Winehouse plays £1million gig for Abramovich

Roman Abramovich smoothed the way with the Russian authorities for Amy Winehouse to play a £1m private gig in Moscow last night.

The billionaire Chelsea boss flew the troubled diva out in his private jet yesterday for a storming show at the opening of The Garage, an arts and cultural centre run by his stunning girlfriend Dasha Zhukova.

As well as laying on the jet, a fleet of staff and cuisine for the one-hour gig, he sorted out any potential visa problems for the 24-year-old star.

“Abramovich made sure there were no obstacles to Amy coming into the country and performing,” said a source.

“He had to convince political authorities that Winehouse would behave herself and not send out a bad message from the cultural centre.”

After entertaining the 300-strong crowd with an hour-long show against a backdrop of gold lettering spelling out her name, Amy chatted with Abramovich, 41, former model Zhukova and dignitaries at the bash.

Two weeks ago in Lisbon, at the Rock in Rio Lisboa festival, she had told the crowd she “should have cancelled”, tripped over and apparently screamed at her band.

But her spokesman Chris Goodman said: “It was a great gig. Amy was on terrific form and everyone was happy with the show.”