Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes' charity single Going Home challenging Beyoncé for UK Number 1 single

Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes – a super-group containing everyone from Nile Rodgers and Sting to Joan Jett and Ringo Starr – and their cover of Going Home (Theme From Local Hero) is right now challenging Beyoncé for the UK’s Number 1 single.

A supergroup made up of 54 guest artists under the direction of Knopfler - best known as the lead guitarist for iconic rock band Dire Straits - have covered the artists' 1983 instrumental rock track, which was featured in the BAFTA-winning 1983 drama Local Hero, starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster.

The charity single – from which all proceeds go to Teenage Cancer Trust UK and Teen Cancer America – leads at the midweek mark with less than 1,000 chart units, so it will need all the support it can get to keep growing throughout the week.

BTS member V, aka Kim Tae-hyung, is approaching his first solo UK Top 10 single with FRI(END)S expected to debut at Number 7.

If V holds on he would be the third member of BTS to secure a solo Top 10 single in the UK; following Jimin, whose Like Crazy peaked at Number 8, and Jung Kook, whose current tally stands at four; Too Much with The Kid Laroi and Central Cee (10), 3D with Jack Harlow (5), Standing Next To You (5) and Seven with Latto (3).

Calvin Harris and Rag’N’Bone Man could reach a brand new peak with Lovers in a Past Life (11).

Fast-rising US singer-songwriter Dasha is quickly catching fire in the UK. Austin is now predicted to smash into the Top 20 on Friday, up six week-on-week (19).

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