Stars Honor Amy Winehouse at 'Back to Black' 20th Anniversary Concert — SkimNews
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- Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi co-produced the "Back to Black" 20th anniversary tribute at the Roundhouse in Camden — the last venue Winehouse played before her death at 27 — assembling 11 female artists to cover all 11 album tracks with the Amy Winehouse Band.
- Jessie Reyez closed the main set with a fiery "Rehab" that Ronson said he chose her for because her writing is "raw and no bullshit," evoking Winehouse's erratic stage presence as she pranced the stage in a slinky red dress.
- Ronson admitted he couldn't play the "complicated and jazzy" chords on "Love Is a Losing Game" when Winehouse first brought him the song, calling her musicality "like a monster" and performing a stripped-down version with Yebba the way Amy originally played it.
- The concert was recorded for a BBC broadcast hosted by Jo Whiley, with the review noting the show's pace was slowed by stops and starts for television production.
- The audience spanned generations — from fans old enough to have seen Winehouse perform "Back to Black" 20 years ago to TikTok artist Skye Newman, 22, who told Whiley Winehouse made her "feel seen and heard" as someone without an "upper hand."
- All 11 performers returned for a communal encore of "Valerie" — a track not on "Back to Black" but synonymous with Winehouse — that was nearly drowned out by the crowd singing along.
Why it matters: Twenty years after its release, Winehouse's songwriting complexity — not just her image — is what draws a multigenerational lineup of 11 artists to cover her album track-by-track, and what Ronson himself says initially stumped him as a producer. The BBC taping positions the tribute as a broader cultural broadcast moment, not just a one-off concert, signaling Winehouse's catalog remains commercially and artistically bankable for a new generation.
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