The battle for this week’s Number One is between live albums from Blur and Ghost

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Blur and Ghost are currently going head-to-head in the battle for this week’s UK Number One album.Both bands released live records last Friday (July 26).

Damon Albarn and co’s ‘Blur: Live At Wembley Stadium’ precedes the Britpop group’s upcoming concert film of the same name, with Ghost’s ‘Rite Here Rite Now’ serving as the soundtrack to the Swedish metal outfit’s recent movie.According to the latest Official Charts update, Blur are ahead in the race to the top spot.

Should they achieve the feat, it will mark their eighth UK Number One album; ‘TheBallad Of Darren’ (2023), ‘The Magic Whip’ (2015), ‘Parklife’ (1994), ‘The Great Escape’ (1995), ‘Blur’ (1997), ’13’ (1999) and ‘Think Tank’ (2003) all topped the chart previously.It is expected that Ghost will land at Number Two – giving them their fourth UK top 10 album following ‘Prequelle’ (2018), ‘Impera’ (2022) and ‘Phantomime’ (2023).The rest of the top five is currently occupied Eminem‘s ‘The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)’ (Number Three), Taylor Swift‘s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ (Number Four) and Sam Tompkins’ ‘Hi, My Name Is Insecure’ (Number Five).The latter would earn the Eastbourne singer-songwriter his first UK top five entry.This week’s official UK albums chart will be announced at 5:45pm BST on Friday (August 2) – you’ll be able to see it here.The Blur: Live At Wembley Stadium concert film is set to be released in UK and Irish cinemas on September 6 – you can find ticket information here.

The project was directed by Toby L, who also helmed the new Blur documentary To The End.An official synopsis reads: “Blur: Live At Wembley Stadium, the new cinematic two-hour concert film immortalising the band’s historic 2023 show which saw Blur perform their iconic.