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Dan + Shay singer injured in car accident

Photo: Twitter 

Ouch. Dan Smyers, the taller, less lonely member of Dan + Shay was in a car accident on Tuesday in Nashville and ended up spending a few hours in the hospital for a wrist injury. He posted a picture to Facebook of his wrist with the caption: "Spent the day at the emergency room after a car accident. Missing my guitar already."

Well let's hope the doctor gave him loads of happy pills to help the pain because he and his musical partner, Shay, are set to perform the first concert date with Hunter Hayes for his We're Not Invisible Tour Thursday in Southaven, Mississippi. 

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LeAnn Rimes witnesses plane crash in Aspen

Photo: Twitter

Oh this is sad. 

This afternoon there was a fiery plane crash at the Aspen, Colorado airport. The strange thing is there happened to be a couple of celebrities at the airport at the time, including LeAnn Rimes. 

Comedian Kevin Nealon was the first celebrity to tweet about the accident saying: "Horrible plane crash here at Aspen airport. Exploded into flames as it was landing. I think it was a private jet."

"Fire truck and ambulances were on the scene within minutes," Nealon continued. "I don't believe there are any survivors."

LeAnn, who was also in the area, said: "So sad! Horrible plane crash we just saw happen at the Aspen airport." 

LeAnn was in Aspen for New Year's and has been tweeting photos of her vacation since the last days of 2013. Definitely a sad way to end a vacation. My prayers to everyone involved. 

Here's a view of the accident that a local news channel tweeted. 

#BREAKING: Fiery plane crash at Aspen Airport - http://t.co/dHhmQRDR2c VIEWER PHOTO: pic.twitter.com/yXRtXZOQVe

— 7NEWS Denver Channel (@DenverChannel) January 5, 2014

Dwight Yoakam's plane makes emergency landing after catching fire

Photo: TMZ 

Wow! It sounds like Dwight Yoakam has an extra special something to be thankful for this Christmas ... like the fact that he didn't die in a fiery plane crash. 

TMZ is reporting that while on the way from a private concert in Canada recently, the plane that Dwight was on caught fire while in the air. 

Okay, it didn’t actually catch fire, but there was a lot of smoke and the pilot thought it was on fire, which was probably just as scary as if it had actually burst into flames. 

The pilot called in a mayday and landed safely at Van Nuys Airport in California. All nine passengers on board the twin-engine Hawker 800 jet were safe, but firefighters had cleared the runways and were on the scene just in case. 

Yikes. Can you imagine? 

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Lynn Anderson had an accident on the way to last week's George Jones tribute concert

Singer Lynn Anderson was scheduled to appear at last week's huge George Jones tribute in Nashville, but unfortunately missed the show. 

This morning she posted an update on her Facebook detailing the scary reason why she ended up being absent.  

“I regret that I was unable to make the George Jones Tribute Concert last Friday. I was so looking forward to singing with my girls and singing the praises of the great "Possum." Unfortunately, my trusty old SUV blew a front right tire on the way to meet my agent and head for Bridgestone Arena. It left the road, and I ended up in the gravel, giving me a pretty good cut on my head.

A good Samaritan saw me leave the road and immediately called an ambulance. Next thing I knew, I was headed to a local hospital and after two days I was released and I’m on the road to recovery. I would like to extend a personal thank you to the gentleman that came to my aid Friday evening. However, I did not even get his name as things were happening so quickly. If you are that person, would you please contact PLA or connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. I would like to thank you in person. I recently had just undergone surgery to install a pacemaker and was a new user of blood thinners. Because of his actions, I will be able to make a swift recovery. I definitely have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season and look forward to the premiere my new Gospel project and hitting the road in 2014. Thank you for my family, fans and friends for sticking with me and being so supportive.”

So glad everything came out okay. 

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Willie Nelson postpones tour after bus accident injures band members

Yikes! A few of Willie Nelson's band members are resting today after their tour bus hit a highway overpass pillar in heavy rains Saturday morning, November 23, in East Texas. 

Luckily, Nelson was on a different bus at the time.

From Willie's website: 

Update 1: Willie Nelson’s band bus (not Willie’s bus) was in an accident overnight on icy I-30. 3 members of the family were hospitalized. Additional information will be released as we get it.

Update 2: The band’s bus (Willie was in his own bus) crashed along I-30 around 3:30 AM when it hit a bridge pillar — about 80 miles east of Dallas. We believe it is due to icy conditions on the road. No one suffered serious injuries. Paul English injured his ankle, Billy English suffered a bruised hip and crew member Tom Hawkins has a cracked rib. The other family members on the bus are sore but everyone is expected to recover fully.

