Supergrass star in freak accident

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Supergrass have been forced to put all plans on hold because band member Mick Quinn has broken his back.

The bass player and vocalist sleepwalked out of a first floor window of the villa where he was staying in the South of France.

Quinn was rushed to a specialist spinal unit in Toulouse where surgeons operated to repair two broken vertebrae as well as a smashed heel.

He is expected to make a full recovery, although it could take several months.

Postponed show

As a result, their one-off homecoming show at the Oxford Carling Academy on 23rd September has been postponed.

Supergrass were having a summer break, having completed their sixth album. The record is expected to be released in the New Year.

Frontman Gaz Coombes said: "We hope the crazy fool gets back on his feet as soon as possible. I'm sure he'll make a full recovery; he's a tough cookie."

The Oxford show will be rescheduled, although no date has been set. Ticket holders can apply to the vendor for a refund and will be given first refusal on tickets for the re-scheduled show.

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-Credit: BBC.co.uk

Awful news, and quite strange how Mick was the only member without any problems so to speak when Supergrass recorded "Road to Rouen" (Gaz and Rob Coombes' mum died and Danny was shagging Jude Law's missus with consent or something like that and it became front page tabloid news) but now this happens to him.

Maybe the next time they have a break/record an album, it'll go problem free. Maybe.