70 artists to cover Bob Dylan, Noel Gallagher says no to Bond, New Order... Daily Hot List

Thursday, 24 November

Around 70 artists are covering Bob Dylan songs for a new Amnesty International compilation to celebrate the charity's 50th anniversary. Tom Morello, My Morning Jacket, Pete Townshend, Queens Of The Stone Age, Elvis Cosltello, Adele, My Chemical Romance and Patti Smith are among those taking part. The album will be out internationally on 30 January.
Amnestyusa.org

Listen to every track from every John Peel Festive 50 ever with this bespoke little Peelplayer website.
Peelplayer.com

Part 2 of our exclusive guide to Gorillaz' Singles Collection by Murdoc Niccals takes us through the Demon Days of Damon Albarn's cartoon band.
Qthemusic.com

Noel Gallagher has denied he is doing the next Bond theme."Now, I don't know whether you've seen a story that's doing the rounds about me being offered the job of penning the tune for the new James Bond film?" he wrote on his Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere blog. Apparently I'm being courted by 007 bosses!!!!! A meeting will be Taking place in the next few days!!!! With some guy called Michael G. Wilson (whoever he is)!!! A 'source' says, Nothing has been signed or made official!!!! Of course it fuckin' hasn't!!!!!! Who IS this fuckin' 'source'? Has he been on the sauce? Bizarre indeed."
Noelgallagher.com

Danish singer Oh Land has just been to the cinema to see Ghostbusters... with Katy Perry. Read our Q&a with Nanna Fabricius now.
Qthemusic.com

Further to yesterday's news that Dave Grohl and Ryan Adams joined Bob Mould onstage in Las Angeles, today you can watch them do it.

Congratulations to one of our favourite websites The Quietus who were named website of the year at last night's Record Of The Day Awards.
Thequietus.com

George Michael was forced to go to hospitalised with pneumonia in Vienna. The former Wham man has been forced to postpone a series of shows as a result.
Billboard.com

Peter Hook has said he's "not proud" of the way New Order finished. "It's very, very sad actually," he said. "I suppose in a way it helps you understand the process people go through together when they are in a group. It's like a marriage. You are together for so long you literally do drive each other crazy."
NME.com

Q staged a pub quiz for Manchester's students on Tuesday, see how you'd have got on with the picture round.
Qthemusic.com

Remember Benton the crazy hound hassling all those deer in yesterday's Hot List? Obviously a meme was just around the corner. Here's Jurassic Benton.

Today's Track Of The Day is DJ Shadow - Scale It Back featuring Little Dragon .

That's it for today. More Hot List tomorrow at noon.

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