Wilko on course for chart hit
Terminally ill musician Wilko Johnson looks on course to have his biggest chart hit for almost four decades.
The guitarist – who has collaborated with Roger Daltrey for a new collection of songs – is likely to be at number two in the album chart at the weekend.
The pair’s album, Going Back Home, will be denied the top spot by X Factor winner Sam Bailey which is already almost 7,000 copies ahead, according to midweek sales figures.
Johnson, who has pancreatic cancer and has refused chemotherapy, enjoyed a number one album with Dr Feelgood in 1976.