Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse missed what was to be the biggest event of her year - her 25th birthday.

Friends and family kept on waiting for the singer at the After Dark club in Soho, New York, where a surprise celebration had been arranged for her, reports dailymail.co.uk.

But the birthday girl never arrived and as the evening wore on, they had no choice but to carry the celebrations on behalf of her.

Winehouse has also been in the news recently when she caused shock waves after ordering 48 bottles of Jack Daniel’s at Bestival.

Fans fear that the singer, who is reportedly suffering from emphysema caused by smoking crack cocaine, is just days from death.

Her father, Mitch, said that her Bestival performance should be her last until she makes a recovery.

Among the other celebrities and performers were Annie Lennox; Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith; Leona Lewis; Razorlight; British Prime Minister Gordon Brown; and Sugababes, the Mail reported. Members of Queen closed the show with “We Are the Champions.”

Soul singer Amy Winehouse has developed the lung condition emphysema and has been warned by doctors that she will die if she continues smoking drugs, her father said in an interview on Sunday.

Mitch Winehouse said the incurable illness, which leaves sufferers struggling for breath, was diagnosed when his daughter had series of health checks in hospital.

“The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her,” he was quoted as saying in the Sunday Mirror. “The doctors have said that if she had continued the way she was going she could have ended up an invalid — she wouldn’t have been able to breathe.”

He added: “She’s got emphysema. It’s in its early stages, but had it gone on for another month they painted a very vivid picture of her sitting there like an old person with a mask on her face struggling to breathe.

“With smoking the crack cocaine and the cigarettes, her lungs are all gunked up. There are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She’s got 70 percent lung capacity.”

He added that a spell in hospital last week and renewed treatment for her well-publicized drug addiction had offered a ray of hope for his 24-year-old daughter.

“If she doesn’t go back to drugs, then she can lead this magnificent life,” he said. “We are praying that that’s what Amy really wants. She seems resolute.”

He called on drug dealers to help her recovery by refusing to supply her with crack cocaine.

There is no medical reason why she shouldn’t be able to perform at the Glastonbury Festival next weekend, he added. In the past, work has helped to keep her away from drugs.

Amy Winehouse has confirmed she is to play T In The Park 2008, after cancelling her appearance at last year’s festival.

The singer will perform on the Main Stage on July 13 prior to sets by Kings of Leon and REM.

Festival organizer Geoff Ellis said: “It’s always been the intention to have Amy come to play T In The Park after what happened last year.”