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Country music legend Bill Anderson has called off a slate of shows, including a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, after he said a freak accident resulted in a nasty injury.<\/p>\n
The 87-year-old has cancelled three shows so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a freak accident where I twisted or tore some ligaments or muscles or something in the back of my left leg trying to climb into bed,\u201d Anderson wrote on his website. \u201cAnd I fell to the floor unable to walk. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was in excruciating pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderson was not happy to have to call off the shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you know me, you know how much it bothers me to go back on any commitment I have made,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n
If there is good news it is that he said he feels like he is healing up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI appreciate your concern, but I\u2019m here to let you know I\u2019m fine,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThanks to a bunch of ice packs and pain pills I\u2019m feeling much better today, and hopefully this will all be behind me shortly. <\/p>\n
\u201cThanks for your thoughts and prayers and most of all for caring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taste of Country said<\/b><\/a> that \u201cWhisperin\u2019 Bill\u201d \u2014 a name he was given because of his soft-spoken style, has had success in mainstream country since the 1950s. <\/p>\n He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on July 15, 1961, and his 64-year-run makes him the longest-serving member of the Opry. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Country music legend Bill Anderson has called off a slate of shows, including a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, after he said a freak accident resulted in a nasty injury. The 87-year-old has cancelled three shows so far. \u201cIt was a freak accident where I twisted or tore some ligaments or muscles or something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}