Recordings by Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra, AC/DC and more are to be inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame, according to a report on Rolling Stone.

Dylan’s 1964 song “The Times They Are A-Changing”, the Paul McCartney & Wings album, Band On The Run (1973), and AC/DC’s 1980 album Back In Black will all join the Grammy Hall Of Fame, alongside recordings by Elton John, Little Richard and James Brown.

The Recording Academy President and CEO Neil Portnow said in a statement: “Memorable for being both culturally and historically significant, we are proud to add (the 2013 inductees) to our growing catalog of outstanding recordings that have become part of our musical, social and cultural history.”

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The full list of inductees is:

Buck Owens, “Act Naturally”

Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston

The Beatles‘ demo tape, famously rejected by Decca Records in 1962, is up for auction.

The recording has never been officially released, though it is said to be of good sound quality. “It is totally unique and the sound quality is crystal clear,” Ted Owen, of auctioneers the Fame Bureau tells The Telegraph. “They are copying the American style, the style of artists like Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. Those were the days of Rock and Roll and everybody who was trying to make a name for themselves were trying to replicate that style.”

The band were refused a contract by the Decca label, later home to The Rolling Stones, when executive Dick Rowe decided that guitar music was “on the way out”. He told the band they had “no future in showbusiness”. Within months, they signed to EMI and soon became the biggest band in the world.

Then-Beatles manager Brian Epstein paid for the ten-track tape to be produced and gave it to an executive associated with EMI. It was sold in 2002 to a buyer of music memorabilia for Hard Rock Cafe, who has now put the tape up for auction with a pre-sale estimate of £30,000.

Tracks on the audition tape include:

‘Money (That’s What I Want)’

‘Like Dreamers Do’

‘Take Good Care of My Baby’

‘Three Cool Cats’

‘Love of the Loved’

‘Memphis’

‘Crying Waiting Hoping’

The tape will be auctioned at the Fame Bureau in London’s Mayfair on November 27.

Robert Zemeckis has pulled out of plans to create a new version of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine saying that he does not have any interest in doing remakes at this point in his career.

Zemeckis, who directed The Polar Express as well as Forrest Gump and the Back To The Future movies, was connected to the film whilst Dick Cook was chairman of Disney. However, Cook has since stepped down and Zemeckis has reevaluated his position regarding the remake.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Zemeckis said: “I’m not going to do Yellow Submarine… and I don’t want to do any remakes. You’re behind the eight ball from the get-go. And how many movies have I got left in me, really? I’m getting kind of old. So I don’t think I should take those years out of my life and do a remake.”

The potential for a remake of the 1968 animated film has been around since 2009 with Zemeckis keen to put the technology used in his films such as Beowulf to the remake with the intention being that the film would be released in time for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. However, the subsequent failure of a number of Zemeckis’ films led to plans being put on ice. It was rumoured that comedian Peter Serafinowicz had been cast to voice Paul McCartney‘s character in the movie.

Bjork has revealed that she has cured the vocal problems which have plagued her in recent years by undergoing surgery.

The Icelandic star, who released remix album Bastards earlier this month featuring remixes from Hudson Mohawke and Death Grips, has suffered in recent years with problems affecting her vocal chords and was forced to cancel a number of live dates in Argentina, Spain, Portugal and Brazil to promote her Biophilia album earlier this year. Posting an update on her official website, Bjork explained how she came to decide to go down the medical route, and stating that the surgery has left her feeling as well as she did before she was struck down with the issue:

“Few years ago doctors found a vocal polyp on me chords. I decided to go the natural way and for 4 years did stretches and tackled it with different foods and what not. Then they discovered better technology and i got tempted into hi tech lazer stuff and i have to say, in my case anyway: surgery rocks! I stayed quiet for 3 weeks and then started singing and definitely feel like my chords are as good as pre nodule! It’s been very satisfying to sing all them clear notes again . I’m sorry I had to cancel stuff earlier in the year, didn’t want to talk about this until i knew for sure if it would work . So looking forward to singing for you in 2013 all the warmth.” Earlier this year it was revealed that Bjork has eamed up with David Attenborough to work on a new documentary which will air on Channel 4.

