USA: SCOTTISH BAND TRAVIS TOUR USA TO PROMOTE THEIR LATEST ALBUM "THE INVISIBLE BAND"

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  • Title: USA: SCOTTISH BAND TRAVIS TOUR USA TO PROMOTE THEIR LATEST ALBUM "THE INVISIBLE BAND"
  • Date: 22nd June 2001
  • Summary: (REUTERS - PERFORMANCE CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR RESALE) VARIOUS, TRAVIS PERFORMING SINGLE "WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME?"
  • Embargoed: 7th July 2001 13:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
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  • Reuters ID: LVA3QAN058W5ZC4CKQDXW9QZO3T8
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  • Story Text: Scottish pop group Travis are touring the US with equal parts chutzpah, bravado and cheek, stepping in the footprints previously left by the Beatles, Rolling Stones and U2.
    Scottish pop group Travis believe they may become as big as U2, according to the group's frontman, Fran Healy. Yet while Travis play stadiums in the UK, they're still struggling to break out of the alternative scene into mainstream fame in the U.S. But critics on both sides of the pond agree that they're headed for stardom -- not unlike some other famous bands from that part of the world. "If we're compared to U2 and the Beatles, then that's amazing, because these are people that we aspire to be like, aspire to have that kind of long-lasting ability to make records and to tour and to do all of the things that bands are meant to do," says bandmember Dougie Payne. "That's an honour, you know."
    The group even sings about singing they're so in love with music. The quartet's new album, titled "The Invisible Band,"
    reflects the group's passion for upbeat, optimistic tunes.
    Frontman Fran Healy describes what music does for him: "Fundamentally, music hits you where you just can't put it into words and it'll vaporize your ego and make you feel humiliated and make you feel alive."
    These guys' egos have been sufficiently vaporized even after huge success in Britain with their 1999 album "The Man Who."
    "We tend to, when we come home from the road, stay at home and maybe go to the park or whatever or the supermarket, watch the telly, have some cups of tea, or whatever."
    Their humble, yet upbeat attitude translates to uplifting music that's been embraced by a varied fan base.
    "It ranges from kids of five, six years old to grandparents, people who are 75 and everything in between and all walks of life. There's not one particular niche market, if you want to look at it from a statistical point of view."
    There's a massive range of fans who come to see Travis.
    As evidenced by a recent free gig in Los Angeles, their fan base does indeed cut across age, gender and race.
    Travis, whose moody guitar-laced ballads won them band and album of the year at last year's Brit awards, are now touring North America in support of
    "The Invisible Band."
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