Rage Against The Machine have beaten The X Factor finalist Joe McElderry to the Number One position in the UK singles chart.

The US band's 1992 track 'Killing In The Name' sold more than 500,000 copies – beating McElderry's release 'The Climb' by over 50,000.

Popularity for the track swelled thanks to an internet campaign rallying against Simon Cowell and manufactured pop. A Facebook group, which 980,000 people joined, asked participants to buy 'Killing In The Name' throughout last week so it could beat 'The Climb' to the top of the charts.

Responding to the popularity of the campaign, Rage Against The Machine promised to play a free UK gig if the track did go to Number One – a pledge they have now maintained to honour.

Guitarist Tom Morello said: "As promised we will play a free concert in the UK in celebration of this incredible upset victory over the heavily favoured X Factor single."

X Factor judge Simon Cowell, meanwhile, has admitted he is "gutted" that McElderry has been beaten to this year's Christmas Number One by Rage Against The Machine, though he told the Daily Mirror he was "genuinely impressed by the campaign".

The Facebook campaign also raised almost £100,000 for the Shelter charity.

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A film of Jimi Hendrix's infamous 'lost weekend' is set to go into production.

Called 'Slide', the film is about events in September 1969, when he was apparently the subject of a hoax kidnapping, orchestrated by his manager.

"While we have to be speculative because no definitive version of the event exists, this takes it out of the realm of fiction for me," writer and director RH Greene told Twentyfourbit.com.

"It's part of Jimi's story, and I think it offers an opportunity to show him fully but from a unique angle. That was my aim in writing it, and that's going to be my aim in making it."

The casting process for the film is currently underway, with production scheduled to start early next year.

Meanwhile, live recordings from Hendrix's 1967 and 1968 shows in Paris and Ottawa are being released on January 25.

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Ray Davies' forthcoming tour of his musical 'Come Dancing' has been cancelled, it has been confirmed.

The show, which had its first run in 2008 and closed this year, was set to be revived by director Bill Kenwright in 2010. However, those plans have now been abandoned.

"Ray [Davies] is extremely disappointed that the 2010 'Come Dancing' tour will not be happening," a spokesperson for Davies' studio Konk explained. "[He] will be issuing a statement in due course."

No explanation has been given for the cancellation at present, but theatres are offering refunds to those who bought tickets.

Earlier this month, the singer hinted that he is set to reunite with his guitarist brother and Kinks bandmate Dave Davies.

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Gabriella Cilmi's 'Sweet About Me' has been named the most played song of the year by music royalties body PRS For Music.

The track, which was first released in June 2008, beat the likes of Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', Girls Aloud's 'The Promise' and Take That's 'Shine' and 'Greatest Day' to the title.

Moloko's 'The Time Is Now' also makes an appearance, going in at Number Three in the list. The 2000 track has been played on Sky Sports regularly this year.

The Top 10 most played songs of the year are:

1. Gabriella Cilmi - 'Sweet About Me'
2. Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida'
3. Moloko - 'The Time is Now'
4. Duffy - 'Mercy'
5. Take That - 'Shine'
6. Girls Aloud - 'The Promise'
7. Jordin Sparks - 'No Air'
8. The Script - 'The Man who Can't be Moved'
9. Take That - 'Greatest Day'
10. Jennifer Hudson - 'Spotlight'

PRS For Music has compiled the list from data taken from the number of plays and performances online, live, on TV and radio in the past year.

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• Feb 07, 2010 19:30 at Corn Exchange, Cambridge - Buy from Seetickets
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The Flaming Lips will headline the Saturday night of next year's Green Man Festival, organisers have confirmed.

Wayne Coyne et al will bring their psychedelic anthems to the annual bonanza on August 21 next year.

Their double album, Embryonic, was released in October and was reviewed in MOJO 192.

This year's line-up included the likes of Animal Collective, Roky Erickson, Wilco and Jarvis Cocker.

Tickets for Green Man 2010 (due to take place at between August 20 - 22 at Glanusk Park Estate in Wales) went on sale today.

Get yours HERE!

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