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From solo albums to The Smile and Peaky Blinders to Flea: the 10 best non-Radiohead Thom Yorke songs

The Radiohead frontman has built up a huge body of work away from the group and here’s some of his best

Louder

“Don't ever misconstrue melody with weakness. I think Thom Yorke misconstrues that. I'm not afraid of melody. Radiohead are.” Travis' Fran Healy explains why he's “frustrated” with Radiohead's Thom Yorke

"Why are we still listening to Radiohead? It's not because of the last record they brought out"

Louder

“I'm very, very, very, very competitive... and I've got unfinished business.” Travis' Fran Healy talks poverty, celebrity, car-jacking, insecurity, Radiohead, Coldplay, and why it's no sin to want to teach the world to sing

Travis frontman Fran Healy on growing up poor, finding fame, superstar friends and the perils of living in Los Angeles

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Travis' Fran Healy on our warped reality

The Scottish indie band's new album "L.A. Times" touches on ceaseless change and encroaching middle age

Salon

One Republic, Travis and Marc Almond offer up new releases

Cigarettes After Sex also have a new offering this week.

The Independent UK

“He put on a tape, and it was OK Computer. We were there going, Oh, that’s quite good.” Travis frontman Fran Healy recalls nights out with his friends in Radiohead

The friendship between Radiohead and Travis dates back to the mid '90s, and has involved some memorable nights out

Louder

“We played Glastonbury and it rained and it changed the whole course of our lives”: Travis frontman Fran Healy on the making of their classic hit Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

The weather gods came through and sent the Scottish quartet on their way to being huge

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“When Chris heard it he was like, That song is the best thing you’ve ever written!“ Coldplay's Chris Martin and The Killers' Brandon Flowers help Travis pay their respects to their favourite NYC bar

Travis preview forthcoming tenth album with an elegy for a much-loved NYC drinking den

Louder

“I thought he was gonna hook me”: Fran Healy remembers when Travis 'lifted' Noel Gallagher's chords to Wonderwall

"I thought, 'I’m never going to meet Noel Gallagher in a million years'" – then Travis ended up supporting Oasis

MusicRadar

Travis singer Fran Healy rushed to hospital after slicing through hand

The Why Does It Always Rain on Me frontman made headlines in 2021 after a sausage dog mauled him and left a wound on his hand.

Daily Record

Alan Cumming and Sam Heughan in celebrity call to arms for remarkable Glasgow school

Frankie Boyle and Fran Healy are also among the Scottish celebrity royalty who answered an appeal for help to support Garnetbank Primary raise £10,000 for disadvantaged kids in one of the city's most deprived neighbourhoods.

Glasgow Live

Story of the song: Sing by Travis

From The Independent archive: Robert Webb on how Fran Healy came up with the band’s biggest hit

The Independent UK

Travis review - Edinburgh Summer Sessions: Band 'play live in your living room' for one night only at intimate gig

The mood at the foot of Edinburgh Castle is electric and at one point bassist Dougie jumps in to strum Fran's guitar as he claps along with the crowd

Daily Mirror

Travis frontman Fran Healy punches carjacker who tried to pull him from window

The Travis singer was forced to repeatedly punch the carjacker who 'didn't even flinch'.

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Travis singer describes punching man during attempted 'carjacking'

THE lead singer of Scottish band Travis has described punching a man in the face during what he described as an attempted “carjacking” outside…

Daily Mirror

Travis singer Fran Healy repeatedly punches carjacker who tried to pull him from window

Fran Healy, 49, was nearly dragged from his car by a car thief in Downtown LA. The Travis singer joked how his hand is now 'hurting like he hit a wall' after he was forced to beat off the criminal

Glasgow Live

Travis frontman Fan Healy punched 'huge guy' during carjacking terror in LA

The Glaswegian singer told fans on social media he was leaving his studio in Los Angeles when a man tried to pull him out of his vehicle and steal the car in a frenzied attack.

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