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Plans for a play based on Amy Winehouse have been axed after the late singer's father denied the rights to her music.
A group of 11 Danish playwrites had collaboratively written 'Amy' for the Royal Theatre in Denmark, and the play was scheduled to open at the end of January 2013.
The play's storyline had been crafted around interviews, gigs, letters and newspaper articles concerning the singer. But Mitch Winehouse has reportedly refused to allow the production to use any of her songs or photographs.
The Associated Press reports that a spokesperson for Mitch Winehouse said the family had never allowed access to the Back To Black singer's life story.
The Royal Theatre and the playwrites had originally been granted permission to go ahead with the production by Danish copyright company Koda.
Nicolaj Hylten-Cavallius, a Koda spokesperson, said: "We acted in good faith when we gave them the permission for the performance. We believed that the format - a theatre play - was okay."
But the company have since been told by Mitch Winehouse that they can forget about the rights to the late singer's music, photos branding and everything else that goes with it.
Amy and Mitch together at the Q Awards in 2006
The concert is planned to accompany the unveiling of an Amy Winehouse statue outside Camden's Roundhouse in September 2014.
"We want to make it like a Live Aid type concert where we get maybe four, five, six hours worth. peoploe doing a couple of songs each," he said.
The Amy Winehouse Foundation, set up shortly after the singer's untimely death, is also ready to roll out its schools program early next year.
The charity, which funds project to combat alcohol and drug abuse, is planning and educational project that will involve people in recovery visiting school children to warn them off substance abuse.
Pete Doherty recently claimed that he and Winehouse had been having an affair before her death and that he still loves her despite the fact that the tryst eventually turned sour.
Watch Amy Winehouse's classic 'Back To Black' below
Below: music stars mingle with Amy's parents at London Foundation ball
