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Festive 50:
Continuing a Christmas tradition started by the late broadcaster John Peel in 1976, an assortment of our DJs count down through the best 50 tracks from 2009. Voted for by listeners to Dandelion Radio, you can hear the full results of this legendary poll repeating every day from Christmas Day until the end of January, culminating in Rocker revealing this year's winner!

Festive Fifty Build Up Show:
Join a selection of Dandelion Radio DJs from 10pm to midnight GMT on Christmas Eve for this one-off, 2-hour Festive Fifty Build-Up show. They'll be introducing some of their picks of 2009 that didn't quite make it into this year's legendary listeners' poll, while warming up for the first play of 2009's results - and Santa's bulging sack coming down their chimneys!

Andrew Morrison:
Andy's December show features a specially recorded - and satisfyingly noisy - session from Dave Swain, along with new music from the likes of Lucas Renney, Sad Day For Puppets, Rival Consoles, Pope Joan, and Hyperdub Records. …

Sunday 2 December
The Red House, 168 Solly Street, Sheffield 1

Sparklemotion Promotion presents...

The Deirdres (Derby)
handclaps, glockenspiels, adorable shambling lo-fi pop
http://www.thedeirdres.com

MJ Hibbett & The Validators (London)
indiepop's greatest singer-songwritery genius, with at least one of the band!
http://www.mjhibbett.com

The 10p Mixes (Liverpool)
childlike and wryly beautiful acoustic poptunes
http://www.myspace.com/the10pmixes

Nat Johnson (Sheffield)
debut popshow for Monkey Swallows the Universe singer's intriguing solo project
http://www.myspace.com/judybeat

Please be there: 8:30pm
Please pay: 4 quid
Please have: lots of fun!

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