NEWS DIGEST: Thursday, November 20

9:45 AM GMT 20/11/2008

Guns N' Roses are currently previewing all the tracks from Chinese Democracy via their MySpace page.

The album, 14-years in the making, is finally due to hit shelves on Monday (Nov 24).

You can read MOJO's track-by-track rundown of the record by following the red link. Our full analysis will follow very soon.

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Top Of The Pops is to make a return to the BBC at Christmas. A festive special and a New Year's Eve one-off are both scheduled for broadcast on BBC One and will be presented be Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates. A BBC spokesman said the new incarnation of the legendary show would return "bigger and better" following its cancellation in 2006.

However, the Beeb also revealed that "this does not signal the return of Top of the Pops," and that the programme was "not up for sale".

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A Los Angeles restaurant is to honour Jim Morrison with a plaque marking a spot where the Doors' frontman once urinated. A celebration will take place at Barney's Beanery on December 8 and will be broadcast live by L.A. radio station KLOS. Morrison was banned from the Hollywood eatery in the late '60s for urinating on the bar.

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Simple Minds are to embark on a 30th Anniversary Tour. The trek kicks off at the Manchester MEN Arena on Thursday, November 27.

The band will be performing their 1982 album, New Gold Dream, in its entirety for the very first time alongside a clutch of other hits.

The full dates look like this:

Manchester MEN Arena (November 27)
Birmingham NEC (28)
London Wembley Arena (29)
Sheffield Arena (December 1)
Cardiff International Arena (2)
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (3)
Glasgow SECC (4)
Belfast Odyssey Arena (6)

Tickets are available HERE.

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And finally...Happy Birthday Mike Diamond! The Beastie Boys man is 43 today. Here they are with their perennial '80s anthem.

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 9:45 AM GMT 20/11/2008

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