Greetings and salutations. Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick fly like trapped digital birds, bringing you a busy week in music news and a raucous Top 5 that examines the golden and the grotesque of the Irish Singles Chart over the past 20-and-a-bit years. It's NO ENCORE, baby!ACT ONE: A teaser of our first TRACK X TRACK episode of 2021.ACT TWO (8:40): Thoughts on the Framing Britney Spears documentary and the fallout thereof.ACT THREE (24:04): Other news! Alice Cooper, Lil Uzi Vert, Pharrell Williams, Megan Thee Stallion and Hoobastank provide intriguing life updates.ACT FOUR (40:30): Many artists have scaled the summit of the Irish Singles Chart over the years. Dave and Craig set their sights on this century as they present the Top 5 Best & Worst efforts that captured the public's pocket money.NO ENCORE is on Patreon if you would like to help us propel some actually good songs to the top of the charts: patreon.com/noencore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.