Travis consists of Andy Dunlop (lead guitars), Dougie Payne (bass), Francis Healy (vocals, guitars), Neil Primrose (drums).
Travis are a British alternative rock band from Scotland and is named after the main character in the movie Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders.
Travis have amassed a number of hits in the United Kingdom, including " Driftwood", " Sing", " Turn", " Side", and festival favourite " Why Does It Always Rain on Me?". They made headlines on both sides of the Atlantic in 2000 when performing a cover of Britney Spears' single "Hit Me Baby (One More Time)" live at the Glastonbury Festival. The song is featured as a B-side on their single "Turn" as they did with many other songs they recorded. In fact there are more B-side tracks than there are album tracks, up to the point that Travis usually issue two CDs for each single, each issue including different B-side tracks.
The band almost split in 2002 when drummer Neil Primrose was involved in a swimming accident and almost died due to spinal damage. He has since made a full recovery.
On July 2, 2005, Travis performed at Live 8's London concert. On July 6, Travis performed at the Edinburgh 50,000 The Final Push concert, the end of the Long Walk To Justice.
The band are currently working with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich who worked on The Man Who and The Invisible Band, Brian Eno, and Mike Hedges on their fifth album, due for release in 2006. Bassist Dougie Payne disclosed more information about the album on the official messageboard in a series of 'Studio Diaries'. Travis have teamed up with singer KT Tunstall for their next record: "We met (Tunstall) at one of the little club shows we did for the singles collection — the Cavern show in Liverpool. We feel very lucky that she agreed to come in and help us out. She's astonishingly well pitched." Payne also said that they have enough material to release a double album if they wanted to; "We've got about 20 songs recorded. It sounds like we've got two albums worth of material". It will be released in Summer 2006.