Music producer and talent show host Simon Cowell is used to dominating the pop charts at Christmastime. His hit British television show, the X Factor, (roughly speaking, the U.K. version of American Idol), churns out chart-topper after chart-topper annually as the winners are chosen at the end of each year. But music fan Tracy Mortar has started a grassroots campaign to take a few potshots at the Cowell's dominance of manufactured pop music. She's formed the Facebook group Rage Against the Machine for Christmas No. 1, and nearly 60,000 fans of that group are pushing to push RAtM's 1992 song, "Killing in the Name," to the top of the charts. Chris Hawkins, DJ for the BBC's 6Music, joins us to play some tracks and handicap the outcome.

The trailer for Michael Jackson's "This Is It"

Before Michael Jackson's death earlier this year, he was preparing for a string of 50 high-profile and meticulously choreographed performances in London. Today fans of the King of Pop will get to see what he had planned for his big comeback in the movie version of the show, called "This Is It." We talk to Chris Hawkins, a presenter on BBC 6Music, who joins us from outside of a movie theater in London, where fans, including Yvonne Holland, are lining up to see the film.

Michael Jackson was planning a 50-consecutive-night comeback in London this summer. It would have been more than a decade since Jackson had performed on stage. Despite rumors that he would appear for only 12 minutes each night -- and questions about whether the show would even come off at all -- fans had snapped up the pricey tickets. For more, we talk again to Chris Hawkins, a presenter on the BBC's 6Music radio station.

The King of Pop says "This is It." That's what Michael Jackson is calling a 50-consecutive-night comeback he's planning for London this summer. It's been more than a decade since Jackson, now 50, has performed on stage. Despite rumors that he'll appear for only 12 minutes each night -- and questions about whether the show will even come off at all -- fans are already scrambling for the pricey tickets. For more, The Takeaway turns to Britain's Chris Hawkins, a presenter on the BBC's 6Music radio station. He hasn't been able to score a ticket yet himself.