Severin

Adrian Newey has been appointed team principal at Aston Martin with Andy Cowell moving to chief strategy officer. It'll be interesting to see if this goes well or not next year

It's a made up festival anyway. Set on a date that bears no relation to date estimated as the birth of Christ and was just picked/stolen to suppress the original Pagan festivals of Yule and Saturnalia. In that sense it's all wrong. Personally I'm willing to put up with it lasting from Advent Sunday until Twelfth Night for practising Christians but everything else is commercially driven guff. Each to their own though I guess.

Well that was a welcome surprise

Whamageddon doesn't start until December because, quite reasonably, the idea of listening to Christmas songs in November is insane

I give you the recorded debut of one Jon Bon Jovi.

Yeah, a surprisingly dull Qualifying

Poppy

Strong approval for HotWax, Heartworms and Rosalia from that playlist. Far too soon for me to think about compiling my own though

Sick Joy - Cinnamon Burn Tigercub - Fall In Fall Out KNIFE BRIDE - Alone At The Altar Poppy - Bruised Sky MANORS - Early Grave Tribe of Ghosts - SCALD Heriot - Commander of Pain

Verstappen now holds the record for the most podium finishes from different starting positions - P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10, P14, P15, P16, P17, P18, P20 and the Pit Lane. And who would have predicted finishing 3rd from a pitlane start would feel like a disappointment in the end?

What a photo!

From the pitlane in the dry? Good luck! Think that'd be a first ever.

Unfortunately, I think that unless Lando DNFs tomorrow it's effectively all over.

The only way it's going to be anything other than Wham or Mariah is if Taylor Swift knocks out a Christmas song and releases 5 different vinyl versions that week. I actually hope she does that too.

Top 40 Plays - October 01 PROJECTOR 188 02 Bruce Springsteen 91 03 Taylor Swift 65 04 The Last Dinner Party 57 05 Manic Street Preachers 53 06 Witch Fever 52 07 Killing Joke 50 08 Buzzcocks 46 09 The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 46 10 Siouxsie 45 11 Radio Werewolf 44 12 Roxy Music 43 13 Pop Will Eait Itself 41 14 R.E.M. 40 15 The Wytches 38 16 Creeper 36 17 Against Me! 35 18 Die Spitz 29 19 The Creepshow 29 20 The Ting Tings 29 21 The Jesus and Mary Chain 28 22 Franz Ferdinand 27 23 Siouxsie and the Banshees 26 24 Girls Aloud 25 25 Horrorpops 25 26 Kaiser Chiefs 25 27 YONAKA 25 28 Fields of the Nephilim 24 29 Garbage 24 30 My Chemical Romance 23 31 Apocalyptica 22 32 Avenged Sevenfold 22 33 HotWax 22 34 Saint Agnes 22 35 The Shamen 22 36 All About Eve 21 37 Rilo Kiley 21 38 The Coral 21 39 Bryan Ferry 20 40 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 20 2025 to Date Artists Scrobbled 2,045 (+58) Rank/Previous Position/Artist/Plays/Change 01 (01) Manic Street Preachers 263 (+53) 02 (24) PROJECTOR 314 (+188) 03 (02) R.E.M. 264 (+40) 04 (04) HotWax 208 (+22) 05 (03) Lambrini Girls 208 (+4) 06 (05) Garbage 206 (+24) 07 (12) Witch Fever 203 (+52) 08 (06) The Sisters of Mercy 194 (+16) 09 (44) Bruce Springsteen 185 (+91) 10 (09) Fields of the Nephilim 180 (+24) 11 (33) Taylor Swift 174 (+65) 12 (07) Utravox 174 (+14) 13 (10) Creaming Jesus 171 (+17) 14 (25) Killing Joke 169 (+50) 15 (11) David Bowie 164 (+12) 16 (18) Siouxsie & the Banshees 162 (+26) 17 (13) Heartworms 160 (+10) 18 (08) Nova Twins 158 (-) 19 (23) Die Spitz 157 (+29) 20 (17) The Cramps 157 (+17) 21 (15) Peter Gabriel 155 (+8) 22 (16) Linkin Park 154 (+9) 23 (14) Poppy 153 (+4) 24 (19) Pulp 149 (+16) 25 (45) Pop Will Eat Itself 135 (+41) 26 (37) The Jesus & Mary Chain 134 (+28) 27 (20) The Smiths 134 (+2) 28 (22) Calva Louise 131 (+1) 29 (21) Dana Dentata 131 (-) 30 (NE) Siouxsie 127 31 (28) Pixies 126 (+13) 32 (29) Interpol 124 (+12) 33 (38) Gaffa Tape Sandy 123 (+15) 34 (39) Echo & the Bunnymen 122 (+18) 35 (NE) Roxy Music 122 36 (36) Kid Kapichi 120 (+14) 37 (35) Christian Death 119 (+12) 38 (41) The Psychedelic Furs 118 (+15) 39 (26) Ozzy Osbourne 117 (-) 40 (40) Mimi Barks 114 (+10) 41 (27) Chappell Roan 113 (-) 42 (33) Cwfen 113 (+2) 43 (43) Gaye Bykers on Acid 113 (+14) 44 (50) Saint Agnes 112 (+22) 45 (34) Suede 112 (+40 46 (32) Bambie Thug 111 (+2) 47 (NE) The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 111 48 (31) Black Sabbath 110 (-) 49 (42) Eville 110 (+9) 50 (49) Ramones 110 (+20) OUT THIS MONTH The Horrors 93 (-) The Clash 94 (+2) Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction 92 (-) FORMER TOP 40 ACTS Fleetwood Mac 97 (+17) Nine Inch Nails 96 (+15) Nitzer Ebb 95 (+6) Bauhaus 93 (+4) Delilah Bon 90 (+7) Creedence Clearwater Revival 88 (-) Play Dead 88 (+2) Public Image Ltd 88 (+13) Iron Maiden 87 (-) Dumfun 85 (-) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 83 (+2) Lady Gaga 82 (+9) Eminem 77 (-) Curve 73 (+2) The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing 73 (+2) Kraftwerk 72 (+2) Sick Joy 72 (+16) Green Day 71 (+3) Birdeatsbaby 70 (+2) Rihanna 69 (+9) The Mission 68 (+4) Girls Aloud 67 (+25) Cassyette 63 (+2) The Rolling Stones 63 (+4) Ghost 62 (-) Betty Boo 62 (+14) Beyoncé 61 (-) SNAYX 61 (+1) Britney Spears 60 (+4) The Southern Death Cult 60 (-) Ministry 59 (+5) Jar of Blind Flies 58 (-) The March Violets 56 (+2) El Moono 54 (-) Shadow Project 53 (-) Heilung 52 (-) Crimson Veil 49 (+1) Mudhoney 49 (+2) Billie Eilish 48 (-) The Beatles 45 (+2) Doechii 40 (-) Viagra Boys 39 (-) Harpy 39 (-) Knife Bride 37 (-) Slung 37 (-) Charli XCX 37 (-) Halsey 33 (-) Heriot 33 (+10) Du Blonde 29 (-) Siiickbrain 28 (-) Elvis Presley 25 (-) SONS 20 (-)