The Travis singer has had an emotional few years - but has turned heartache into material for the band's 10th album.
Travis singer Fran Healy at the wheel of a bus, promoting the band's new album L.A. TimesHis marriage ended, one of his best friends died of cancer and his band Travis sacked their long-standing manager of more than two decades."Then it clears, because that’s what life does, and coming out the other end is this record. When I say it’s the most personal record the band have done it’s because it’s imbued with all of this stuff in it.
However L.A. Times arguably cuts even deeper than before. The track Alive celebrates the life of friend Ringan Ledwidge, who directed videos for the band's hits Turn and Coming Around. He passed away from cancer in 2021 aged 50. "Nora’s still my soul sister because I’ve known her forever. It's just evolved into another type of relationship."Travis travelled around Glasgow on a bus before playing songs near the city's Barrowland
That refers to when Travis switched from their previous name of Glass Onion, losing the two founding members of the group in the process after Healy made the decision to replace them with bassist Dougie Payne. However life in LA does have benefits. Both Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and Killers singer Brandon Flowers live nearby, for instance, and so were roped into adding vocals on Raze the Bar - a song about a famed New York bar that hosted many a rock singer over the years.A quick message to Flowers - a long-time fan of the band - saw him help out while the two bands toured together earlier this year.
Healy said: "Chris is an old friend – we’d go round his and Gwyneth’s place when our kids were babies, and then we lost touch a bit when I moved to Berlin.
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