The Official Charts company has released the UK list for most bought vinyl in the last 20 years.

• 20. The Beatles – Anthology 1 (1995)
• 19. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing (1999)
• 18. Oasis – Be Here Now (1997)
• 17. Pulp – Different Class (1995)
• 16. Neil Young – Harvest (1972)
• 15. The Prodigy – Music For The Jilted Generation (1994)
• 14. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged In New York (1994)
• 13. Blur – Parklife (1994)
• 12. The Stone Roses – Second Coming (1994)
• 11. Paul Weller – Stanley Road (1995)
• 10. The Prodigy – Fat Of The Land (1997)
• 9. Queen – Made in Heaven (1995)
• 8. Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor – Protection/No Protection (1995)
• 7. The Beatles – Live at the BBC (1994)
• 6. Leftfield – Leftism (1994)
• 5. Radiohead – The King of Limbs (2011)
• 4. Travis – The Invisible Band (2001)
• 3. Portishead – Dummy (1994)
• 2. Oasis – Definitely Maybe (1994)
• 1. Oasis – What’s the Story, Morning Glory? (1995)

Some interesting things to note is that the most recent is Radiohead’s The King of Limbs, and there are 3 Oasis albums listed as well. The majority of the purchases are between 1994 and 1995. So unfortunately despite the rise in vinyl as a format it is still not quite pulling in the numbers, however it definitely looks promising. Also, the Neil Young inclusion of Harvest is most likely the rerelease in 2009.

Steve Hackett is extending his Genesis revisited tour to Autumn 2014. An early announcement means early tickets –

The Genesis Extended tour will hit the UK in October 2014, dates as follows:

Tue 21^st Oct               IPSWICH                     Regent Theatre          01473 433 100

Wed 22^nd Oct             BRIGHTON                  Centre                         0844 847 1515

Fri 24^th Oct                 NOTTINGHAM            Royal Concert Hall     0119 989 5555

Sat 25^th Oct               GLASGOW                  Clyde Auditorium       0844 395 4000

Sun 26^th Oct              YORK                          Barbican                     0844 854 2757

Tue 28^th Oct               SOUTHEND                Cliffs Pavilion             01702 351 135

Wed 29^th Oct              SOUTHAMPTON         02 Guildhall               023 8063 2601

Thu 30^th Oct               CARDIFF                      St David’s Hall           02920 878 444

Sat 1^st Nov                  LONDON *                 Eventim Apollo           0844 249 4300

Sun 2^nd Nov                SALFORD                    The Lowry                   0843 208 6000

Mon 3^rd Nov               GUILDFORD                Glive                            0844 770 1797

Tue 4^th Nov                 BIRMINGHAM             Symphony Hall           0121 345 0602

Tickets go onsale on Friday 15^th November at 9.00am.  Ticket prices for all venues except London are £29.50 and £27.50 all seated (except Guildford seated/standing) and London*  £35 and £30.   24hr Ticket Hotline: 0844 338 0000 Online: BookingsDirect.com (Agency & credit card bookings subject to booking fee) Showtime for all shows is 7.30pm (plus support).    For full details on exclusive VIP packages to meet Steve before the shows, please seewww.hackettsongs.com

Miley Cyrus did something completely un-shocking, not edgy and obviously staged by management. The ‘singer’ still claims that she is a free person. And the press will lap it up until she becomes a faint sneeze on the fabric of celebrity, like so many before her and so many to come.

In other ‘controversial’ news, Eminem has been ‘caught’ being a homophobe by using the word ‘faggot’ in his new album. Of course, he insists he isn’t, as he probably isn’t. He apologised for the meaning associated with homosexual. Sia also worked on the album (track ‘Beautiful Pain’) has spoken out in defence so she would never have worked with someone she thought to be a homophobe. As a gesture to the LGBT community proceeds from the song will be donated to the Los Angeles LGBT centre. Of course, Eminem was talking about a faggot of sticks that he and his daughter like to collect.