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Fran Healy chooses his Tracks Of My Years

Singer-songwriter and Travis frontman Fran Healy chooses his favourite songs all week for Tracks of My Years. Plus another dive into Vernon's Vault and more Ten To The Top.

Singer-songwriter and Travis frontman Fran Healy chooses his favourite songs all week on Tracks of My Years.

Fran joined the band - then called Glass Onion - on the same day he enrolled at the Glasgow School of Art, and after a name change, Travis released their first single 鈥楢ll I Want to Do Is Rock鈥�.

Travis鈥檚 second album, 'The Man Who', made them one of the most listened-to bands in the world, featuring the tracks "Writing to Reach You", "Driftwood", "Turn" and their anthemic "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"

Travis have twice been awarded British Album Of The Year at The BRIT Awards and are credited as having paved the way for post-Britpop British bands such as Coldplay and Keane.

Travis鈥檚 new album, 鈥楲.A. Times鈥�, is out now, and their UK tour kicks off in December, but they are first performing at Radio 2 in the Park in Preston on the 7th September.

Fran has also released a solo album, 2010鈥檚 鈥榃reckorder鈥�, which included contributions from Paul McCartney on bass.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you鈥檇 like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Shalamar

    I Can Make You Feel Good

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 4.

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

    Rush Of Blood

    • What Do You Believe In?.
    • Columbia.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Live Forever (Reading Festival, 25th Aug 2024)

  • Hozier

    Nobody's Soldier

    • Unaired E.P..
    • Island.

  • ABC

    The Look Of Love

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • Post Malone

    Guy For That (feat. Luke Combs)

    • F-1 Trillion.
    • Island.

  • Van Halen

    Jump

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Love Plus One

    • Pelican West - Deluxe Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 002.

  • Coldplay

    WE PRAY (feat. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI)

    • MOON MUSiC.
    • Parlophone.

  • Sam Fender

    Seventeen Going Under

    • Seventeen Going Under.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Mark Ambor

    Our Way

    • INGROOVES.
    • Hundred Days Records.

  • James

    Sit Down

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Elton John

    Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Killers

    Bright Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Kim Wilde

    You Came

    • Kim Wilde - Singles Collection 81-93.
    • MCA.

  • The Script

    Satellites

    • Satellites.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited.
    • 7.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shivers

    • = Equals.
    • Atlantic.

  • Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

    Die With A Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Blondie

    Heart Of Glass

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1979 (Various).
    • Rhino.
    • 13.

  • John Lennon

    Imagine

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • Muni Long

    Ruined Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.

Broadcast

  • Tue 27 Aug 2024 09:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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