Friday 31st August 2012 by Gigwise | Photos by WENN.com

Losers of the week: Cheryl, Slash, Rihanna and many more...

Car crashes, Twitter feuds and cancelled gigs...

Cheryl Cole will think twice about getting in a car with friend and manager Will.i.am again after their crash this week. Appearing with her arm in a sling, Cole blamed the rapper for talking too much at the wheel about "NASA and Mars".

Rihanna has had a terrible week all round - not only has her new TV fashion show Styled To Rock slumped in the ratings, but she''s been involved in a Twitter row with Kelly Osbourne and US comedian Joan Rivers as well as facing criticism from The Vaccines for not being a "real artist''.

Elvis would be turning in his grave to learn that an old pair of his stained underpants was set to go under the hammer in Manchester next month. Or maybe he''d be pleased that his dirty underwear could fetch as much as �10,000?

Bosses of BBC''''s talent show The Voice have been forced to admit that the best part of the show was the four judges'''' spinning chairs. As if we didn''t already know that.

The XX have had reassure their parents that they are not as manically depressed as their lyrics might suggest, with bassist Oliver Sim telling his mum "Please, no one worry about me, I''m happy!"

Upset opera singer Katherine Jenkins has been forced to deny rumours in the press that she had an affair with David Beckham, threatening to sue on Twitter: "The rumours are hurtful, untrue and, my lawyers tell me, actionable."

Slash has spoken in an interview this week about the time he caught his costume designer mum naked with David Bowie when he was a child. "I can only imagine how freaky it was,'''' the former Guns''''n''''Roses guitarist said.

Adele has angrily denied rumours in the press that she had secretly wed her boyfriend Simon Konecki this week, while her monumentally successful album ''21'' has lost it''s crown as 2012''s biggest selling LP so far to Emeli Sande''s ''Our Version of Events''.

Chris Brown will not be attending the MTV VMAs next month in order to avoid a run in with his nemesis Drake - who is also an ex-boyfriend of Rihanna''s.

80''s icons Duran Duran had to cancel the final two shows on their Canadian tour this week due to bandmember Nick Rhodes being struck ill.

Tags: Elvis Presley, Duran Duran, Rihanna

It isn't all just riches, adoration, and a place in musical history for the world's music stars. They also have to endure a series of setbacks in the public eye, from drunken Twitter arguments and embarrassing public falls to fan criticism and slumps in album sales - we've seen it all.

Yes, every week sees a variety of embarrassing and unfortunate mishaps for the world's music stars, and this week is no different. In the last seven days We've heard of rappers causing minor car accidents, a rock star's stained pants going up for sale and even David Bowie being caught naked with someone's mum.

Here, Gigwise has compiled a selection of some of the music world's biggest but most unfortunate stories of popstar mishaps this week...