Travis announce new album and US tour dates
Music News | Jun 19th, 2013
Travis are returning after a five year hiatus with an new album called Where You Stand. The album will be out August 20th on their own re-launched label Red Telephone Box via Kobalt Label Services. The band will be playing at Webster Hall on September 23rd as well as other locations in the US.
Sounding more invigorated than ever, the multi-million-selling Scottish quartet have delivered a stunning new album full of the cinematic pop and instantly anthemic songs that first caught the attention of critics and music fans on their breakthrough album “The Man Who.”
Check out the new video for the charmingly emotive title track:
Travis will head out on tour this July that will include performances at T In The Park and the V Festival (UK), plus shows across Europe, Russia and a US headlining tour that begins September 19th in Philadelphia. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 21st at www.ticketmaster.com
After an incredible sixteen-year run that includes two number one albums, three Brit awards, five Top 10 singles, 12 Top 20 singles, and countless sold-out shows around the world, it was time for the band to take a well-deserved break.
“It’s a lovely life,” reflects bassist Dougie Payne, “but when you do it relentlessly, there’s a point when it snaps you. We decided to take a break to spend time with our families. You stay away as long as it takes” he says of the well-judged fallow period “so you feel that hunger and desire to get back to it same as you did at the start.”
Where You Stand is the sound of a rejuvenated band fearlessly delivering an album that embodies the spirit of their early years. From the album’s opener “Mother,” a bracing rush of harmonic pop with chiming piano, to the nu-wave of “Moving,” the soulful “Warning Sign,” and the cinematic piano ballad “The Big Screen,” Where You Stand captures the urgency and fresh songwriting of four talented musicians.
Written and recorded across London, Norway, New York and Berlin’s legendary Hansa Studios, Where You Stand was produced by Michael Ilbert on the same sound desk used on both “The Man Who” and Radiohead’s “Ok Computer.”
For a group as close-knit as Travis, none of the sales, awards and adulation earned would be worth it if they weren’t still together, let alone in an infinitely stronger, happier place.
“When you’re in a band, you’re in a band forever – its a life thing,” reasons lead singer Fran Healy. “For me it’s family.”
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Tour Dates (more to be announced):
July 13 T In The Park Balado, UK
July 19 Hammershaus Fairtrade Concert Bornholm, Denmark
July 24 Sandown Park Esher, UK
August 16 Sonorama Festival Aranda de Duero, Spain
August 17-18 V Festival Chelmsford, UK
August 24 Winterthurer Musikfestwochen Winterthur, Switzerland
September 19 Keswick Theater Philadelphia, PA
September 20 Lincoln Theater Washington, DC
September 22 House of Blues Boston, MA
September 23 Webster Hall New York, NY
September 25 Sound Academy Toronto, ON
September 26 Royal Oak Detroit, MI
September 27 The Vic Chicago, IL
September 29 Harrah’s Kansas City, MO
October 1 Gothic Theater Denver, CO
October 4 The Wiltern Los Angeles
October 5 Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
October 6 House Of Blues San Diego, CA
October 10 Teatro Studio Guadalajara, Mexico
October 12 Corona Fest Mexico City, Mexico
November 27 Crocus City Hall Moscow, Russia
