WINEHOUSE'S REQUESTS IN TURKEY
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- Published:26 Nisan 2011, Salı
- Updated:26 Nisan 2011, Salı
Five Grammy-Awards winning singer, British Amy Winehouse will be performing in Istanbul on June 20th at the Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park.
The performer has provided a list of requests to the organization tea prior to the show. Perhaps the most interesting item on the list is a request for a porcelain plate.
AMY'S REQUESTS
Fresh flowers, cranberry and orange juice, two boxes of Haribo candies, ginger, organic yogurt, chocolate and chips and porcelain plates to lay them out in.
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