Attenborough and Bjork: The Nature of Music looks at the evolution of music, our relationship with music and how technology could impact this relationship in the future.

It has been made by Pulse Films – who were also behind Katy Perry: Part of Me and Blur film No Distance Left to Run. The film’s executive producer, Lucas Ochoa, has said of the documentary: “Born from Bjork’s revolutionary music project [2011’s ‘Biophilia’] we are thrilled to be able to document this incredible journey with her; she is undeniably one of the most iconic figures in popular culture and truly pushes boundaries like no other artist does.”

Bjork’s multi-media ‘Biophilia’ project will feature strongly in the film, and Attenborough will show how music exists in the natural world, using footage of the lyre bird, reed warbler and blue whales.

The Rolling Stones have confirmed former members Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor will join them onstage for their forthcoming London shows.

The pair will play with the band for the first time in over 20 years for the concerts at the O2 Arena on Sunday (November 25) and next Thursday (29). Original bass player Wyman played with the Stones from 1962 until 1992 while guitarist Taylor played with the Stones from 1969 to 1974.

Both were interviewed in the recent official 50th anniversary documentary Crossfire Hurricane, in which Taylor revealed that one of the reasons he left the band had been down to his heroin addiction.

Earlier today, the band posted a video for their new single “Doom And Gloom” featuring The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus star Noomi Rapace. Scroll down to view the video.

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has revealed that only Robert Plant was unavailable for a full-scale band reunion in 2007.

Zeppelin played a one off show at London’s O2 Arena 5 years ago, a show which was filmed and released on DVD this week (Nov 19). However, Page has confirmed that it was only frontman Plant’s schedule which stopped the band from booking further live dates and playing around the world. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Page said: “Some of us thought we would be continuing, that there were going to be more concerts in the not-too-distant-future. Because there was a lot of work being put into the show.

“He was busy. He was doing his Alison Krauss project. I wasn’t fully aware it was going to be launched at the same time. So what do you do in a situation like that? I’d been working with the other two guys for the percentage of the rehearsals at the O2. We were connecting well. The weakness was that none of us sang.”

Plant released his Raising Sand album with Alison Krauss immediately after the London live show, leaving the band to attempt recording with a number of different frontmen with a view to replacing Plant. “We didn’t do any professional recording. We just had a little digital recorder. I thought it was good. I wasn’t going to walk away from it. But the weakness came up again. It was, ‘We gotta have a singer,’ explained Page.

“It sounded premature. I could see what way it was going. Various people thought we should go on tour. I thought we needed a good, credible album, not do something that sounded like we were trying to milk The O2. We had put so much toward The O2. And the three of us were catching up with stuff. It was very good, seriously promising. But there was this other thing going on. And that’s it.”

Jimmy Page previously revealed that he is working on remastered versions of Led Zeppelin’s back catalogue, due for release in 2013. The band’s live album Celebration Day is currently behind Rihanna’s Unapologetic in the race for number one in the Official UK Album Charts this week.

Slade reveal the story behind their huge festive hit, “Merry Xmas Everybody”, in the new issue of Uncut, out on Friday (November 23).

The Wolverhampton quartet explain that at first they were dubious about even releasing the song, which eventually went on to sell over one million copies on its first release.

Drummer Don Powell says: “Chas [Chandler, manager] said I don’t care what you think, this is coming out this Christmas and it will be No 1. We thought it was a bit namby-pamby, we just weren’t sure at all.”

Slade also reveal how the band struggled with Powell’s memory loss during the recording, and why the song was originally called “Buy Me A Rocking Chair”…

The new issue of Uncut, dated January 2013, is out on Friday, November 23.

