Your first Travis gig experience

[Ziggy Stardust]

Mine: Mexico City, february 9, 2004… One of the best night ever!!!

Back in the 90s, being a mexican fan, was almost impossible to dream about a Travis gig in Mexico. When the gig was announced, my sister and i Screamed out almost for a week. Wow, good old memories. We were on line in the Sport Palace at 9 am. We waited outside more than 12 hours, but, but it was worth it.
We were in first row…almost died. But it was the best night of my life. Who was there?

Setlist played

Happy to Hang Around
U16 Girls
Re-Offender
Writing to Reach You
Pipe Dreams
Quicksand
Sing
Love Will Come Through
The Fear
The Beautiful Occupation
Side
Mid-Life Krysis
As You Are
Driftwood
Somewhere Else
All I Want to Do Is Rock
Turn
The Humpty Dumpty Love Song
Blue Flashing Light
Encore:
Some Sad Song
Coming Around
Peace the Fuck Out
Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
Encore 2:
…Baby One More Time (Britney Spears cover)
All the Young Dudes (David Bowie cover)
Happy
Back in Black (AC/DC cover)

[Arzu]

It was 2011 Rock n Coke Festival, Istanbul

I was on cloud nine, singing my lungs out and might have cried a bit 🙂 I had been a fan since ’99 so seeing them after 12 years was a bliss. Then I got lucky to be able to travel countries to see them

Setlist:

Selfish Jean
Writing to Reach You
Love Will Come Through
J. Smith
Something Anything
Long Way Down
Re-Offender
Side
Closer
Sing
My Eyes
Driftwood
All I Want to Do Is Rock
Turn
Flowers in the Window
Why Does It Always Rain on Me?

[Charlotte-rocknrollgrit]

Though I’ve loved Travis since the 90’s, I never had the chance to see a live show until Jan 25 2025.

Set list:
Bus
Driftwood
Love Will Come Through
Alive
Good Feeling
Writing to Reach You
Re-Offender
A Ghost
Side
Closer
Sing
Selfish Jean
Razer the Bar
Gaslight
Naked in New York City (I don’t recall this being played)
Turn (though I fumbled it, I got your pick Dougie, lol)
Avalon (didn’t get played, though wish it had)
We Are Monkeys
Flowers in the Window
Why Does it Always Rain

Don’t remember if anything else was added or subtracted, I just remember being super happy that I FINALLY got to see you play!

[Ziggy Stardust]

Amazing setlist and first Travis experience

[Emski]

Mine was 2001 I managed to get to the front and Dougie posed for a pic but my camera back then was crap so it’s a bit blurred 😂 My parents got me the tickets for my 18th birthday and it was my first proper gig. My fave gig was seeing them at Dalby Forest North Yorkshire in 2007 The rain was mental, we flooded in Hull but the sun came out and the atmosphere was just brilliant.

[ZakMcKracken]

Gig on the Green. I went down to stay with my two other pals in college. Once Marilyn Manson started we got split up in the surge. I was then a teuchter lost in the big bad city without a phone. Had no idea the address of my pals flat. Some random strange let me use their phone and I called home. My big brother turn called “Glasgow police” to report me as lost and asking what they were going to do about it. Meanwhile my pal had been trampled and pulled over the barriers by the volunteer paramedics. Her bag and clothes had been ripped off her and she had a black eye. He was taking care of her and she landed up in his end of shift debriefing. His boss said there was nothing else they could do with her and to send her on her way. He said “look at the lassie, she’s got no shooooooooooooooooooes”, he then sorted her out with flip flops from lost and found. She probably still has feet Chlamydia. Better than the cat aids I guess….

[akc1973]

Hi everyone,

My first Travis experience was 29 July 2000 at The Palais in Melbourne Australia. It was an amazing performance even if I didn’t have the best seats. I got to see them again a year later (2 August 2001) at The Regent Theatre (not a usual rock venue and Fran commented that it way posher than their usual venues) in Melbourne too.

I was so disappointed when they announced that they were touring in January this year and I was going to be overseas. I never thought they’d tour Australia again. I hope they come back again – I will be Row 1 Seat 1.

[CraigInFrance]

mine was London Wembley arena back in 2001 or 2002 I know the doves were the support band

I have attended 18 Travis shows from then up to now all of them were in the UK but one was in Paris in May 2022 as I now live in France

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