The chart success could come at an exciting time for fans, with the band recently announcing a European leg of their 2027 tour and UK dates expected to be revealed in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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MORE: Where every Queens of the Stone Age album and song has charted in the UK\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Looking to spoil the party are The Snuts<\/a>, whose Joy In Short Moments starts the week at Number 2. Jack, Joe, Callum and Jordan already boast three Top 5 albums, including 2021’s chart-topping W.L.. Can the Scottish four-piece leapfrog Queens of the Stone Age come Friday?\u00a0<\/p>\n Image: Sam McGill\u00a0<\/p>\n Birmingham rockers Editors<\/a> are on course for their highest-charting album since 2009’s Number 1 In This Light and on This Evening, with eighth studio LP Surface, Echo & Sound tracking at Number 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n Canadian rockers Nickelback<\/a> are chasing their eighth Top 10 album, as Everything Under The Sun makes an early appearance at Number 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fresh from the Halloween weekend, Michael Jackson<\/a>‘s Thriller looks set for a resurrection, potentially leaping 18 places to Number 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n Elsewhere, The Who<\/a>‘s 1975 album The Who By Numbers could make a Top 10 comeback thanks to a new super deluxe reissue (10).\u00a0<\/p>\n Indie outfit The Big Moon<\/a> are on course to secure their third consecutive Top 40 album, as Forever makes its midweek\u00a0appearance at Number 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n American DJ-producer MK<\/a> is eyeing a maiden Albums Chart entry with debut LP In The Night Again (21), while K-pop four-piece ILLIT<\/a> are also hoping to make their first appearance on the chart with latest EP BREAK EVEN (22).\u00a0<\/p>\n UK rap heavyweight Nines<\/a> could secure his second Top 40 album of 2026 with Young Nina, a mixtape he recorded as a teenager (29). His Lost Tapes collection previously peaked at Number 14 in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n And finally, blink-182<\/a>‘s seminal 2001 album Take Off Your Pants And Jacket<\/a> is heading for a Top 40 return following the release of a 25th anniversary 2LP vinyl edition (34), while Save As by Ex<\/a>, the solo project of Elena Tonra, rounds out the latest midweek Top 40 (40).\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n