fanbase

And with international demand for tickets genuine - with tourists even attending on non-matchdays to get a glimpse of the club made famous by its high-profile documentary - the club are keen to be in a position to accommodate a growing fanbase.

Two number one albums, an international fanbase, a Louis Theroux documentary and enough clout to run his own festival.

Those number one albums both fell out of the Top 30 after one week, a sign of a strong core fanbase, with limited crossover appeal.

Maintaining a personal relationship becomes harder as his fanbase grows but, ever astute, he hired a fan to oversee his social accounts.

Influential writer Octavia Butler’s literary legend may spread to a new type of fanbase with the introduction of a graphic novel adaptation of “Parable of the Talents,” originally published as a novel in 1998 and winner of the 2000 Nebula Award for best novel.