Sir Paul McCartney backs rage against the machinein UK battle

Sir Paul McCartney--The Media is using your name again for publicity sake--for crying out loud!

Brits stop being bloody shoots!

The Facebook campaign to make Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” the U.K.’s Number One Christmas single has gotten so much attention Rage are carrying a slim edge heading into the December 20th deadline, and now even Paul McCartney is commenting on the race. As Rolling Stone previously reported, U.K. music fans started up a Facebook group to help Rage’s song beat The X Factor winner Joe McElderry’s “The Climb” to protest the fact that the Simon Cowell-produced reality competition show has scored the previous four Christmas Number Ones. [...]