Travis (band)

Travis
Travis at The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, 21 November 2007
Background information
Origin	Glasgow, Scotland
Genres	Post-Britpop[1][2] soft rock[3][4] Britpop[5] (early) alternative rock[6][7]
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Red Telephone Box Caroline International[8] Independiente Epic Records Kobalt[9] BMG
Members	Fran Healy Dougie Payne Andy Dunlop Neil Primrose
Past members	Geoff Martyn Chris Martyn Simon Jarvis Catherine Maxwell
Website	travisonline.com

Travis are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1990, composed of Fran Healy (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). The band's name comes from the character Travis Henderson (played by Harry Dean Stanton) from the film Paris, Texas (1984). The band released their debut album, Good Feeling (1997), to moderate success where it debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart^[10] and was later awarded a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in January 2000.^[11]

The band gained greater success with their second album, The Man Who (1999), which spent nine weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart, totalling 134 weeks in the top 100 of the chart.^[10] In 2003, The Man Who was certified 9× platinum by the BPI, representing sales of over 2.68 million in the UK alone.^[11] Following this success, the band released their third effort, The Invisible Band (2001) album. The Invisible Band went on to match the success found with their previous album, where it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spent a total of four weeks at the top spot, fifteen weeks in the top ten, and a total of fifty-five weeks in the top 100 chart,^[10] as well as peaking at thirty-nine on the US Billboard 200 album chart, spending a duration of seven weeks in the Billboard 200 chart.^[12] A year following the release of The Invisible Band, the BPI awarded Travis with a 4× platinum certification for the album.^[11]

The band's subsequent discography has included studio albums 12 Memories (2003), The Boy with No Name (2007), Ode to J. Smith (2008), Where You Stand (2013), Everything at Once (2016) and 10 Songs (2020). In 2004, the band released their first greatest hits album, Singles, which spent nineteen weeks in the top 100 of the UK albums chart.^[10] Travis have twice been awarded best band at the BRIT Awards and were awarded the NME Artist of the Year award at their 2000 ceremony,^[13] and in 2016 were honoured at the Scottish Music Awards for their outstanding contribution to music.^[14] The band are widely said by the media to have paved the way for other bands such as Coldplay to go on to achieve worldwide success throughout the 2000s, particularly with the success of The Man Who.^[15]

Craft Recordings celebrated the 20th anniversary of Travis' breakthrough year with two simultaneous releases: Live at Glastonbury '99, plus expanded editions of The Man Who – both of which were released on 21 June 2019.^[16]