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Cash-strapped Amy Winehouse can't even afford to pay her cab fare
Updated 11:44am on 10 Mar 2008She's one of Britain's biggest music stars, but Amy Winehouse certainly isn't rolling around in cash.
The Back to Black star was left red faced after she couldn't scrape together enough money to pay her cab driver yesterday.
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Catching a ride: Amy Winehouse took a cab home from her shopping trip in north London yesterday, but didn't have any money to pay the fare
Short on cash: after scrounging around her house, Amy emerged empty handed
But a few minutes later emerged empty-handed - and rather embarrassed.
Thankfully for Amy, photographers were on hand to lend her enough money to cover the fee.
Last year it was reported that her mother Janis was in charge of Amy's finances and would give her an allowance of £300 a week in an effort to curb her spending on drugs.
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Strapped for cash: the singer eventually lent some money from photographers
The Grammy Award winner was back in the studio over the weekend, and is thought to be recording her next album.
She certainly has no shortage of heartache and hard-living to drawn on for material.
The Rehab singer has been struggling to cope with the absence of husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who has been in Pentonville Prison since November.
