Robbie Williams is making a return to The X Factor to team up with finalist Olly Murs, while George Michael will duet with Joe McElderry. more info

NME — Mogul calls campaign 'cynical' and 'dismissive' of contestants more info

BBC News - UK — Robbie Williams is making a return to The X Factor to team up with finalist Olly Murs, while George Micheal will duet with Joe McElderry. more info

NME — Facebook group is taking on Simon Cowell's 'music machine' for Christmas Number One more info

NME — Cover of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' enters chart battle more info

NME — Tiger Woods shuns Jay-Z, Gaga goes for a pint, Gest blames Jacko – your music gossip stop more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Simon Cowell has recruited George Michael, Michael Buble and Robbie Williams to sing on the finale of The X Factor - after Beyonce's explosive performance sent the series' ratings through the roof last year. more info

Guardian Music — Believe it or not, pop got smarter in the noughtiesThere is a parlour game you can play to gauge how dramatically rock and pop music has changed in the course of a decade. Imagine a music fan from the start of the decade is transported to its end, an... more info

NME — Singer reportedly in talks to appear on live final with Paul McCartney and George Michael more info

Guardian Music — What links Benjamin Britten's fisherman and a pair of tuneless Dublin twins?1 Who was serving a 3,653-day sentence in the gulag?2 "Lo" in 1969 is regarded as the first what?3 Who contest the Old Farm derby?4 Which breakaway state tried to secede f... more info