Watch Amy Winehouse's shambolic comeback performance (+video)

Amy Winehouse was universally panned for her disastrous for her big comeback gig in St. Lucia. Photo / AP

Amy Winehouse

was universally panned for her disastrous comeback gig in St. Lucia over weekend, amid reports that the soul pixie forgot the words to her songs and gave one of the most shambolic performances of her career.

Despite her representative spinning the official line that the gig was halted due to "technical difficulties and bad weather", witnesses say the beehived warbler's erratic behaviour was the real reason why the whole thing was a disaster.

"Amy would like to express her disappointment that weather forced the abandonment of her show at the St Lucia Jazz Festival last night.

"The set started well, but as the heavens opened, a number of technical difficulties occurred on stage, culminating with the lighting rig failing for two songs," her rep said.

On the boos

Winehouse reportedly staggered on stage -

clad in a tight-blue minidress and white high heels

- and struggled with her balance and mumbled her way through her songs. It wasn't long before she got booed and jeered by the jaded crowd, at which point she allegedly shouted "f*** you" back. She then exited the stage sharpish, before returning to prolong the agony.

After having another stab at singing, she forgot the lyrics to a song, and told the crowd, "Sorry, I'm bored".

Winehouse's reps continue to deny that she gave a shambolic performance, but a disgruntled fan who attended the gig tells the MailOnline: "I was there. She was booed off the stage. If it was the rain why did the act after her perform?

"Weather aside, it was not raining when Amy came on stage, it did rain heavily later in her set but that has not stopped previous performers here!"

Another fan told the BBC: "Everyone's paid money and everyone stayed in the soaking wet to see her and she's just walked off.

"And you couldn't understand what she was saying either. She was just mumbling."

The singer had agreed to perform at the concert as a way of showing her appreciation to St. Lucia - where she's spent several months convalescing and recording her third album.

Video: Winehouse, in her prime

Was it the rain, or was it a broken heart that led to the trainwreck comeback? The latter, according to the

News of the World

.

A snitch tells the tabloid: "It's the first time Amy has sung those songs for a long time. They brought back all her memories of her [husband] Blake." Believe that, and you'll believe anything.

And in a curious twist, St. Lucia's tourism minister, Allan Chastanet, has praised the singer and says the country will invite her back for a second gig.

"It's a shame it did not go better but we will bring her back in the future.

"I would I have liked to see her belt out some more songs, yes, but she is an artist and she will perform and do what she wants to do. I'd like to think that she could have done better and I only hope that she gets to that level in her life when she can," he said.

Video: Winehouse's 'trainwreck' comeback gig

Winehouse's next gig is scheduled for May 31 in London. She's lined up for a series of live concerts to celebrate her record label's 50th birthday.

Good luck with that one.

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Pictured: Amy Winehouse during a recent court appearance. Photo / AP

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