‘Almost Fashionable – A Film About Travis’ Premieres At The Edinburgh International Film Festival – UK Tour

Following the announcement of 17 UK dates this year celebrating their classic album ‘The Man Who’, Travis will also debut their documentary ‘Almost Fashionable – A Film About Travis’ this June at The Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Had you attended any of their shows in Mexico in 2016, you may have been cornered and questioned by English journalist Wyndham Wallace and filmed by a Romanian cameraman Cristian Pirjol, who shot the “Everything at Once” movie.

Fran picks up the story ‘Wyndham is a very charming man and a very good writer but, mostly the reason he was there covering our trip was because he wasn’t the biggest fan of the band. I thought a documentary from this unusual angle would be a lot more interesting than one from a journalist who was a fan. As it turns out, I was right.’

For the past year and a half Fran has sat in an editing room with editor Sarah Iben and whittled it down from 50 hours to a concentrated hour-long portrait of the band.  The documentary is called ‘Almost Fashionable – A Film About Travis’ and will debut at The Edinburgh International Film Festival in June this year.

Tickets to see the two public screenings will be available on the 23rd of May via https://www.almostfashionablemovie.com/screenings and directly from the EIFF site. 

Released 19 years ago, ‘The Man Who’ sounds as fresh today as it did then.  One of the most successful British albums of the last 20 years, it spawned the timeless singles, ‘Writing To Reach You’, ‘Driftwood’, ‘Turn’ and possibly the band’s most iconic song, ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me’.

Produced by Nigel Godrich, ‘The Man Who’ spent an astonishing 11 weeks at Number 1, selling nearly 3 million copies. It was the biggest selling UK album in 2000, propelled by an incendiary Glastonbury performance in the rain! Recognition quickly followed including Ivor Novello Awards for ‘Best Songwriter’ & ‘Best Contemporary Song’ for ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me?’ and BRIT Awards for ‘Best British Band’ and ‘Best British Album’.

June

10th – Liverpool, Philharmonic

12th – London, Royal Festival Hall

13th – London, Royal Festival Hall

14th – Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall

19th – Plymouth, Pavillion

20th – Brighton, Dome

21st – Ipswich, Regent Theatre

25th – Birmingham, Symphony Hall

26th – Oxford, New Theatre

August

22nd –Belfast, Custom House Square

December

12th – Portsmouth, Guildhall

13th – Cambridge, Corn Exchange

15th – Newcastle, City Hall

17th – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall

18th – Hull, City Hall

19th – Manchester, Apollo

21st – Glasgow, The SSE Hydro

To date Travis have enjoyed two No.1 LPs, five Top Ten singles, two BRIT Awards and more than 8 million record sales in their illustrious career and released their latest critically acclaimed album ‘Everything At Once’ in 2016.

Travis are singer/guitarist Fran Healy, bassist Dougie Payne, guitarist Andy Dunlop and drummer Neil Primrose.