A new Jimi Hendrix album of previously unreleased material is set to be released in 2013.

The LP entitled People, Hell And Angels was recorded in 1968 and 1969. The songs were meant for First Days Of The New Rising Sun, the follow up to Electric Ladyland that Hendrix was working on when he passed away. It is set for release in the US on March 5, 2013 according to Rolling Stone. A UK release date is yet to be set for the new record.

Tracks on the record apparently feature Hendrix experimenting with horns, keyboards, percussion and a second guitar.

Meanwhile, Hendrix’s set from the 1969 Woodstock festival is set to receive a cinematic release later this month. The show will be screened on November 29 and December 4 at more than 30 cinemas across the UK, and in movie theatres globally.

The gig is being released to celebrate the 70th year of Hendrix’s birth and will play alongside the film Live at Woodstock, which features interviews with band members Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell, as well as engineer Eddie Kramer and Woodstock promoter Michael Lang. Live at Woodstock is directed by Bob Smeaton, whose previous credits include the film Festival Express.

The Rolling Stones have posted the video for their recent single “Doom And Gloom” online – scroll down to watch it.

The band have teamed up with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus star Noomi Rapace for the clip, which sees her writhing around topless on a bed of $100 bills and shooting Zombies, before her head explodes.

The video was directed by Jonas Akerlund, who previously worked on The Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up” and Madonna’s “Ray Of Light” videos. It was filmed recently in Paris while the band were rehearsing for their 50th anniversary shows. The track features on the Stones’ latest greatest hits album GRRR!.

Meanwhile, the band have unveiled their first ever iPhone app. In partnership with Big Brother creators, TV producer Endemol, and live entertainment promoter Dainty Group, the app is exclusive to Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and features band interviews, videos and photos.

The Rolling Stones are set to play two shows at London’s O2 Arena later this month (November 25, 29). They will also perform at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on December 8 and at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on December 13 and 15.

The National have recorded a song for HBO drama Boardwalk Empire.

The band covered Isham Jones and The Ray Miller Orchestra’s 1924 song “I’ll See You in My Dreams” for use in episode 10 of season 3, ‘A Man, A Plan’, which aired in the US on November 18. The band are accompanied by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks on the track, which you can hear below by scrolling down the page.

This is not the first time The National have made music inspired by TV having recently covered a song from animated comedy Bob’s Burgers and also contributing music to the most recent season of Game Of Thrones. Boardwalk Empire stars Steve Buscemi and Kelly MacDonald and tells the story of 1920’s New York and the murky world of organised crime. The show currently airs in the UK on Sky Atlantic.

Stream the full track at Fuck Yeah! The National here.

The National return to the UK this December to headline All Tomorrow’s Parties. The three-day festival will return to its original venue, Pontins in Camber Sands, after Butlins in Minehead ended its contract with the festival. The band will host the event on December 7-9.

The line-up also includes Kronos Quartet, The Antlers, Owen Pallett, Boris, Tim Hecker, Sharon Van Etten, My Brightest Diamond, Wye Oak, Lower Dens, Megafaun, Suuns, Local Natives, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Michael Rother presents the music of Neu! & Harmonia, Deerhoof, Menomena, Nico Muhly, Stars Of The Lid, Youth Lagoon, Perfume Genius, Bear In Heaven, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Mark Mulcahy (Miracle Legion), Kathleen Edwards, Hauschka, This Is The Kit, So Percussion and Hayden.

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has revealed that he found himself at the centre of a bomb scare earlier this month.

The singer was stopped at Will Rogers airport in Oklahoma City on November 10, after a dead grenade in his hand luggage set off alarms at a TSA checkpoint, reports TMZ.

Wayne was on his way to Los Angeles to catch a preview of the new Flaming Lips musical Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, and told police that the grenade was given to him at a party as a joke.

Coyne was released once the TSA found that the grenade was harmless. Several flights were delayed as a result.