The last four dates in November have been postponed and the tour resumes as scheduled in December.

Paul (photos) and Billy English (photos) are drummers in the band and, according to Nelson's website, Tom Hawkins "has been taking care of Sister Bobbie Nelson’s Pianos and tuning of all the guitars since 1979."

So glad everyone's basically ok. Looking at a picture of the mangled bus that Koke FM has, it could have been so much worse.

Nelson's next scheduled concert date is December 10 in Las Vegas.  

Dolly Parton involved in fender bender in Nashville

Dolly Parton is recovering from some minor injuries following a car accident this morning in Nashville.

Dolly let fans know she was okay on Twitter this afternoon. 

I was in a fender bender this morning here in Nashville, but I am all good... Just a little tired and sore. Resting at home now!

— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) October 21, 2013

According to WSMV, Dolly was the front seat passenger in an SUV that was struck by a woman in a Mitsubishi who failed to yield.

The 64-year-old driver of the Mitsubishi, Diane Lish, as well as Parton and her longtime friend, Judy Ogle, the driver of the car Dolly was in, were all transported to the hospital for minor injuries. 

Whew. So glad everyone is okay. 

Gary Allan's bus gets a little banged up

And another star enters the danger bus brigade. 

Gary Allan posted the above pic to Twitter tonight and said: "First scratch on the new bus! Everyone is ok & we're headed to the WZZK show at the Rogue Tavern pic.twitter.com/wZHiNE4v1D."

No word on what happened to the bus, but definitely glad to hear everyone was ok. 

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Nicole Kidman knocked down by bike-riding paparazzi

If that ain't the face of someone saying, "Oh shiznit!" I don't know what is. 

According to TMZ, Keith Urban's wife, Nicole Kidman, is in New York for fashion week and was knocked down today by a photographer on a bicycle. 

Apparently Nicole had just left the Calvin Klein show and was heading back to her hotel when the guy above, a New York photographer named Carl Wu (he got started as a paparazzi when he was just 14), got a little too close for comfort and ended up slamming into Nicole and knocking her down. 

According to eye witnesses, Nicole was furious and wanted to press charges but the police refused to arrest Wu. 

Paramedics were on the the scene but it doesn't appear that Nicole was seriously injured. 

Nic's hubby, Keith Urban, wasn't on hand and is set to perform in Cleveland, Ohio tonight. 

Check out all the pics of Nicole's crash and burn on www.tmz.com.

Loretta Lynn cancels weekend shows due to broken ribs

Ouch. If you've ever suffered a broken rib then you know the last thing you want to do is actually move, so I couldn't imagine having to get up on stage and perform. 

Unfortunately, Loretta Lynn suffered two broken ribs (ouch x2) over the long Labor Day weekend and ended up having to cancel shows this weekend in Oklahoma. 

Loretta let fans know about the cancellation as well as how she hurt herself on Facebook. 

**Weekend Shows Cancelled**

I've had to cancel my shows in Oklahoma this weekend. I hate more than anything to miss shows, but sometimes you just have to. 

I’m like an accident waiting to happen these days. I was trying to get my guitar down out of my closest and the dang thing fell on top of me causing me to fall into my dresser. All this happened right before my big Labor Day Concert at my Ranch in Hurricane Mills. I didn’t know how bad I hurt myself until the next day. Come to find out I had broken two of my ribs. We are rescheduling the shows now, I hate more than anything to have to miss shows, but it’s something you just have to do. 

I just hope everyone comes back to see me in OK.

At least she's okay and I'm sure will be back in action soon enough. Her next scheduled show is in Florida on September 13. 

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Carrie Underwood takes a fall on stage (video)

Oh how the mighty have fallen. 

Poor Carrie Underwood ended up in a walking boot after taking a fall onstage in Corpus Christi, Texas Thursday night. She tweeted the photo of her pretty pedicured toes in the boot above and made a little joke at her expense.  

"Hey, remember that time in Corpus Christi when that girl busted her butt on stage?! Hilarious. Oh wait, that was me!"

The fall happened after Carrie's boot caught the hem of the extra long top she was wearing. The good news is she is she didn't break any bones. The bad news is, like everything else these days, there's video of the fall. 

Since she wasn't badly hurt, it's probably okay to laugh.