Travis, Starsailor and Embrace are to play free concerts in Liverpool next month as part of BBC Radio 2's series of live shows from the city. The Live Week, from 2-9 Oct will also includes free gigs by Amy Winehouse, Super Furry Animals, Ed Harcourt, Beverley Knight, Ian Broudie, Ian McNabb and the Kings of Convenience. Full details on all the Radio 2 events will be available at www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 closer to Live Week.
The Travis concert will be the band's first gig since frontman Fran Healy's recent illness which forced the band to cancel their six-date Japanese tour. Healy spent four days in hospital in April being treated for the viral infection.