Fran Healy has said that Travis were on the verge of a split until drummer Neil Primrose broke his neck back in 2002. Actually, I'm pretty sure he said this during the promotion for their last album, 2002's '12 Memories', but whatever.
Healy explained to ITV.com that the band were suffering from the pressures of working in the music industry, but that when Primrose had his accident - if you remember, he dived into a shallow swimming pool, hitting his head and causing all manner of back and neck trouble - it put everything in perspective.
The singer says: "When you start getting successful the business starts to seep in to any sort of cracks, and then they expand and push everyone apart. You then start to see each other as workmates and not friends. It is bizarre but when Neil had his accident and broke his neck we were like - 'oh no, it's Neil!' - not 'oh God, our drummer!'. I think we suddenly became friends again".
The band release their new album 'The Boy With No Name' on 7 May, plus they are on tour from 15 May.