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Top 40 Plays - December 01 David Bowie 75 02 Heartworms 62 03 Adam & the Ants 59 04 Creedence Clearwater Revival 55 05 Christian Death 49 06 The Rollig Stones 45 07 The Velvet Undergrounf 45 08 Bloc Party 44 09 The Kinks 44 10 Bauhaus 43 11 Killing Joke 43 12 The Beatles 41 13 The Damned 40 14 Jane's Addiction 38 15 HotWax 37 16 Taylor Swift 35 17 Duran Duran 32 18 KNIFE BRIDE 30 19 Manic Street Preachers 30 20 Richard O'Brien 30 21 The Creepshow 30 22 Alkaline Trio 29 23 Die Spitz 27 24 The Cramps 27 25 Glasvegas 26 26 Siouxsie & the Banshees 27 The Prodigy 26 28 Kid Kapichi 25 29 Doctor & the Medics 24 30 White Lies 24 31 Bob Dylan 23 32 Creaming Jesus 22 33 PROJECTOR 21 34 Ramones 21 35 The Byrds 21 36 Bruce Springsteen 19 37 The Beach Noys 19 38 Nirvana 18 39 R.E.M. 18 40 The Killers 18 2025 Final Top 50 Artists Scrobbled 2,168 (+74) Rank/Previous Position/Artist/Plays/Change 01 (01) Manic Street Preachers 425 (+30) 02 (02) PROJECTOR 357 (+21) 03 (03) R.E.M. 308 (+18) 04 (09) Bruce Springsteen 302 (+19) 05 (07) HotWax 272 (+37) 06 (06) Garbage 259 (+14) 07 (14) David Bowie 254 (+75) 08 (05) The Sisters of Mercy 246 (-) 09 (11) Taylor Swift 240 (+30) 10 (09) Creaming Jesus 236 (+22) 11 (08) Witch Fever 232 (+4) 12 (12) Killing Joke 229 (+43) 13 (21) Heartworms 224 (+62) 14 (10) Lambrini Girls 220 (+10) 15 (17) The Creepshow 207 (+30) 16 (16) The Cramps 204 (+47) 17 (18) Siouxsie & the Banshees 199 (+26) 18 (23) Die Spitz 185 (+27) 19 (13) Fields of the Nephilim 185 (+3) 20 (15) Ultravox 185 (+6) 21 (32) Christian Death 180 (+49) 22 (19) Linkin Park 171 (+6) 23 (37) Bauhaus 169 (+43) 24 (24) Nova Twins 169 (+11) 25 (22) Poppy 169 (+10) 26 (20) Pulp 166 (+3) 27 (25) Peter Gabriel 161 (+6) 28 (35) Kid Kapichi 155 (+25) 29 (26) The SMiths 147 (-) 30 (29) Pixies 146 (+12) 31 (27) Pop WIll Eat Itself 144 (+32) 32 (RE) Creedence Clearwater Revival 143 (+55) 33 (39) The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 138 (+12) 34 (NE) Bloc Party 137 35 (32) Interpol 134 (-) 36 (38) Saint Agnes 134 (+8) 37 (30) The Jesus & Mary Chain 134 (-) 38 (31) Calva Louise 133 (-) 39 (33) Dana Dentata 131 (-) 40 (RE) Ramones 131 (+21) 41 (34) Siouxsie 131 (-) 42 (40) Suede 131 (+6) 43 (RE) Bambie Thug 129 (+18) 44 (36) Echo & the Bunnymen 128 (-) 45 (47) Oasis 128 (+14) 46 (NE) Alkaline Trio 127 47 (42) Roxy Music 16 (+4) 48 (NE) The Prodigy 126 49 (43) The Psychedelic Furs 125 (+7) 50 (NE) Die So Fluid 123

What were they expected to do? Pretty much what they're doing. What would be legal under International law though would be to not conduct an illegal blockade, carpet bomb the area, target innocent civilians including children, use starvation as a weapon and allow the IDF to commit mass murder and rape too. Basically don't commit a genocide. But feel free to carry on ignoring Israeli war crimes and their history of violent oppression and occupation the Palestinian people for decades prior. I guess if that helps you to sleep at night. Israel's actions are a stain on the reputation of the Jewish people.

