I've got now the new Travis newsletter, and it's GOOD news!!
Dear All,
"We made a pact 8 years ago to play every show like it was the last show, we thought that there was no point in getting on a stage and farting about, so what ever TRAVIS show you come to, your seeing the first and the last. We played More Than us tonight. We hadn't played that in ages. It was cool."
Join Travis on the road during their first major UK tour for two years, with our latest diaries from Fran. The recent updates cover all the Glasgow shows from the tour, with photos of all three nights, from the tiny Barfly show to the gigs at the Glasgow SECC.
Available now in the Access All Areas section at http://www.travisonline.com
LOVE WILL COME THROUGH
Released this Monday, March 22nd, Love Will Come Through is the third single from 12 Memories. Two songs written and sung by Dougie are also included across the formats, Good For Nothing and Know Nothing - which has also featured in some of the recent sets of the UK tour. As we have had so much interest over these b-sides, we have decided to stream them in full on Travisonline this weekend in advance of the single's release.
The Window's Media and Real Player streams of Good For Nothing and Know Nothing will be available from Saturday on http://www.travisonline.com
Full single release details are as follows
CD
1. Love Will Come Through
2. Know Nothing
3. Good For Nothing
The CD format also features the video "Haar Schnitt". A clip of which is available
online in our Preview section.
7"
A1. Love Will Come Through
B1. Good For Nothing
If you are resident in the UK you can also pre-order your single from the following url:
http://www.recordstore.co.uk/independiente/home.jsp?SearchField=CatalogNumber&Search=ISOM84
LOVE WILL COME THROUGH VIDEO BACKGROUND AT XFM
"We got these two guys who'd done videos for Sigur Ros. We met them when we were playing in LA, they're based out there. They used to be in a band called Gus Gus - they make music videos and commercials and all these kinds of things, movies and stuff and we met them and they were lovely and generally that's what we go on. They had a treatment originally with the grim reaper and a bunch of kids but it didn't include the band so we asked if they could come up with a different idea and they came up with this one."
Fran talks Xfm Online through the new video for 'Love Will Come Through' and tells all about the freezing cold and misplaced footwear that plagued the shoot.
http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=multimedia&id=20790
TRAVIS UK TV/RADIO/PRESS
Travis will be appearing on the following UK TV/RADIO shows this March.
Saturday 20th March: BBC1 - Top Of The Pops Saturday - Fearne joins the band in Aberdeen, and becomes Tour Manager for the day.
Saturday 20th March: ITV1 - CD:UK - Live performance of Love Will Come Through recorded earlier this year.
Sunday 21st March: Pop World - Channel 4 interview and behind the scenes look at the making of the Love Will Come Through video in Warsaw
Sunday 21st March: Smash Hits Chart show - Channel 4 (LWCT video)
Friday 26th March - Radio 1 - the last ever Mark & Lard show, Travis will be performing live from the DJ castle.
Listen online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1
Look out for the current issue of JACK magazine (out now) which includes a feature following Travis on their U.S. tour earlier this year.
TRAVIS AT THE PALACE, LIVE DVD
The DVD of Travis' 20th December show at Alexandra Palace is due to be released May 2004.
This sold out show in front of a crowd of over 8000 people captures Travis at their best, and includes the singles "Re-Offender", "The Beautiful Occupation" and "Love Will Come Through" as well as all the hits from The Invisible Band, The Man Who and Good Feeling.
'Travis At The Palace' also features an exclusive behind the scenes film providing unique access to the band and the events that surrounded the concert. The film follows the band from arrival to departure and includes exclusive sound-check and backstage footage.
More details on this DVD release coming soon to Travisonline.
EUROPEAN DATES/SUPPORT
Following on from the UK tour Travis will be travelling to Europe for three dates this March/April.
31st March 2004
Venue: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
1st April 2004
Venue: Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
2nd April 2004
Venue: Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
N.B. The previously scheduled support "Dogs Die In Hot Cars", as mentioned by Fran in his Manchester tour report, are no longer available for these European dates, details of the new support act for these gigs will be mailed out on confirmation.