Travis News

TRAVIS drummer NEIL PRIMROSE and guitarist ANDY DUNLOP are set to play a gig using an unusual set of musical instruments - made of old car....

Read news story: TRAVIS STARS TO PLAY GIG WITH CAR PARTS

Scottish actress KELLY MACDONALD has given birth to her first child with husband, TRAVIS star DOUGIE PAYNE. The 31-year-old, who shot to fame in....

Read news story: MACDONALD GIVES BIRTH

TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY is pleased his guitarist escaped serious injury when he slipped over at a concert on Wednesday (06Feb08). Andy Dunlop was....

Read news story: TRAVIS STAR ESCAPES INJURY AFTER CONCERT FALL

TRAVIS singer FRAN HEALY refused to visit the dentist for 18 years - because a simple childhood check-up left him with a permanent scar. The....

Read news story: TRAVIS DENTAL NIGHTMARE

TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY once found himself in a hairy situation - because the rocker grew a silly moustache and was encouraged by friends to keep....

Read news story: ITS A CLOSE SHAVE FOR HEALY

TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY encourages fans of the band to take pictures and film their concerts to post online, because it gives them another....

Read news story: HEALY URGES FANS TO RECORD GIGS

Independent record label Rough Trade has joined the Beggars Group after the company bought Sanctuary's share of the small firm. Rough Trade....

Read news story: ROUGH TRADE ACQUIRED BY BEGGARS

COLDPLAY only catapulted to superstardom because of Scottish band TRAVIS' groundwork, their frontman claims. FRAN HEALY is adamant his group's hit....

Read news story: HEALY COLDPLAYS SUCCESS IS THANKS TO TRAVIS

TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY has launched a scathing tirade against politicians, insisting they're forced into the career because they have no other....

Read news story: HEALY SLAMS POLITICIANS

Scottish rockers TRAVIS have asked their fans to document acts of selfishness for a new musical project. The Closer hitmakers want devotees to....

Read news story: TRAVIS WANT ACTS OF SELFISHNESS FROM FANS

TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY was once threatened with a knife after refusing to sign a fan's penis. The Scottish rocker was confronted after a gig in....

Read news story: FRAN HEALY THREATENED AFTER REFUSING TO SIGN FANS PENIS

TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY feared the therapy sessions that helped him battle depression would make him lose his songwriting talent. The singer used....

Read news story: HEALY FEARED LOSING SONGWRITING SKILLS

Pop band McFly have scored their seventh number one single after beating Beyonce and Shakira's Beautiful Liar to the top of the UK....

Read news story: MCFLY END DIVAS REIGN

LATEST: TRAVIS have defended their Scottish colleague PAOLO NUTINI from reports he was drunk during a recent gig, insisting he's entitled to "have....

Read news story: TRAVIS BACK DRUNK NUTINI

Scottish rockers TRAVIS chose movie star BEN STILLER to appear in the video for their new single Closer, because no-one else was "uptight" enough to....

Read news story: TRAVIS CHOSE STILLER FOR BEING UPTIGHT

Some of Britain's biggest bands are set to record a tribute version of the Beatles' classic Sgt Pepper album. Acts including Oasis, Kaiser....

Read news story: GROUPS PLAN SGT PEPPER TRIBUTE

CHRIS MARTIN has praised Scottish rockers TRAVIS for having such a big influence on young musicians, crediting the Scottish band for the creation of....

Read news story: MARTIN TRAVIS INVENTED COLDPLAY

TRAVIS frontman FRAN HEALY is planning to record an album of songs inspired by his five-month-old baby son. The WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME?....

Read news story: HEALY WRITING BABY ALBUM

Scottish rockers TRAVIS took time out of making music to place a giant Post-It Note on British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR's front door reminding him....

Read news story: TRAVIS LEAVES BLAIR A SPECIAL NOTE

MANIC STREET PREACHERS rocker NICKY WIRE refuses to be a regular on summer music festival circuit, because the events have become corporate....

Read news story: WIRE SLAMS FESTIVAL BANDS