 During the interview, she appeared to encourage fans who were unable to afford "Tubthumper" to steal it from big chain music stores like HMV and Virgin.Her statement led several music retailers to stop carrying the album altogether.In the United States, following the interview, Virgin Megastores pulled the album from store shelves, while the album was number 7 on the US album chart; the company continued to sell the album, but kept it behind the counter.