I'm sorry but this is incredibly naive. There have been about 15 previous Israeli-Gaza wars since the state existed. Each time Israel has reacted with disproportionate force and tightened the noose around Gaza. All whilst continuing to steal other lands in the West Bank, Golan Heights etc. What Hamas did on Oct 7th was abhorrent but inevitable. How long do you allow someone to slowly throttle you before you punch them hard?

This exact comment could be levelled at Israel. Continue to oppress and subjugate the Palestinians and you can't expect them (or in this case Hamas) not to retaliate. Why is that so hard to understand?

It's also worth adding that the IDF is not comprised only of those from the Jewish faith. Jews are the majority but the force also contains Druze, Bedouin, Arabs and Christians as both volunteer and conscripted males

That was the only reason I voted for it.

I saw some of your experience from the other side. I had long hair and wore black in the 80s, when that sort of thing meant you were targeted for violence by certain types of people who were often House and dance music fans (obviously not suggesting everyone). It meant the Goths, Metallers, Psychobillies, Rivetheads, Indie kids and other alternative types hung out together a lot. Even the Hip Hop fans felt as outsiders with us too. We were known about town as the weirdo collective. The high street on a Friday night at kicking out time was a place to be on your guard every week but small local venues, pubs and clubs gave us a refuge. Then about 1990, towards the end of the Madchester and Baggy scene, ecstasy really took off as the go to drug. Suddenly all the Ravers were growing their hair long and wanting to hug and love everybody, people they had previously been aggressive and violent towards. It was a weird change and hard to trust but eventually a welcome one. I'd long hated most dance music, except The Shamen somehow bucked this trend in the early days - at least until Sinnott died but it took The Prodigy to open further doors in '92/'93. Looking back it is remarkable how much changed socially in the wake of the 88-90 music and drug scene in the UK

+20 Stan - Eminem (2000) +19 Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl (2005) +18 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga (2009) +17 Imagine - John Lennon (1999) +16 Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen (2010) +15 Ain't Got No (I Got Life) / Do What You Gotta Do - Nina Simone (1968) +14 Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond (1970) +13 Crackers International EP - Erasure (1988) +12 Whatever - Oasis (1994) +11 Coz I Luv You - Slade (1971) +10 Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Madonna (1996) +09 Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie (1980) +08 Walking On The Moon - The Police (1979) +07 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling / Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers (1990) +06 Solid Gold Easy Action - T. Rex (1972) +05 Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid (1985) +04 The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine - Laurel & Hardy (1975) +03 Perfect Day - Various Artists (1997) +02 Money Money Money - ABBA (1976) +01 One Of Us - ABBA (1981)

There's an awful lot of people of a certain age who absolutely loved Rage back in the early 90s. I think some would be quite surprised how big a draw they were at festivals back then.

Doesn't quite edge out Johnny Cash's version but damn if this isn't my Christmas Number 1 this year.

Very tough call at the top! 01 Die Spitz - Something to Consume 02 PROJECTOR - Contempt 03 Cwfen - Sorrows 04 HotWax - Hot Shock 05 Lambrini Girls - Who Let the Dogs Out 06 Heartworms - Glutton for Punishment 07 Witch Fever - FEVEREATEN 08 Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be the Light 09 Calva Louise - Edge of the Abyss 10 Slung - IN WAYS

