Travis frontman shares update with fans after ‘gnarly' onstage injury
Travis frontman Fran Healy has updated fans after being taken to hospital following an accident onstage.
The Scottish rock band, who are currently on tour in the US, had been performing at the Showbox in Seattle, Washington, when Healy twisted his ankle stepping off stage while saying goodbye to fans.
In a video posted to the band's Instagram Stories, he said he was wheeled out of the venue on a gurney and taken to hospital in an ambulance.
The musician, 51, said he feared he'd broken his ankle but it turned out to be a 'gnarly' sprain.
'If anyone saw me being wheeled out of the venue last night on a gurney and being put into an ambulance it's because I seriously twisted my ankle stepping off stage, as I was waving goodbye to everyone, it sort of twisted around back to front,' he said.
'We thought it was broken, went to hospital, thankfully it's just a really gnarly sprain.'
Healy, who rose to fame with Travis thanks to hit songs such as 'Sing' and 'Flowers in the Window', said he'd been given 'one of those massive space shoes' to wear so fans at their next gigs could 'all laugh at that'.
'The show must go on, we'll see you there, we'll see you on the rest of the tour,' he said.
'I'm fine, I'm slightly dizzy just now because I'm on some painkillers but apart from that it's all good.'
The Independent has contacted the band's representative for further comment.
Healy stunned fans last year when he turned up for a surprise karaoke set to perform one of Travis's best-known songs, 'Why Does It Always Rain on Me'.
The singer looked delighted as the audience sang along to the 1999 hit at The Horseshoe Bar in Glasgow, later sharing footage of the moment to his X/Twitter account.
'When in the Horseshoe Bar' after 9pm… and they put your song on…' he wrote in the caption.
In 2021, the band celebrated the 20th anniversary of their album The Invisible Band, with Healy telling The Independent about the impact international fame had on him.
'Getting famous is like growing horns, something visible to others that you can't see,' he said. 'You've not changed, but I remember walking down the street and hearing the 's' of 'Travis' a lot – 'that's Travis!''
The band's US tour concludes with a return to Washington at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC on 19 February.
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