13:22 on December 16 2009
Guardian Music — For the past five years, Simon Cowell has regarded the Christmas No 1 as the natural domain of whoever wins the X Factor. This year, a facebook campaign decided to put Ki...
more info 11:49 on December 17 2009
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 R...
more info 12:00 on December 17 2009
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...
more info 12:14 on December 17 2009
Guardian Music — RATM still have the edge over X Factor winner Joe McElderry in the battle for Christmas number one, but the gap is closingRage Against the Machine are still ahead of Joe ...
more info 16:43 on December 16 2009
NME — McElderry says he's 'enjoying' Christmas chart battle but wants to be Number One
more info 19:11 on December 16 2009
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....
more info 10:22 on December 17 2009
NME — Band perform full version of 'Killing In The Name' in breakfast show
more info 11:32 on December 17 2009
NME — 'Killing In The Name' provisionally on top in Christmas chart battle
more info 12:53 on December 17 2009
MTV.co.uk News — Rage Against The Machine are still ahead of Joe McElderry in the race to be Christmas number one- the latest figures show. The group’s Killing In The Name Of is current...
more info 13:00 on December 17 2009
NME — 'I'm all for it,' he says, before admitting he'll be buying a copy of 'Killing In The Name'
more info 06:04 on December 17 2009
411 Mania — Maybe he should...
more info 22:09 on December 16 2009
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 12:39 on December 17 2009
AngryApe — After the band swore live on radio today
more info 12:53 on December 17 2009
NME - The Video Blog — Rage Against The Machine's curtailed live performance on Five Live this morning served as a reminder of what an explosive live band they've always been.
It inspired us t...
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