TRNSMT surprise act Fran Healy said he swore more on his new single than he’s ever done before - so much so that his bandmates were shocked. “We just gave birth to a baby album. Our tenth child just came out LA Times.LA times is the last song on our album and it’s got more swearing in thirty seconds than any song that’s ever been written has. I didn’t meant to swear. I remember saying to Andy and the guys and Andy wrote back after hearing it ‘This is quite a lot of swearing Fran.’ It just came out. I was getting frustrated. It brought out the Possil in me.Fran who spends most of the time in LA these days after relocating there from Berlin and originally Glasgow said he is homesick: “I miss us. We all talk to one another. When you’re away, I didn’t miss home as much when I was in Berlin, and they speak German there, another language, but in LA, it’s like no one talks to anybody.And here, you are standing for two minutes anywhere and you’ll strike up a chat with someone.”Of their appearance at TRNSMT yesterday playing under their original name of Glass Onion he added: “We weren’t playing the festival this year but we thought we’d gatecrash it. We climbed over the droopy by the side of the thing with the neds and we got in and we got chased by a guy with a visibility thing. We managed to get onstage just before he got to us. We played a set and we loved it. In 1988 we all came here for the Big Day It was here and I was always thinking when it was in the park why didn’t they have f in the park here. Why was it in Strathclyde park. Glasgow were like no we’re not doing it again.This is the spiritual home of the festival. The big day was the first ever festival in Scotland ever.”
TRAVIS singer Fran Healy was rushed to hospital after he sliced through his hand and had to use a panty pad to soak up the blood. The Why Does It Always Rain on Me charttopper hit the headlines in 2021 after a sausage dog mauled him and left a gnarly wound on his hand whilst he was in the Hollywood Hills. It left him in agony and stopped him from using his left hand for several months and he had to undergo surgery in December that year to repair his wounded hand. This time round Fran was left bloodied and in severe pain as managed to slice though his right hand as he carried a metal cornering strip from the DIY store into his car. Showing off his bloodied hand as he awaited treatment at the hospital in the US, Fran said: “Deary me!”He explained: “I’m adding an extra wall in my studio and picked up some cornering (very thin 10 foot long metal strip) and was putting it in the car and it slid very gently down the crack between thumb and forefinger like a sushi knife. Right hand this time. Will take couple of weeks to heal.”
Revealing the state of his hand following treatment he added: “Seven stitches.”Fran then revealed he had bend helped out by a Good Samaritan who came to his rescue.He said: “There was a whole lotta blood. A wee Mexican man in the Home Depot carpark saw it happen and ran to his car returning with a panty pad... I was very grateful.”After someone questioned ‘a panty pad?’ Fran replied: “Yes. Ultra absorbent.”He also revealed that he was screaming during his treatment. He said: “The doctor told me, as he was preparing to inject the affected area with lidocaine, that this particular area of the body (possibly the universe) has the highest concentration of nerve endings. I videoed the injections. Lots of screaming from me.”“I get my stitches out next Friday.”
Fran received well wishes from fellow pop star Carol Decker, who said: “What you do???? BTW why does it always rain playing in Tesco today got me dancing in the booze isle.”Fran reassured her: “Hey carol... hands on art student drywall accident. its all better now. big hugs to you xxx”After actor Dan Ryan said: “Dude! Ow. Not the strummer!!!!?!?!. Fran added: “You can strum with a stump it's fine...”Someone else wrote: ”Hope you Healy soon.”