The singer later tweeted after the incident:

Sorry Sorry Sorry!! Everyone that was inconvenienced because of my grenade at OKC airport!!

Coyne recently revealed that their new the album was inspired by band member Steven Drozd when he was in the middle of a serious drug addiction, from which he has now recovered. Coyne added: “It was probably the worst time of his life. I knew he was really, really struggling. He was in a bad way.”

Yeah Yeah Yeahs are set to release a new album in the spring of next year, according to reports.

Speaking on Los Angeles radio station KCRW, Jason Bentley – who hosts the Morning Becomes Eclectic show – said that the band would be releasing the follow-up to 2009’s It’s Blitz! in the “springtime” of 2013.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released three albums, 2003’s Fever To Tell, 2006’s Show Your Bone and It’s Blitz!.

James Murphy, formerly of LCD Soundsystem, recently denied that he was producing the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album. In an interview with the Huffington Post, he said: “I just did a little fun stuff. Nothing really big; I don’t have time and they don’t have time.”

He added: “I think they’re done with their record now, I was just fussing around. I didn’t make their album. They’re just friends.”

At the end of last year the band’s frontwoman Karen O revealed that she and her bandmates had started working on new music.

Speaking to The Sun, O said she had “been tinkering around on some new Yeah Yeah Yeahs music with the boys.”

The new issue of Uncut will be on sale from Friday. Subscribers, of course, those sensibly organised people who plan ahead and have their lives in probably perfect order, may already have started receiving their copies. Lucky them! We’re actually still waiting for ours, but not yet fretting that they’ve been re-routed, sent via some staging post on a distant tundra where passing yaks may end up feasting upon them, the chomp-chomp-chomp of their distracted munching the only sound in that vast space, the hairy ruminants quite indifferent, of course, to what’s actually in the issue. Which is a lot, and includes in the grand annual tradition of these things, our review of the year, a 30-page special, featuring our Top 75 Albums Of 2012, plus the best reissues and box sets, films, DVDs and books, as voted for by over 40 Uncut contributors.

We also have Bruce Springsteen in the issue. He’s our Man Of The Year and Andy Gill flew out to Pittsburgh to catch up with the Wrecking Ball tour as it entered its final triumphant stretch. After a barnstorming concert at the Consol Energy Centre, Andy was left wondering: “Have I seen a better show than this? Not just this year, but ever?” It may come as no surprise to anyone who’s been keeping a close eye on such things that garage rock wunderkind, Ty Segall, serially lauded in Uncut throughout 2012, is our New Artist Of The Year. Fans of ‘fuzz-addled havoc’, rejoice! We also announce in the new issue the winner of this year’s Uncut Music Award.

The 2012 long-list of nominated albums featured some heavyweight names – Springsteen, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Paul Weller, Kate Bush and Dr John among them. The safe money, I imagine, would have been on one of these as the winner. Our judges, however, may have had other ideas…

Elsewhere, we have An Audience With Bryan Ferry, The Black Keys talk us through their back catalogue in an Album By Album special, Paul Weller stars in My Life In Music, and we revisit the enigmatic world of The Blue Nile, look forward to much looming red-nosed celebration with Slade, who tell us about the making of “Merry Xmas Everybody”, and get excited about the return of The Replacements. There are reviews aplenty, too – with new albums from Beck and Bryan Ferry, Joni Mitchell’s first 10 albums repackaged, a three-CD Gil Scott-Heron compilation of his trailblazing early work, a deluxe edition of The Damned’s explosive debut album, plus The House Of Love, Aztec Camera and Sufjan Stevens.

As ever, let me know what you think of the issue – and also, we’d love to hear what your own favourite albums of the year have been. Drop me a line at the usual address.

Finally, the next in our Ultimate Music Guide series is on sale from November 28 and it’s dedicated to The Kinks and features new reviews of all their albums, classic interviews from the archives of NME and Melody Maker, plus a revealing new introduction by Ray Davies.

Have a good week.