As a fierce battles rages on for a Top 10 spot in the UK official album charts this week, GUN are pulling out all the stops. If their newly released, widely praised album Hombres lands inside the UK Top 10, it will be the first Top 10 result here for the Scottish rock squad in thirty years, since the release of their beloved 1994 album Swagger. Currently sat at #7 in the official midweek, the group face stiff competition from Beyonce, The Weeknd, James, Kris Barras Band, English Teacher, Linkin Park, and Mark Knopfler. GUN have spent the week meeting fans all over the country, with a series of instore events that includes a special, stripped back performance from brothers Dante and Jools. Remaining events include: Wed 17th Apr – AYR HMV – 4pm Thu 18th Apr – STIRLING HMV – 4pm Fri 19th Apr – BURY Wax & Beans – 4pm Hombres is available in multiple formats as standard, deluxe, and 20-track extended editions, including fully signed, on CD, vinyl, cassette, and digitally, as well as in a wide range of bundles. Order here or pick up from your favourite record shop! Today the band offered fans a new bonanza, live version of Hombres too, available to download here on iTunes for just £4.99. For less than the price of a pint, you get the standard 13 album tracks + 13 more live tracks, recorded in December 2022 at the Barrowlands in Glasgow – making it a mere 19p per track. To count towards this week’s chart result, fans should purchase before 23:59 on Thursday, with the results announced on Friday evening. Purchases of digital albums must be downloaded to count. |