “I am massively excited at the thought of creating an American Music Festival in the sunshine state. Orlando Calling has been a long-term dream for me to realize.” He also promised that the festival will “be the first of many to be held on an annual basis.”

General admission field and reserved seat tickets for Orlando Calling go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday [July 23] at www.orlandocalling.com or by calling Ticketmaster, 800-745-3000. Prices are $85 for single day tickets and $150 for both days, and $165/$265 for VIP seats and amenities.

The full Orlando Calling lineup includes:

Saturday, Nov. 12: The Killers, The Pixies, Avett Brothers, The Roots, The Raconteurs, O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, Iron and Wine, Local Natives, Pete Yorn, Jenny & Johnny, Civil Twilight, Lucero, Dr. Dog, Justin Townes Earle, Felice Bros

Sunday, Nov. 13: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Kid Rock & Twisted Brown Trucker, Doobie Brothers, Buddy Guy, Warren Haynes, Chris Isaak, Dwight Yoakam, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Flatlanders, Los Lonely Boys, Blues Traveler, Brandi Carlile, the David Mayfield Parade, Michelle Branch”

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