Latest release of Dylan's classics

Bob Dylan announced on Thursday the latest instalment of his back catalogue, covering the time when he released his classic albums Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde On Blonde. The six-CD box-set, called The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol 12, will be out on Nov 6 and will include demos, unheard versions and outtakes.

Critics slam singer Morrissey's debut novel

Singer Morrissey's debut novel List Of The Lost was released to derision from critics in Britain on Thursday. The book is about teenage members of a Boston relay team in the 1970s who accidentally kill a tramp. The Guardian called it "verbose, tangential, unfocused" and "bewilderingly all over the shop", adding, "Do not read this book; do not sully yourself with it". Comments on Twitter focused on the book's sex scenes, written by Morrissey, who once claimed to be celibate.