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Crime in Stereo  Crime In Stereo Vocalist
Crime In Stereo vocalist Kristian Hallbert underwent emergency oral surgery to remove teeth and sand down his jawbone. The band will be accepting donations soon.
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Rise Records  In Fear and Faith Injury
Scott Barnes of In Fear and Faith fell off the stage today and got a 5 inch gash in his leg. A picture of the wound can be seen here (not for the squeamish). He is okay, but wish him a speedy recovery.
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General Announcement  Aerosmith Guitarist Hospitalized
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry was hospitalized following a motorcycle accident this afternoon. He has since been treated and released.
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Sum41  Stevo Injured Band Cancels A Few Dates
Stevo of Sum 41 was in a minor accident and won't be able to make it out to Europe to perform with the band, thus forcing the band to postpone a few dates. A full message from the band can be seen here.
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Motion City Soundtrack  Tony's Arm Causes More Problems
Tony Thaxton, drummer of Motion City Soundtrack will be unable to play the band's Halloween show due to a very serious arm infection. The band's drum tech will be filling in. Send Tony some support in the replies.

Submitted by dizzleforizzle
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All American Rejects  Tyson Discusses Injuries
A video of Tyson Ritter explaining his injuries that forced the All-American Rejects to drop of the Blink-182 tour is in the replies.
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Metalblade  Evergreen Terrace Drummer Injured
Evergreen Terrace drummer Kyle Mims was in a "horrific bike accident" last night, resulting in a broken clavicle, among other injuries. Roadie Caleb James (Casey Jones) will be filling in for the band's upcoming shows while Mims will undergo surgery and be in physical therapy for 4-8 weeks. Update: Donations can be made read more]
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Academy Is, The  Adam from The Academy Is ... Injures Finger
Adam from The Academy Is... sliced his finger pretty bad on glass last night. He needs surgery.
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Myspace  Scooter Filling In For We The Kings
We The Kings' bass player broke his arm and hurt his knee. Their good friend Scooter learned the parts in 12 hours and has been filling in for him on tour over the past week.
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Streetlight Manifesto  Streetlight Manifesto Sax Player Gets Infection
Streetlight Manifesto's sax player was recently hospitalized.
Message from the BandWhen we got to Detroit, Jim, our tenor saxist and main secondary vocalist, realized the facial infection he was nursing was too serious to ignore any longer. In Pensacola, FL a week back, a kid jumped up on stage and hit his mic, which in turn slammed Jim's sax into his mouth. Somehow, the wound got...[read more]
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UK  Chris from Vampire Weekend Hospitalized
After the NME awards, Chris from Vampire Weekend suffered head injuries after being hit by a car. He's being treated in the Royal London Hospital.

Submitted by 3mpire
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Vagrant Records  From Autumn to Injury
From Autumn To Ashes' drummer Jeff Gretz broke two bones in his foot.
Message from Jeff"Last night of UK. Show goes great as all of the previous ones have. We've broken even on expenses with 3 weeks of tour left. This is great. Spirits are high. After the set the bus is loaded we're saying goodbye to Hundred Reasons and taking pictures. I'm walking in between the side of the bus and the club -- tight fit,...[read more]
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Good Charlotte  Good Charlotte Bass Player Injured
Paul Thomas, bass player for Good Charlotte, suffered a sprained ankle after falling from the stage at a concert in Australia last night.
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General Announcement  Manchester Orchestra Keyboardist Injured
Manchester Orchestra's keyboard player, Chris Freeman, suffered a severe ear drum rupture.
Message from the Bandwe are very sad to announce that in atlanta georgia on june the 15th our keyboard player chris freeman suffered a severe ear drum rupture, to spare you from tons of nasty details basically what happened was during our set chris's ear started to bleed and it didn't stop bleeding for about 6...[read more]
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Killers, The  Brandon Flowers Injures Throat
The Killers have stopped touring due to Brandon Flowers injuring his throat.

Submitted by chris07007
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Me Without You  mewithoutGreg
mewithoutYou have posted a message regarding Greg breaking his arm and the upcoming tour.
Message from the Bandso it's 4:09 am and in a few hours I'm headed out to europe, leaving a day before the other guys to pick up the rental van from a farm somewhere in Germany. we've been fixing up our bus a whole bunch and greg broke his arm cutting some plywood on the table saw (coulda been a lot worse, the wood shot...[read more]
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UK  Snow Patrol Drummer Breaks Arm
Snow Patrol drummer Jonny Quinn has been forced to pull out of the band’s upcoming Europe and Australia tour after breaking his arm.
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Vagrant Records  Paul Westerberg Injures Hand
Paul Westerberg (ex-The Replacements) accidentally put a screwdriver through his hand. He will be in a cast and unable to play guitar for a year.
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Dave Melillo  Dave Melillo Injury; Cancels Some Shows
Below is an update from Dave Melillo in regards to his recent injury.
UpdateIn Memphis, TN on September 1st, there was an accident. In the middle of our set at The Complex, the monitors started feeding back. At first it was subtle, and we continued the set, but once I switched to my acoustic guitar it got worse. By the third song the feedback was peaking, and at one point it got so bad that I had...[read more]
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