Fran Healy, lead singer of Travis, taken to hospital after Seattle gig where he rolled his ankle

A rock show in Seattle, Washington has ended in a trip to the hospital after the band’s front man was taken out of the venue in a wheelchair.

Fran Healy, lead singer of ’90s band Travis, was taken to hospital believing he had broken his ankle.

Healy said that his ankle had twisted “back to front” as he walked off stage waving to fans.

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Following Healy’s trip to hospital, the band took to social media to share an update with fans.

“If anyone saw Fran being put into an ambulance after our Seattle show, no you didn’t,” they wrote alongside a video of Healy explaining his injury.

Watch the video above. 

“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 twisted, seriously twisted, my ankle stepping off stage,” he said.

Healy panned the camera around to show his ankle sitting on an ice pack and elevated on a pile of pillows.

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“As I was waving goodbye to everyone it sort of twisted around back to front. We thought it was broken, went to hospital, thankfully it’s just a really really gnarly sprain,” he added.

In the caption the band wrote that “the show must go on” letting fans know that their upcoming show in Salt Lake City would go ahead as planned. 

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The singer went on to tell fans that he now has a “massive big space” shoe on his foot which they can “all laugh at” at the upcoming gig.

“We’ll see you on the rest of the tour,” Healy continued.

“I’m fine, I’m slightly dizzy just now because I’m on some painkillers but apart from that, it’s all good.”

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Back in 2021 Healy was left unable to perform after an sausage dog attack left him unable to play the guitar.

He had come across a horror three-car crash near his home in the Hollywood Hills and saw the dog alone in the middle of the road.

Trying to save it to avoid the dog being hit by traffic, as Healy picked up the pet it bit into his left hand to escape.

He was left with a bloodied wound on his hand and was unable to play guitar while he gave it time to heal.

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Travis were formed in Glasgow in the 1990s with Healy on lead vocals and guitar, Dougie Payne on bass guitar, Andy Dunlop on lead guitar and Neil Primrose on drums.

The beloved band found success with their second album The Man Who, released in 1999, which spent a total of nine weeks at number one on the UK albums chart and had a total of more than 2.68 million sales in the UK alone.

Their third album The Invisible Band backed up the success of the previous album, debuting at number one on the UK albums chart.

Over the years, the band have received two Brit Awards for best band, were awarded NME artist of the year in 2000, and were honoured at the Scottish Music Awards in 2016 for the contribution to music. 

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