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SHOCKING: Ladbaby - What They Never Told You

A new Christmas single – but do they know it’s Ed Davey?

The bungee-jumping Lib Dem leader could be just the man to reinvigorate a genre beset by cynicism and creative inertia

The Guardian - UK

LadBaby star reveals he experienced ‘panic attacks’ due to backlash over Christmas songs

Internet personality Mark Hoyle also clarified his political stance after claims he supported the Conservatives

The Independent UK

‘We were a bit naive about privacy’: LadBaby on blackmail, backlash – and their Christmas No 1s

They are the couple who became pop stars and anti-poverty campaigners, fundraising for food banks with their songs about sausage rolls. Then came threats so extreme the anti-terror police stepped in ...

The Guardian - UK

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‘It’s mission accomplished’: Wham! secure Christmas No 1 with ‘Last Christmas’ as Sam Ryder lands No 2

Eighties pop duo landed the top spot on the Christmas charts 39 years after the song’s original release, following a battle between four other heavyweights including Mariah Carey and The Pogues

The Independent UK

Christmas Number 1: Wham! and Sam Ryder battle it out for top spot

Sam Ryder is hoping to claim the top spot over Wham! with You're Christmas to Me

Evening Standard

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan is out of hospital in time for his birthday

The 65-year-old singer has been in hospital with an infection

Evening Standard

Who might be Christmas number one after Lad Baby pull out?

LadBaby have passed 'the baton over to the Great British public' and are 'not going for Christmas number one this year'

Evening Standard

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LadBaby: They built this season on sausage rolls - all of the duo's Christmas singles

The festive duo are flaking out, and it's the end of an era

Evening Standard

Shane MacGowan's wife gives health update on hospitalised The Pogues star

The Fairytale of New York hit-maker is believed to have been in intensive care for the past few months after he was diagnosed with viral encephalitis last year

Evening Standard

LadBaby set to perform live show in Nottingham after podcast success

Pre-sale tickets will be available soon

Nottingham Post

Midge Ure reveals he initially refused to allow Ladbaby to use his Band Aid song

Scottish music great tells how he had to be reminded that raising funds was aim of Do They Know It's Christmas? as he mulled over letting YouTuber rework his hit song.

Daily Record

LadBaby celebrates surpassing the Beatles to claim fifth straight Christmas Number 1 with Food Aid song

LadBaby has claimed their fifth Christmas number one with their reimagining of Band Aid's "Do They Know it's Christmas".

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 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.

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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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

The Sidemen are following closely behind

Liverpool Echo

When the Christmas number one will be announced

LadBaby are facing competition from Lewis Capaldi and Taylor Swift

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Wales Online

Christmas number one race heats up as Wham and Mariah Carey close in on LadBaby

LadBaby is bidding for a fifth consecutive Christmas number one but is coming under pressure from festive rivals

Manchester Evening News

When and what time is the 2022 Christmas number one announced?

Ladbaby could land their fifth Christmas number one in a row

Manchester Evening News

Martin Lewis left 'cringing' as he makes announcement days after emotional ITV exit

The Money Saving Expert is taking part in a very different project to his usual work

Evening Standard

LadBaby release new Christmas single Food Aid with Martin Lewis

The act has become the first-ever allowed to rework Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas

Chronicle Live

Martin Lewis admits 'cringing' as new charity Christmas single with Ladbaby is released

The MoneySavingExpert founder lends his singing voice to LadBaby's Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid parody to raise money for food banks

Evening Standard

Christmas number one runners and riders: Latest odds

In the past, the honour has gone to hits such as Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody and Band Aid’s Do They Know it’s Christmas?

Evening Standard

Who is LadBaby? Duo collaborating with Martin Lewis for Band Aid fundraiser

The charitable pair have published books and created clothing ranges, as well as being chart-topping music stars

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