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2026 Formula One Season
Technically not. Mario Andretti was born in Motovan, which is in modern day Croatia but I grant you alot comes down to how you determine the statement
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2026 Formula One Season
It's unlikely he'll be anything more than a reserve/test driver at the the moment and just replace Yuki
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Sport Stars/Personalities RIP
Former F1 driver Guy Edwards has died. Although his Grand Prix career was somewhat forgettable he is probably best remembered for receiving a Queens Gallantry Medal for his role in saving Niki Lauda's life at the Nurburgring in 1976.
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What was the first vinyl record you owned?
Awesome. I still have it, although the sleeve is rather worse for wear. Got the purple Up the Junction too
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Turn a classic dance song into a football anthem
No. Nothing to do with football originally. It's about the working class resilience in the face of adversity. It's not as overly political as their usual work but comes from that background.
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What was the first vinyl record you owned?
Blondie - Heart of Glass was bought for me. The first I spent my own money on was Squeeze - Cool For Cats
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Festival Setlists
I was at Reading 1991 when in an early afternoon slot I watched a band whose debut album I had only quite liked. They decided to play a set that was to feature a stack of as yet unreleased songs from their upcoming 2nd album. That band was Nirvana and it was brilliant. I also saw Mansun live years ago and they played a set mostly comprised of their as yet unreleased (and subsequently cancelled) new album and it sucked. They key factor was differential was the material and the performance. Mansun were fine but the songs were so-so and they were on the decline. Nirvana had brilliant songs and they were on an upward curve. I've always enjoyed being able to hear early, sometimes 'work in progress' versions of an artists new material so if I'm a fan it doesn't bother me too much. That being said, if I'm at a festival and someone I don't care that much about, like say Stereophonics, is playing 2 hours of new stuff before finishing with Local Boy, I'm off to go watch someone else.
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Biggest act without a UK number one: the poll
A few others that have shifted plenty of units worldwide and maybe should have been considered - Dire Straits - 150M+ Genesis - 150M + Eagles - 200M+ Dolly Parton - 100M+ Shania Twain - 100M+ Johnny Cash - 90M+ Linkin Park - 100M+ Def Leppard - 100M+ Pearl Jam - 85-100M Black Sabbath - 85M+ Aerosmith - 150M+ Neil Young - 135M+ (if you include his work with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY) Garth Brooks - 200M+ And of course the daddy of them all - Bing Crosby - Estimated as much as 1B+ (White Christmas alone has sold in excess of 50M)
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Biggest act without a UK number one: the poll
With global sales counted at around the 200M mark AC/DC are a glaring omission from this list. Their UK sales at nearly 12M also dwarf the likes of Nirvana, Radiohead, The Cure, Green Day, REM, etc In fact there's few there that can compete.
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2026 Formula One Season
In regards to the race. Lewis seemed reinvigorated and drove well. Was a little unusual to find myself rooting for him for once. If Charles had not have binned it in qualifying they could have been running 1 and 2 towards the end. As for the Mercedes pairing, Kimi may have been outqualified by George but he again outdrove him on race day. If Ferrari are a challenge all year George needs to up his game or settle for the Bottas role, especially as McLaren and Red Bull have potential to join the fight.
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2026 Formula One Season
Since 1958 actually. Jackie Stewart not being English. 1968 was last all British podium. In Portugal 1958 you had Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Stewart Lewis-Evans on the podium. This was the race where Moss cost himself the title by arguing that Hawthorn's penalty was incorrect (when there were no cameras to prove it either way)
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Doctor Who • 2023-
Honestly, I won't miss it. The show overall has been so badly written and executed recently that this feels like a mercy killing. It could've recovered from Chibnall's reign of errors and there were ways to work through or around the Timeless Child but RTD came back thinking he was the great messiah only to balls it up further and then as he reflected on where the show was and surrounded by the burning wreckage of his own incompetence he walks off as if he were David Cameron after the Brexit vote. Twat.
