Travis frontman Fran Healy rushed to hospital in ambulance after ghastly injury at gig

Scottish vocalist Fran Healy, who is the pb vocalist of Travis, has shared an update aft suffering a horrific wounded during a gig successful the US this week

Travis frontman Fran Healy has been rushed to infirmary aft suffering a horrific wounded portion connected circuit with the Scottish set crossed the US.

Fran, 51, was helped into an ambulance aft the band’s amusement astatine the Showbox successful Seattle, Washington, connected Monday nighttime aft sustaining the injury. The iconic Scottish set are presently connected their Raze The Bar North American Tour, which kicked disconnected successful January.

After helium was whisked distant successful the ambulance, the Flowers In The Window vocalist took to the band’s societal media pages to update fans. Fran confirmed that helium was wheeled retired of the venue aft twisting his ankle astatine the extremity of the show.

The Scottish vocalist was riddled with interest that helium had breached his ankle aft the symptom changeable up done his body, but luckily, it was conscionable a 'gnarly sprain' successful the extremity arsenic helium updated his loyal fans connected societal media. Fran is present forced to deterioration a walking footwear for the foreseeable to assistance his ankle heal, and the vocalist has insisted that "the amusement indispensable spell on" contempt his achy injury.

Ahead of taking the signifier successful Salt Lake City connected Tuesday nighttime - conscionable 1 time aft his mishap - Fran took to Instagram to stock an update with fans arsenic helium filmed himself laying down successful his edifice furniture successful an effort to remainder his ankle.

The vocalist said: "If anyone saw maine being wheeled retired of the venue past nighttime connected a gurney and being enactment into an ambulance it's due to the fact that I earnestly twisted my ankle stepping disconnected stage, arsenic I was waving goodbye to everyone, it benignant of twisted astir backmost to front.

"We thought it was broken, went to hospital, thankfully it's conscionable a truly gnarly sprain. I've got 1 of these monolithic large abstraction shoes present truthful erstwhile you crook up to Salt Lake City you tin each laughter astatine that. The amusement indispensable spell on, we'll spot you there, we'll spot you connected the remainder of the tour.

"I'm fine, I'm somewhat dizzy conscionable present due to the fact that I'm connected immoderate painkillers but isolated from that it's each good. Oh and I'm watching Antiques Roadshow, bye," helium joked earlier signing off.

Travis were formed successful Glasgow successful 1990, and the set is composed of Fran, Dougie Payne, Andy Dunlop, and Neil Primrose.

The band's sanction comes from the quality Travis Henderson (played by Harry Dean Stanton) from the movie Paris, Texas.

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