- The Beach Boys' released The Smile Sessions box set on November 1 featuring their previously unpublished works from mid-60s. (NPR)
- Roger Waters sets to release modern-day production of The Wall in 2012. He is scheduled to kick off a new 36-show North American tour on May 1st. (Rolling Stone)
- The Cure announced that they will release a live album of their 2011 Festival headline set.
- Grammy Awards winning singer K.D. Lang was born in Alberta on November 2, 1961.
- Pete Townshend referred to Apple as a digital vampire that is bleeding artists and destroying copyright. (Rolling Stone)
- Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice became the first number one rap single on November 3, 1990.
- Film score composer John Barry was born on November 3, 1933 in Yorkshire, England (deceased January 30, 2011). He was most famous for his Bond film scores.
- Adam Ant was born in London on November 3, 1954.
- Darren Aronofsky is set to direct Lou Reed and Metallica video, Ice Honey. (Rolling Stone)
- Police records of 1973 Keith Richards drug bust was revealed. (Rolling Stone)
- Adapted artwork of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper sleeve is the world's most valuable album cover worth £70,000. (NME)
- Green Day debut new track Carpe Diem. Watch video.
- An newly unearthed 1990 Nirvana Live Set in Cambridge, MA. (Pitchfork)
- French writer and philosopher Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913. He received Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.
- Joni Mitchell was born in Alberta on November 7, 1943.
- Chemist Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867. She received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902 and Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. Her greatest achievements are the theory of radioactivity and the isolation of radium and polonium, named after the country she was born.
- A pioneer of 60s rock and soul Bert Russell (aka Bert Berns) was born on November 8, 1929 in New York. He made several notable contributions to pop music including Hang on Sloopy, Twist and Shout, Here Comes the Night, and Piece of My Heart. He died of heart failure at age 38 on December 30, 1967.
- Astronomer Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 9, 1934.
- Black Sabbath announced tour and a new album in 2012.
- Neil Young was born in Toronto on November 12, 1945.
- Painter Cassius Marcellus Coolidge was born in Antwerp, New York on November 12, 1844.
- Impressionist artist Claude Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840.
- Radiohead will release "From The Basement" live session on DVD in December.
- Sugar Sugar by The Archies topped UK single chart on November 14, 1969 and lasted for eight weeks. It was the first #1 single credited to cartoon characters.
- Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte was born on November 11, 1898.
- Sub Pop releases a new single, Circle, from J Mascis on November 22. (Pitchfork)
- Freddie Mercury died on November 24, 1991 less than 24 hours after he issued a public statement announcing he was HIV positive.
- Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, WA on November 27, 1942.
- George Harrison died of lung cancer in Los Angeles, California on November 29, 2001. He was 58.
