Guardian Music — 'We asked them not to, but they did it anyway', says BBC 5Live breakfast host Shelagh Fogarty as Rage Against the Machine perform Killing In The Name, explicit lyrics and all more info

Guardian Music — Zack de la Rocha utters F-word during breakfast-time performance of song vying with X Factor winner's tune for Christmas No 1The BBC apologised today after US rock band Rage Against the Machine - battling with The X Factor winner Joe McElderry to be ... more info

NME — 'Killing In The Name' provisionally on top in Christmas chart battle more info

The BBC has apologised after Rage Against the Machine swore during a live radio performance of Killing In The Name. more info

NME — Band perform full version of 'Killing In The Name' in breakfast show more info

411 Mania — Maybe he should... more info

Undercover, Australia — Tom Morello says he will donate all of the proceeds from the Rage Against The Machine v X-Factor race to charity. more info

Stereogum — Our friends in the UK take their holiday songs very seriously! The race for Christmas #1 is an annual cultural tradition there, as is placing bets on who will prevail. And those who have prevailed over the past few years have been the winners of t... more info

NME - The Daily Download — With the tussle between The X Factor's Joe McElderry and Rage Against The Machine for this year's Christmas Number One looking like it'll go right to the wire - and an internet viral of the show's finalists singing 'Killing In The Name' already surfa... more info

NME — McElderry says he's 'enjoying' Christmas chart battle but wants to be Number One more info