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Retail workers share the worst thing about working over Christmas

By Boxing Day, some workers will have heard their store's Christmas playlist hundreds of times

Liverpool Echo

Scots music stars sing praises of Barrowlands in BBC documentary airing New Year's Day

The Barrowland Roar, screening on New Year's Day on BBC Alba, sees Scottish music icons recount their memories of the east end venue.

Daily Record

Pink Floyd grateful to supporters after raising £500,000 for Ukrainian charities with new track

'Hey, Hey, Rise Up' was released in April in the group's first original music as a collective since 1994

Wales Online

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Music legend Clint Boon opens project helping people in crisis this Christmas

"The people that this is helping can very easily be forgotten about"

Manchester Evening News

LadBaby make chart history after toppling The Beatles with 5th UK Christmas number one

Profits from the new single will be split equally between food bank charity the Trussell Trust and the Band Aid Trust.

Daily Record

LadBaby scoops Christmas number one for fifth year in a row with song Food Aid

The husband-and-wife duo have surpassed a record set by The Beatles

Evening Standard

Christmas number one announced as LadBaby breaks record

The social media star has surpassed the Fab Four after he claimed the top spot

Liverpool Echo

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Nottingham's LadBaby make chart history with fifth Christmas number one

The couple have made chart history with their fifth number one Christmas hit

Nottingham Post

LadBaby bests Beatles with fifth Christmas number one

Social media star Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne claimed the top spot with their single Food Aid

Wales Online

LadBaby make chart history and topple Beatles with fifth Christmas number one

Their reworked version of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? fended off competition from Wham! and the YouTube group Sidemen.

The Independent UK

What is the 2022 Christmas number one single in the Official Charts?

LadBaby, Wham! and the Sidemen were in the running for this year's Christmas number one

Manchester Evening News

LadBaby secures Christmas number one single for fifth year running - smashing record set by The Beatles

Mark Hoyle aka LadBaby has topped the Christmas charts once again with his new single - Food Aid.

Chronicle Live

Martin Lewis helps LadBaby beat record set by The Beatles with fifth Christmas No 1

‘A massive apology to The Beatles,’ LadBaby said after smashing record previously held by the band

The Independent UK

LadBaby land 2022 Christmas Number 1 as YouTubers top charts for a fifth time

The race for this year's Christmas Number 1 is officially over, after a tough battle between the likes LadBaby, Wham! and Mariah Carey – who were among those in the running to bag the festive top spot

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Manchester Evening News

These were our favourite small Manchester gigs in December 2022

In a schedule hit by Christmas and the World Cup, the city still delivered

Chicago Sun-Times

Thom Bell, 1970s ‘Sound of Philadelphia’ producer, dies at 79

Bell, often collaborating with lyricist Linda Creed, worked on more than 30 gold records from 1968-78 as Philadelphia became as much a center of soul music as Detroit and Motown Records were in the 1960s.

Belfast Live

Test your Christmas music knowledge with our festive trivia quiz

Baby, all I want for Christmas is 20/20...

USA Today Sports Media Group

7 reasons why Patti LaBelle’s disastrous ‘This Christmas’ performance should be annual holiday viewing

"WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS?" should be annual holiday viewing.

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The Independent UK

Thom Bell, an architect of 1970s Philadelphia soul, dies

One of the architects of the 1970s “Sound of Philadelphia” has died

The Guardian - UK

Everything’s more fun with my cherry-red keytar – the Christmas present I’ll never forget

After a difficult few years, I started playing with a band and now feel as if I am living life in full colour again

The Guardian - UK

We do it grande: how 2022 became the year of the big statement album

From Kendrick Lamar to Beyoncé and Arctic Monkeys, artists lent into opulence and maximalism this year, inviting listeners to escape – and asserting their disregard for pop’s rules

Wales Online

Couple launch bid to get Last Christmas by Wham! taken off the air forever

Tomas Mazetti and wife Hannah hate the song so much they want to banish it to the history books

Belfast Live

Watch Derry band Lavengro perform 'Lonely This Christmas' on BBC Introducing

Mud's perennial Christmas classic gets a revamp from the Derry band

The Independent UK

LadBaby on track for fifth consecutive Christmas No 1 with Martin Lewis collaboration

The Sidemen are following closely behind

The National (Scotland)

Scottish teen lands Christmas No 1 on record-breaking Billboard album

A GLASGOW teenager is at the coveted number 1 spot in the US this Christmas by writing and producing on a new album by a Grammy-winning R&B…

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