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Your most played of 2026
May 351 Artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 Radio Werewolf 85 02 Bruce Springsteen 65 03 The Cramps 65 04 The Clash 63 05 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 58 06 Pink Floyd 49 07 The Police 48 08 R.E.M. 42 09 Sleeper 42 10 Manic Street Preachers 41 11 Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction 36 12 HotWax 34 13 The Mission 30 14 Siouxsie & the Banshees 28 15 Pop Will Eat Itself 23 16 The Pretenders 23 17 Mimi Barks 21 18 U2 21 19 Delilah Bon 20 20 Tori Amos 19 21 Saint Agnes 17 22 WREX 17 23 LEMONSUCKR 16 24 Levellers 16 25 NWA 16 26 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 16 27 The Cult 16 28 The Last Dinner Party 16 29 Suede 15 30 The Prodigy 15 31 YONAKA 15 32 Prince 14 33 All About Eve 13 34 KNIFE BRIDE 13 35 Lana Del Rey 13 36 Nirvana 13 37 Public Enemy 13 38 Creaming Jesus 12 39 Polite Bureaux 12 40 Super Furry Animals 12 The Year to Date 875 artists Pos/Artist/plays 01 (02) Pink Floyd 208 (49) 02 (01) Kate Bush 169 (2) 03 (10) The Cramps 148 (65) 04 (04) Siouxsie & the Banshees 142 (28) 05 (20) The Clash 125 (63) 06 (03) Lambrini Girls 118 (4) 07 (27) Bruce Springsteen 115 (65) 08 (12) HotWax 114 (34) 09 (05) Heartworms 112 (-) 10 (06) The Sisters of Mercy 110 (11) 11 (07) Delilah Bon 108 (20) 12 (08) YONAKA 101 (15) 13 (44) Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 98 (58) 14 (14) Saint Agnes 94 (17) 15 (30) Sleeper 90 (32) 16 (32) Manic Street Preachers 88 (41) 17 (NE) Radio Werewolf 87 18 (13) Nine Inch Nails 86 (6) 19 (11) Simple Minds 85 (4) 20 (09) Gaye Bykers On Acid 83 (-) 21 (17) KNIFE BRIDE 83 (13) 22 (15) Bambie Thug 74 (-) 23 (16) The Pogues 74 (-) 24 (34) The Pretenders 70 (33) 25 (19) Cassyette 69 (7) 26 (18) Garbage 69 (3) 27 (NE) R.E.M. 67 28 (24) Die Spitz 66 (9) 29 (29) Prince 63 (14) 30 (25) L7 61 (6) 31 (23) Terrorvision 61 (2) 32 (40) WREX 61 (17) 33 (21) The Damned 60 (-) 34 (22) Gaffa Tape Sandy 59 (-) 35 (NE) The Mission 57 36 (NE) Mimi Barks 56 37 (28) Killing Joke 53 (4) 38 (NE) The Police 52 39 (26) Johnny Cash 51 (-) 40 (37) Ministry 51 (6) 41 (35) Bloodworm 48 (2) 42 (42) Peter Gabriel 48 (6) 43 (36) The Lords of the New Church 48 (2) 44 (45) Tigercub 48 (8) 45 (31) Joy Division 47 (-) 46 (33) Prince & the Revolution 47 (-) 47 (39) Marilyn Manson 46 (2) 48 (38) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 45 (-) 49 (43) Cranes 44 (4) 50 (41) Joan Jett 44 (2) Dropouts congratulations 39 (-) Rob Zombie 39 (-) Eville 38 (-) GWAR 38 (-) PROJECTOR 37 (-) Former Entries The Jesus & Mary Chain 43 (11) Fields of the Nephilim 41 (9) The Prodigy 41 (15) Faith No More 40 (4) CARNE 38 (2) Midnight Oil 36 (3) The Beatles 35 (-) LN 35 (-) LOA LOA 35 (-) Arcade Fire 33 (-) fakeyourdeath 34 (-) Kim Dracula 30 (-) Motorhead 30 (-) Depeche Mode 29 (4) Pet Shop Boys 28 (-) Sick Joy 26 (-) Die So Fluid 25 (-) Kid Kapichi 25 (-) Beastie Boys 24 (2) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 24 (2) Eat Your Make-Up 23 (-) Eurythmics 21 (3) Shadow Project 20 (-) Beastmilk 19 (-) Chappell Roan 18 (-) Korn 18 (-) System of a Down 16 (1) Birdeatsbaby 15 (-) Iggy Pop 15 (-) The Libertines 15 (-)
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2026 Formula One Season
Charles Leclerc has announced his intention not to become World Champion any time soon by signing a contract extension at Ferrari
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Spotify announce "Reserved" tour ticket feature for biggest fans
Actually it is Spotify's fault I don't stream from them. They are a vile company.