8.5 Lando Norris - Just about edged his teammate across the season pointswise but received from favourable decisions and slightly more luck to take the title. 8.5 Oscar Piastri - A tad unlucky and on the receiving end of some unfortunate team and steward decisions. Still struggles slightly on low grip tracks, and they all came on the title run in. Much improved compared to 2024. 9.0 Charles Leclerc - Making Ferrari look like a team that isn't in freefall. Outdrove his car and evoked memories of Alesi and Villeneuve Sr. at times 4.5 Lewis Hamilton - If ever a former champion looked like time was up, this was it. Deserves better than to be running near the back every week and if 2026 doesn't start well I can see him walking away mid-season. 10 Max Verstappen - Imperious at times but a mid-season dip in motivation and that collision in Spain prevent what would otherwise be an 11, and probably a title. Might be his best season yet though. 5.0 Yuki Tsunoda - Started the season in good form but found the Red Bull as much of a handful as others have. The tightness of the grid made the deficit to Max look far worse as his average Qualifying gap was only 0.5s but he never managed to get to grips and disappointed. 8.0 Kimi Antonelli - A largely impressive debut season marred only by a brief loss of form. Managed to be more effective at derailing Verstappen's title charge than the McLaren boys. Looks to have a promising future. 8.0 George Russell - Scored the same as Kimi because his experience should see him ahead. Great on his good days, AWOL at other times. Still more impressive in Qualifying than on race pace. 9.0 Fernando Alonso - Very unlucky at times - story of his career - but rarely doesn't impress especially given his age. 2026 could be a glorious swansong if the car delivers as much as he does. 6.0 Lance Stroll - Anonymous most of the season which is a step up from being his usual catastrophic self. A very average driver who really should make way. Expect him to be outclassed again next year whatever Newey deilvers. 4.0 Jack Doohan - Hard to rate as he wasn't given enough time. Seemed largely unremarkable but his replacement didn't justify the sacking. On track anyway. 7.5 Pierre Gasly - Frequently popped up in 'how did Gasly do that' moments but the car never gave him opportunities to capitalise. I think the Renault chassis isn't the issue so next year's engine might help him shine. 6.0 Esteban Ocon - It's probably time that team bosses started asking what exactly Esteban brings on his best weekends and if it's enough to justify the ordinary ones. 8.0 Oliver Bearman - Strong debut season where he frequently impressed. A Ferrari seat beckons in the near future if he can keep it up. 9.0 Isack Hadjar - The most impressive debut season in many a year. Big questions to answer next year though in what could make or break his career. France is long overdue a top driver. 6.0 Liam Lawson - Never though he should have been in the Red Bull and I can't fully see why Tsunoda got the boot over him for next year. Borderline defensive moves on occasion too. 7.0 Alexander Albon - Pendulum season for Albon. It began with him making Sainz look beneath him until the Spaniard made it swing the other way. They're a good pairing but time will tell which will dominate the other. 7.5 Carlos Sainz Jr - Difficult start to the year and involved in some silly incidents both blameless and to blame but made some big results come his way in the latter half of the year. Could be de facto team leader next year. 7.5 Gabriel Bortoleto - Didn't have it all his own way but bested Hulkenberg in Qualifying sessions they both entered (if you add Brazil which Gabi skipped it's a draw) but struggled on unfamilar tracks. Promising start. 7.0 Nico Hulkenberg - A much improved year from the perennial nearly man, whose experience really should tell over his teammate. That it was so close says more about Bortoleto than Hulk. Next year might be telling. 5.0 Franco Colapinto - No signs of improvement, occasionally close to Gasly but seemed to be on screen less often than Valtteri Bottas this season. If the money runs out so will his time.

F1 will return to Portugal for two races in 2027/28 at the Autodromo do Algarve. It will replace Zandvoort Fantastic news. A great location and a decent track. Would prefer it replaced Miami, Qatar, Vegas or any of the other rubbish tracks but you can't have it all. However, it is also a move away from adding more street circuits in favour of an actual racetrack, which can't be bad.

You're more than likely right there, in fact now I think about it, I'm sure you are and you're right to pull me up on it. However, this says more about how little I care for the Christmas charts these days than anything else. It's kind of dead now.

