Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand and Foo Fighters are all scheduled to take part in BBC 6Music's Selector programme when it re-launches in December - this is the scheme that gives artists the chance to programme the station for a day.
Each of the bands will follow in the footsteps of Radiohead, who took over the digital station for a week in 2003, and Manic Street Preachers, who did the same in 2004. This year, however, there are more bands involved, and they each have just one day to champion a favourite artist, select an album of the day and play their pick of tracks from the BBC's archive.
The Selector begins on Monday 12 Dec, with Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs on Tuesday 13, the lovely Peter Kay on Wednesday 14 (yes, that Peter Kay, comedian) and Franz Ferdinand on Friday 16. No guest programmer has been confirmed as yet for the Thursday of the week.
BBC 6 Music's head of programmes Ric Blaxhill told reporters: "It is a real honour for the network that these artists wanted to come on board and make The 6 Music Selector even bigger than its previous incarnations. I am particularly pleased to welcome Peter Kay who will add a light comic touch to the musical mix."
Foo Fighters added: "We're really excited to be taking over the station for a day and can't wait to get our hands on the BBC archive."