Travis announces return to Australia with “The Man Who” in Concert

Scottish alternative rock band Travis announces return to Australia in 2026 with The Man Who in Concert

First local shows in 24 years!

Presales commence Tuesday, September 23

General onsale: Thursday, September 25 at 3pm

For the first time since their sellout 2001 Australian tour, multi-platinum and BRIT award winning, Scottish alternative rock band Travis is coming to Australia, to perform classic album ‘The Man Who’ in full and other fan favourites from throughout their storied career. ‘The Man Who’ was a stellar success in Australia, reaching platinum status and selling in excess of 110,000 copies.

The tour will take place in January 2026, kicking off at Metropolis Fremantle on Thursday January 8, followed by Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Saturday January 10, Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide on Monday January 12, Sydney’s ICC Theatre on Wednesday January 14, and concluding in Brisbane at Fortitude Music Hall on Friday, January 16.

Tickets will be available starting with an artist presale on Tuesday, September 23 at 2pm, concluding on Thursday, September 25 at 2pm.

Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets commencing on Tuesday, September 23 at 2pm, concluding on Thursday, September 25 at 2pm. Plus, preferred ticket access to some of the best tickets is available from Thursday September 25 at 3pm. Check out priceless.com/music for details.

The Live Nation Presale starts Wednesday, September 24 at 2pm, running until Thursday September 25 at 2pm or until allocation is exhausted. To access presale tickets, sign up now at livenation.com.au/register.

General on sale is Thursday, September 25 at 3pm.

All times are local.

For complete tour, ticket and VIP information, visit livenation.com.au

Travis’ rich tour history includes headlining numerous major festivals throughout the world including Glastonbury UK, Wittness Ireland, T in the Park Scotland, Pentaport South Korea, Haldern Germany, St.Malo France, Benicassim Spain, Isle of Wight UK, Montreux Switzerland, We the Fest Indonesia, Strawberry Music Festival China, as well as epic performances at Coachella USA, Fuji Rock Japan, Corona Capital Mexico City & Rock am Ring/Rock im Park Germany, to name but a few.

Travis played just 2 shows in Australia on their last visit – sold out Sydney State Theatre and Melbourne Regent Theatre shows in August 2001 – this is not one to miss!

TRAVIS – THE MAN WHO IN CONCERT
AUSTRALIA 2026

THURSDAY JANUARY 8 – METROPOLIS, FREMANTLE

SATURDAY JANUARY 10 – FESTIVAL HALL, MELBOURNE (All Ages)

MONDAY JANUARY 12 – HINDLEY ST. MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE (All Ages)

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14 – ICC SYDNEY THEATRE, SYDNEY (All Ages)

FRIDAY JANUARY 16 – FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE (All Ages)

Artist Presale: Tuesday September 23, 2pm – Thursday September 25, 2pm

Mastercard Presale: Tuesday September 23, 2pm – Thursday September 25, 2pm

Live Nation Presale: Wednesday September 24, 2pm – Thursday September 25, 2pm

General On Sale: Thursday September 25 at 3pm

For complete tour, ticket and VIP information, visit livenation.com.au

ABOUT TRAVIS

Travis are a Scottish alternative rock band formed at Glasgow’ School of Art in the1990’s, composed of Fran Healy (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). 

The band released their debut album, Good Feeling (1997) and toured as support to Oasis in both the UK and USA around that time, with Noel Gallagher becoming an outspoken fan.

The band gained greater success with their second album, The Man Who (1999), which spent nine weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart. The Man Who was certified 9 times platinum, representing sales of over 2.7 million in the UK alone.  

Following this success, the band released their third album, The Invisible Band (2001), selling quadruple platinum and debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart, spending a total of four weeks at the top spot. The album featuring such songs as “Sing“, “Side” and the McCartneyesque ”Flowers in the Window“.

The band’s subsequent discography has included studio albums 12 Memories (2003), The Boy with No Name (2007), Ode to J. Smith (2008), Where You Stand (2013), Everything at Once (2016), 10 Songs (2020) and tenth and most recent studio album, L.A. Times (2024).

Travis have twice been awarded best band and best album at the Brit Awards, the NME Artist of the Year award and in 2016 were honored at the Scottish Music Awards for their outstanding contribution to music, while at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, Travis took home the Best Songwriter(s) and Best Contemporary Song Awards.

The band are widely recognised by the media as having paved the way for other bands such as Coldplay and Keane to go on to achieve worldwide success throughout the 2000’s. In the lead up to their debut album, Keane supported Travis on their UK tour in 2004.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Travis’s breakthrough year, in 2019, the band released two albums simultaneously: Live at Glastonbury ’99, plus an expanded edition of ‘The Man Who’.

Travis released a fifth studio album, The Boy with No Name, on 7 May 2007. Nigel Godrich was the album’s executive producer, while Mike Hedges and Brian Eno were also involved. The video for hit song ‘Closer’ from the album, featured a comedic lead role from actor and friend of the band, Ben Stiller.

Travis’s June 2016 tour of Mexico formed the backdrop for Almost Fashionable: A Film About Travis, a documentary directed by Healy. The film stars Wyndham Wallace, a music journalist and acquaintance of Healy’s in Berlin, who was invited to travel with Travis to Mexico because he had previously expressed his distaste for the band. The film had its premiere in 2018 at the 72nd Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. The documentary has also become something of a love letter from the band to their devoted worldwide fan base.

In June 2007, Travis participated in BBC Radio 2‘s project to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. All the album’s tracks were re-recorded by contemporary artists, supervised by the original engineer, Geoff Emerick, using the same four-track studio equipment. Travis contributed a rendition of “Lovely Rita“. The band wanted to be as faithful to the original as possible, even to the extent of recording the guitars in the stairwell of Abbey Road Studios to recreate the acoustics. A dream also came true for Travis when Paul McCartney played bass on one of Fran Healy’s solo album songs.

In other recent touring and record news, Travis also performed with The Killers on their seventeen date Ireland and UK arena tour in mid-2024, with both Brandon Flowers and Chris Martin from Coldplay adding backing vocals to their song ‘Raze the bar’ , taken from Travis’ most recent album ‘L.A Times’.

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