BBC’s pre-school channel CBeebies, has today confirmed that Josh Homme, lead singer of rock band, Queens of the Stone Age, will be the next celebrity to read a Bedtime Story. 

Josh is to read Zog, by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Alex Scheffler, to be broadcast on Friday 6 October.

He tells the story of Zog, a student of Madam Dragon’s school, who is very accident-prone. Will a mysterious little girl help him win a golden star?

This is the first of three Bedtime Stories Josh has recorded for CBeebies. He joins the list of celebrities who have previously sat in ‘story corner’ including Suranne Jones, Tom Hardy, actor Chris Evans, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Guy Garvey, Emilia Fox, Damian Lewis, David Tennant, Tim Peake, Nadiya Hussain, Warwick Davis, Maxine Peake, James McAvoy and David Hasselhoff.

CBeebies Bedtime Stories is on daily at 6.50pm.