It's amazing how bad most of them are Best - Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody - Just a remarkable piece of songwriting that still impresses despite years of over familiarity (shout out to Girls Aloud, The Beatles, Human League for having some really good ones) Worst - So many to choose from but even though I want to say Mariah Carey, Westlife or Lad Baby, I have to put Mr Blobby, as it's the most cynical, formulaic and creatively bankrupt effort of the lot - which is quite the feat, given the competition.

^ Thank you, you're a star

I'd like to vote for Poppy in the tie break but it won't let me unless I vote in the weekly options, none of which i care to give a vote to. Up to you if you want to factor that in

Interestingly, Lando Norris won the title by the smallest margin in F1 history. What about Lauda in 1984, I hear you say? Lauda won by a mere 0.5 points so when looking purely at whole numbers that is also true. However, when you account for changes in the number of races and scoring systems since 1984 and caluclate the winning margin by the percentage of possible points available, Lauda's victory over Prost was 0.51% of available points. Norris took the crown from Verstappen by 0.31% of available points. There's a full breakdown here - Did Norris actually win Formula 1's closest championship fight of all time? · RaceFans

I was gonna abstain again but I guess I can give Poppy a vote. Picked N/A on the tiebreak as i dislike them both. Sorry

It should be noted that Marko has retired of his own volition, rather than been axed or sacked etc. Lambiase is also expected to announce he is to be leaving his role as Verstappen's race engineer for another role within the team, this time based at Milton Keynes. He has missed races this year for personal reasons, these are believed to be the same reasons for his decision to opt for a role change.

Well it's never bad to add a new name to the roll of champions and Lando has been the better of the two McLaren drivers since the summer break. I think he's been a tad fortunate though that Oscar was derailed by a couple of harsh penalties and without Max's red mist in Spain the Dutchman would have beaten him. Still, others before have had similar luck and he's champion now. You can't take that away but unless McLaren are streets ahead again next year, I'm not convinced he'll get another.

