Guardian Music — Christmas music boosts sales, it's been proven. Here are some seasonal favourites you'll be hearing on the high streetLove them or hate them, there's no chance high street stores are going to desist from the Christmas tunes. The likes of Mariah Carey... more info

NME — Boy George in Big Brother court plea, Macca's bike ride, McNulty at The Pogues – your music gossip stop more info

BIZARRE watch The Pogues live in Brixton - and they end with their Christmas cracker more info

The Vinyl Villain — Just heard that the Cowell hit-making machine has been stopped, temporarily, in its tracks with the news that Rage Against The Machine is the Xmas #1.If we're going to manage to do the same next year, we need to get behind one track. There will be so... more info

Guardian Music — Last week we asked for songs with great intros. To herald the coming of 2010, we want songs about new beginningsSo that was a large one then, as the ??? said to the ??? (I'm a Guardian hack, my double entendres are neither gender nor orientation spec... more info

The Culture Of Me — (photo by Melina Karambadzakis) Punk pop Brooklynite Yoni Gordon and mates in The Goods are joined by Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady) and vocalist Emilyn Brodsky in covering The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York"--originally featuring Kirsty MacColl's E... more info

Scotsman.com — THE POGUES **** O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW more info

Guardian Music — On anniversary of singer's death, her mother abandons bid to bring to justice the man she believes killed her daughterThe anniversary next week of her daughter's untimely death will find Jean MacColl at the Brixton Academy, south London, watching The... more info

Guardian Music — The late singer's family is no longer seeking a judicial review of her death, saying they have achieved 'most' of their aimsThe family of Kirsty MacColl has suspended their Justice for Kirsty campaign, which sought a judicial review of the singer's d... more info

Time Out, London — Now fairly regular (but no less joyous for it) reunion of the beery, teary Shane MacGowan with the London-Irish folk-punk legends. Reckon they'll save 'Fairytale of New York' for the encore, then? more info