Merry Christmas! (Or, if you’re not so much into the whole Christmas thing, Happy Tuesday!) We hope you’re having a very lovely Christmas day. If you need a break from the family madness, here are a few things you might want to take a peek at. On TV, Londonist likes: Top of the Pops Christmas Special (BBC1, 13:30-4:30)) Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates present this look at the year’s most popular acts – and......

Tonight start the week by going to see massive Swedish popstar Marit Bergman at Hoxton Bar & Grill. She's playing a one off UK gig in an attempt to get signed in the UK. (£6, here. Former Hefner frontman Darren Hayman teams up with fledgling band The Wave Pictures at The Luminaire (£8, here). Plus the awesome Cold War Kids play Shepherd's Bush Empire. On Tuesday, German dance kids Digitalism are at the Scala......

The Curzon Soho has warmed the Londonist cockles by putting on this tribute to the film career of The Clash frontman: The UK Premiere and centrepiece of the season, LET’S ROCK AGAIN, was made by Strummer's cinematic collaborator and friend Dick Rude. It captures Joe & The Mescaleros on the road on the last US tour before Joe’s death and is sure to be an emotional experience for fans and friends alike. CHARLIE DON’T......

George Romero's back and he brought some old friends with him. Land of the Dead is finally released in the UK after a ridiculously long wait compared to our American cousins. Londonist already reviewed the thing last month, but now the big boys have turned their attention to it - sort of. What will Peter Bradshaw make of the 'stenches' and Asia Argento's underwear? Well it turns out hekind of likes it in a......

Here’s something of an exclusive as at the time of writing the following information isn’t even up on the official FrightFest 2005 website, but we're too excited to sit on this any longer Between Friday August 26 and Monday August 28 twenty-one films will be screened at the Odeon West End in Leicester Square. We can now reveal that the line up for this year begins with a hell of an event: Land of......

Well it's finally here. Hoards of people shuffling around mindlessly outside while a nervous minority wait to see which way they're going to go... no, not the election. We've got more important things on our minds here. Like the fact that the first trailer for George A Romero's Land of the Dead is now online. It'll be interesting to see how the original zombie master makes out in the wake of the juiced up......

Last week the figures on the capital's most dangerous bus routes were announced. One of the worst routes for thefts and robberies was the number 29 which runs between Trafalgar Square and Palmers Green. But from next week TfL are looking to improve the situation by recruiting a "a dedicated team of plain clothes and uniformed officers from the Transport Operational Command Unit (TOCU)" to monitor the route. We love the idea of a......