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The Zutons will honour Amy Winehouse by covering the late star's 2006 hit 'Back To Black' and 'Valerie' on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. The 'Rehab' hitmaker - who died at the age of 27 from alcohol poisoning in 2011 - famously had a hit with Mark Ronson in 2007 with the indie band's noughties tune and they will come "full circle" by performing 'Valerie' and their own rendition of 'Back to Black' when they appear on BBC Radio 1 this week. The Zutons' upcoming appearance on the youth radio station's popular live segment on Wednesday (30.

10.24) comes after Amy's cover was crowned best Live Lounge performance of all time. Speaking to The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column, the Dave McCabe-fronted group said: “We were blown away to hear that Amy’s brilliant version of Valerie was voted the number one Live Lounge cover of all time.



“But then she was such an amazing artist with that incredible voice that it shouldn’t really be any surprise at all. “It’s a real honour and fills us with pride, and the fact we’re going to be on Radio 1 doing a cover of hers is like a full circle moment. “Hopefully we can do it justice.

” Dave previously admitted Amy's cover of 'Valerie' was a "gift from God". The 43-year-old star was grateful the song kept his band relevant while they were on hiatus. He told Radio X: "The way I see it, it was like a gift from God, and I was there to receive it.

“The band was there to receive it...

and some people are like, ‘Were you [annoyed] when she .

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