I agree about Fisi

Top 40 Plays - November 01 Bruce Springsteen 98 02 The Creepshow 91 03 Manic Street Preachers 79 04 The Sisters of Mercy 52 05 The Prodigy 49 06 Creaming Jesus 48 07 Bauhaus 41 08 Garbage 41 09 HotWax 35 10 KNIFE BRIDE 35 11 Taylor Swift 35 12 The primitives 31 13 Die So Fluid 28 14 The Airborne Toxic Event 28 15 White Lies 27 16 R.E.M. 26 17 Avenged Sevenfold 25 18 The Damned 25 19 Witch Fever 25 20 Birdeatsbaby 24 21 PROJECTOR 24 22 The Killers 24 23 Slipknot 23 24 The Cramps 21 25 Christian Death 20 26 The Gaslight Anthem 20 27 Kings of Leon 19 28 Anthrax 18 29 Kid Kapichi 18 30 Muse 18 31 My Chemical Romance 18 32 Senser 18 33 Britney Spears 17 34 Creeper 17 35 Green Day 17 36 Hadouken! 17 37 Horrorpops 17 38 Hot Chip 17 39 Killing Joke 17 40 Nitzer Ebb 17 2025 to Date Artists Scrobbled 2,094 (+49) Rank/Previous Position/Artist/Plays/Change 01 (01) Manic Street Preachers 395 (+79) 02 (02) PROJECTOR 336 (+20) 03 (03) R.E.M. 290 (+26) 04 (09) Bruce Springsteen 283 (+98) 05 (08) The Sisters of Mercy 246 (+52) 06 (06) Garbage 245 (+39) 07 (04) HotWax 235 (+27) 08 (07) Witch Fever 228 (+25) 09 (13) Creaming Jesus 214 (+42) 10 (05) Lambrini Girls 210 (+2) 11 (11) Taylor Swift 210 (+36) 12 (14) Killing Joke 186 (+17) 13 (10) Fields of the Nephilim 182 (+2) 14 (15) David Bowie 179 (+15) 15 (12) Ultravox 179 (+5) 16 (20) The Cramps 157 (+17) 17 (NE) The Creepshow 177 18 (16) Siouxsie & the Banshees 173 (+11) 19 (22) Linkin Park 165 20 (24) Pulp 163 (+14) 21 (17) Heartworms 162 (+2) 22 (23) Poppy 159 (+6) 23 (19) Die Spitz 158 (+1) 24 (18) Nova Twins 158 (-) 25 (21) Peter Gabriel 155 (-) 26 (27) The Smiths 147 (+13) 27 (25) Pop Will Eat Itself 137 (+2) 28 (32) Interpol 134 (+10) 29 (31) Pixies 134 (+8) 30 (26) The Jesus & Mary Chain 134 (-) 31 (28) Calva Louise 133 (+2) 32 (37) Christian Death 131 (+12) 33 (29) Dana Dentata 131 (-) 34 (30) Siouxsie 131 (+4) 35 (36) Kid Kapichi 130 (+10) 36 (34) Echo & the Bunnymen 128 (+6) 37 (RE) Bauhaus 126 (+33) 38 (44) Saint Agnes 126 (+14) 39 (47) The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 126 (+15) 40 (45) Suede 125 (+13) 41 (33) Gaffa Tape Sandy 123 (-) 42 (35) Roxy Music 122 (-) 43 (38) The Psychedelic Furs 118 (-) 44 (NE) Against Me! 117 45 (39) Ozzy Osbourne 117 (-) 46 (40) Mimi Barks 114 (-) 47 (NE) Oasis 114 48 (41) Chappell Roan 113 (-) 49 (42) Cwfen 113 (-) 50 (43) Gaye Bykers on Acid 113 (-) OUT THIS MONTH Bambie Thug 111 (-) Black Sabbath 110 (-) Eville 110 (-) Ramones 110 (-) FORMER TOP 40 ACTS Nitzer Ebb 112 (+17) The Clash 103 (+9) Dumfun 101 (+17) Nine Inch Nails 101 (+5) Fleetwood Mac 100 (+3) The Horrors 97 (+4) Delilah Bon 93 (+3) Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction 92 (-) Birdeatsbaby 90 (+20) Eminem 90 (+13) Creedence Clearwater Revival 88 (-) Green Day 88 (+17) Lady Gaga 88 (+6) Play Dead 88 (-) Public Image Ltd 88 (-) Iron Maiden 87 (-) Sick Joy 86 (+14) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 83 (-) Girls Aloud 79 (+12) Knife Bride 78 (+41) The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing 78 (+5) Britney Spears 77 (+17) Rihanna 76 (+7) The Rolling Stones 74 (+11) Curve 73 (-) Kraftwerk 72 (-) Jar of Blind Flies 69 (+11) The Mission 68 (-) Ghost 68 (+6) Shadow Project 66 (+13) Cassyette 65 (+2) Betty Boo 63 (+1) Beyoncé 63 (+2) SNAYX 63 (+2) Mudhoney 63 (+14) The Southern Death Cult 60 (-) Ministry 59 (-) The March Violets 56 (-) El Moono 54 (-) Heilung 54 (+2) Crimson Veil 49 (-) Billie Eilish 48 (-) The Beatles 45 (-) Harpy 44 (+5) Heriot 41 (+8) Doechii 40 (-) Viagra Boys 39 (-) Slung 37 (-) Charli XCX 37 (-) Halsey 33 (-) Du Blonde 29 (-) Siiickbrain 28 (-) Elvis Presley 25 (-) SONS 20 (-)

Re-recorded with a full release (although the original is preferable to me)

Norris needs to be really unlucky, really stupid or really off form to screw it up. He has all the hallmarks to file him alongside Hawthorn, Phil Hill, Surtees, Hulme, Keke Rosberg, Damon Hill, Villeneuve, and Button. An above average driver, somewhere in the top six on the grid, who found himself in the best car, drove decently enough and had a season where it all came together to give him a single title. Whoever wins the title, Verstappen, like Schumacher did in 1996, will win many admirers.