Miley Cyrus' Tour Bus Driver Killed in Virginia Accident

Miley Cyrus' tour bus was reportedly involved in a fatal accident this morning at 8:15 a.m. ET, outside of Richmond, Virginia. Cyrus was not on the bus at the time of the crash. According to NBC 12, the bus driver, whose identity has been withheld until next of kin are informed, was killed after the tour bus overturned. Nine people were on the bus, including members of Cyrus' production crew, and one passenger sustained minor injuries.

The bus was driving southbound on I-85 when it ran off the left side of the road and overturned, eventually coming to rest on its right side. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The bus was one of four in a fleet heading to Greensboro, North Carolina, for the Hannah Montana star's concert there Sunday, November 22nd. According to reports, the Greensboro concert will still take place as scheduled.

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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