Amy Winehouse is back to her worst after two V Festival gigs in two nights

But it was a frail-looking Amy Winehouse who returned home after her dismal performances at both the Chelmsford and Stafford legs of the festival in Essex.

Free of the liberal amounts of make-up she had used for Sunday's performance, her skin looked typically ravaged, and scabby.

And the hair of her famous beehive hung in matted clumps.

Back home: A ravaged-looking Amy Winehouse returns home after performing two gigs in 48 hours last weekend at the V Festival in Essex

Tale of two Amys: Ths singer looks in pain as she arrives home, but earlier she looked surprisingly glam as she cleaned up her act for her second V gig

Amy sporting a very dirty hand as she leaves her house to go to the V Festival

The singer's face was locked in a grimace, and she looked in some pain as she walked to her Camden home from her car at around 1.30am in the early hours of this morning.

Amy's appearance was in contrast to the groomed and glam singer who hit the stage at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex yesterday.

Especially as just 24 hours later a dishevelled Amy was clad in rolled-up jeans, a skimpy vest and headscarf,  and kept the crowd at Weston Park, Staffordshire, waiting 15 minutes before taking to the stage.

Despite her revived appearance in graphic print mini-dress and fresh blooms in her hair, Amy was still smarting from the boos her Saturday night performance had earned her.

Her stuttering performance saw hordes of fan stream away from the main stage.

She told the crowd: 'You're a really nuts crowd. I'm not on drugs, honest. 

'So boo you guys for yesterday.'

Gone was the dank hair, listless eyes, worn skin - and boos from the crowd. Instead fans were treated to a vibrant performance.

Amy is flanked by security, and her friend Remi Nicole as she returns from the festival following another shambolic performance

Just 24 hours earlier, she had been sallow-faced and grubby with dark smears of make-up around her eye.

She coughed and spluttered her way through the set, forgetting the words to Back to Black and mumbling to herself between songs.

The 24-year-old dedicated Wake Up Alone to husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who is serving a 27-month prison sentence, which prompted a smattering of boos from the crowd.

Looking good: Amy looked fresh-faced and lucid at yesterday's performance in Chelmsford - but it didn't last

Dishevelled: Amy coughed and spluttered her way through the Stafford set, forgetting the words to Back To Black

The shambling appearance provoked further fears over her health and state of mind.

So fans were wondering what to expect at the Chelmsford leg of the tour - and luckily for them the contrast could not be more pronounced.

Looking full of life, the singer performed a drama-free set - and this times she was only 10 minutes late to the stage.

She played songs including Back To Black and Rehab, and dedicated Wake Up Alone  to Fielder-Civil, who was jailed for assault and perverting the course of justice.