Travis are a Scottish alternative rock band formed at Glasgow’ School of Art in the1990’s, 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 released their debut album, Good Feeling (1997) and toured as support to Oasis in both the UK and USA around that time, with Noel Gallagher becoming an outspoken fan.

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. The Man Who was certified 9 times platinum, representing sales of over 2.7 million in the UK alone.

Following this success, the band released their third album, The Invisible Band (2001), selling quadruple platinum and debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart, spending a total of four weeks at the top spot. The album featuring such songs as “Sing”, “Side” and the McCartneyesque “Flowers in the Window”.

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), 10 Songs (2020) and this year’s ‘L.A Times’.

Travis have twice been awarded best band and best album at the Brit Awards, the NME Artist of the Year award and in 2016 were honored at the Scottish Music Awards for their outstanding contribution to music, while at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, Travis took home the Best Songwriter(s) and Best Contemporary Song Awards.