 On August 6, 1973, Wonder was in a serious automobile accident while on tour in North Carolina, when a car in which he was riding hit the back of a truck.This left him in a coma for four days and resulted in a partial loss of his sense of smell and a temporary loss of sense of taste.Despite the setback, Wonder re-appeared for a European tour in early 1974, performing at the Midem convention in Cannes, at the Rainbow Theatre in London, and on the German television show "Musikladen".