of the UK, with support from the Band of Holy Joy; Diagram joined James for this stint. He was hesitant at first, due to the implosion of his band Dislocation Dance, and a grow resentment to any kind of pop, as he was more enthralled by experimental jazz. During the London date of the tour, the band had learned from their sound engineer that Dave Bates of Fontana Records was in attendance, alongside A&R people from other labels. Gold Mother was planned for release in February 1990; around this time, the band were in talks with Fontana's owner Phonogram as they had recently relaunched the label. While this was occurring, Rough Trade was struggling with insolvency issues. Travis expected the band to sell around 20,000 copies, and in response, they asked to be released from their contract from Rough Trade. The band wanted a label that had the ambition to sell more copies than Travis' estimation, and eventually signed with Fontana Records, who cleared their £50,000 debt to Sire. Gold Mother was eventually released on 4 June 1990, through Fontana Records. The Japanese release included "Lazy" as an extra track between "Crescendo" and "How Was It for You". Following this, the band embarked on the World Cup Tour in the UK, which saw dates organised around the England team's matches in the World Cup. James appeared at Glastonbury Festival, and supported David Bowie and the Cure at separate one-off shows. In November 1990, they played their first show out of the UK in France. The following month, the band played a handful of UK shows, including two at the G-Mex Centre in their hometown of Manchester. The band had planned to close the year with a series of shows in Russia, though these were cancelled. Singles "Come Home" was released as lead single to Gold Mother in November 1989, with "Promised Land" and "Slow Right Down" as extra tracks. The success of it was hampered due to Music Week misprinting their top 100 singles, resulting in a loss of airplay and opportunities to appear on TV. "How Was It for You" was released as a single on 30 April 1990, with "Lazy", "Undertaker", live versions of "Whoops" and "Hymn from a Village", and remixes of "How Was It For You" as extra tracks. The music video for "How Was It for You" was directed by Swivel, and sees Booth singing