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Tuesday, 22 November

U2's Larry Mullen, Jr is set to make his acting debut alongside Donald Sutherland in the English language remake of Patrice Leconte's award-winning French film Man On The Train. The trailer is above, while a UK release date is expected to be confirmed soon.

Air's sixth album will be called La Voyage Dans La Lune (The Voyage To The Moon) and will feature guest spots from members of Beach House and Au Revoir Simon. It's out 6 February.
Onethirtybpm.com

Morrissey muse, playwright Shelagh Delaney. Best known for writing A Taste Of Honey, The Smiths included several of her lines in their songs, while she featured on the cover of 1987 record Louder Than Bombs. Delaney passed away aged 71 at her Suffolk home on Sunday.
news.bbc.co.uk

As it appeared the libel action between Noel and Liam will go ahead, with court papers concerning the guitarist's defence leaking yesterday, at least there's no musical acrimony between the Gallagher brothers. Read Noel's verdict on Beady Eye, in a sneak preview from our next issue Q306 (out 29 November) now.
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Coldplay and Alan Partrdige are set to team-up for a charity gig Under 1 Roof, which will take place at the O2 Arena on 10 December and also features the likes of Rob Brydon and Tinie Tempah. The show is being held to benefit charity Kids Company. Tickets go on sale this Friday.
Coldplay.com

BIEBER has had his DNA test, it's been claimed. The singer indicated he would undergo the procedure to dismiss paternity claims being made on him by Mariah Yeater. Apparently the singer aims to prove not only that the baby isn't his, but will use the test to launch his own legal action against the claimant. BIEBER.
Tmz.com

Wu-Tang Clan's GZA is to lecture at Harvard University on astrophysics... nah, but the rapper will be giving a guest lecture on his 'craft' on 1 December at the Ivy League institution. Onethirtybpm.com

Two early demos from Radiohead have 'surfaced online'. Allegedly they're from 1986 when the band were known as On A Friday (the day they rehearsed) and were apparently kept by a school friend of the band (via Stereogum.com).

A third Independent Label Market is set to take place on 10 December at London's Spitalfields. As with the previous two events, the bosses of indie labels like Domino, Angular, Ninja Tune, Sonic Cathedral, Stolen Records and more will be manning stalls and flogging some choice cuts from their catalogues. This market is being held to support labels who lost stock in the Sony warehouse fire earlier this year.
Independentlabelmarket.tumblr.com

Sonic? Super Mario? Niko Bellic? Lana Del Rey explains the inspiration behind Video Games.
Vpro.nl

Robyn Hitchcock has written some very good lyrics of his own, but here are ten - from the likes of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, The Beach Boys and more - that he wished he'd penned himself.
Qthemusic.com

After scraping a whole album (allegedly) The Ting Tings finally return with new single Silence.

The Ting Tings - Silence on MUZU.

A new album called Old Ideas by Leonard Cohen will be released on 30 January, the Canadian crooner's first LP since 2004.
Pitchfork.com

Nicki Minaj is planning to release her second album early next year, according to her record label co-chief Birdman.
Billboard.com

Vince Clarke is back in the Depeche Mode fold... well sort of. He and the band's Martin Gore are working together for the first time since 1981 on new project VCMG. Their first release, EP1/ Spock is out on 19 December, while an album follows next year.
Mute.com

Fleet Foxes have commissioned this animated film for Helpless Blues album track The Shrine / An Argument. It was directed by Robin Pecknold's brother Sean.

The Shrine / An Argument from Sean Pecknold on Vimeo.

"As much as I loved Sex Pistols, we were not into the safety pins-through-the-nose thing." Michael Stipe and Mike Mills look back on a lifetime in R.E.M.
Pitchfork.com

Rocky The Musical? No really... but only in Germany for now.
News.bbc.co.uk

Simple Minds have announced a series of shows for next February which will draw exclusively on their first five (good) albums - Life In A Day, Real To Real Cacophony, Empires and Dance, Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Calling and New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84). The set will feature five tracks from each record.
Simpleminds.com

"Maybe one [album] a week next year!" Kate Bush is feeling very creative it seems. She's on Radio 4's Front Row tonight from 7pm (GMT).
bbc.co.uk/radio4

Today's Track Of The Day is Ren Harvieu with Through The Night .

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

12:00 PM | 22/11/2011