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<p><strong>GRANGER SMITH INJURED ON TOUR; HOSPITALIZED</strong></p>
<p>Nashville, TN (December 3, 2016) &#8211; Granger Smith was injured Saturday night while performing a show at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. Granger was standing on a monitor when it gave way, bringing Granger crashing off the stage into a metal barricade. Miraculously, Granger managed to get up and finish the set through excruciating pain, which ended with the crowd singing &#8220;Backroad Song.&#8221;</p>
<p>After visiting a nearby Emergency Room, he was transferred and admitted to a Level 1 trauma center in New Brunswick, NJ and doctors confirmed two completely separated, broken ribs and a punctured and partially collapsed lung. The latest reports are encouraging and Granger hopes to get back home to his family in Texas to rest soon.</p>
<p>All shows and appearances through the weekend are canceled and further information about subsequent shows will be forthcoming.</p>
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