Artist News

Sugababe books into clinic

By | Published on Monday 19 October 2009

Sugababe Amelle Berragah has been admitted to a private health clinic after being diagnosed with a “severe bout of nervous exhaustion”, the band said in a statement on Friday.

Her bandmates, Heidi Range and Jade Ewen said: “It seems that with all the recent events in the band right up to Jade joining us a few weeks ago, the stress over a period of months has unfortunately taken its toll on Amelle and she is now suffering from a severe bout of nervous exhaustion. For the next three weeks, Amelle will be staying at a private health clinic in Europe where she will be able to rest and recuperate under expert supervision”.

Range added: “Both Amelle and I have been through a very traumatic time together in recent months and particularly over the past few weeks”.

She was referring, of course, to the departure of the group’s last remaining original member, Keisha Buchanan, who was forced out after Berrabah and Range told their management that they were no longer willing to work with her. Her replacement, Ewen, is currently in the process of re-recording the vocal parts on the band’s new album that had originally been sung by Buchanan.



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