Dave Grohl: Foo Fighters frontman to read CBeebies Bedtime Story

The 52-year-old musician will read a story based on lyrics from the Beatles song Octopus’s Garden, the BBC has reported.

Grohl joins a long list of musicians and other stars who have read CBeebies Bedtime Stories before, including Sir Elton John, Dolly Parton, Tom Hardy, Rege-Jean Page, Felicity Jones and Oti Mabuse who have all appeared in the slot machine. televised.

Credited with his real name Richard Starkey, Octopus’s Garden is the second song written by Beatles drummer Sir Ringo Starr.

In 2014, Starr wrote a children’s book based on and named after the song, illustrated by Ben Cort.

The book follows five children as they embark on an underwater journey through the Octopus Garden.

The playful octopus takes them on a wonderful underwater adventure – riding the backs of turtles, playing pirates in a sunken town, and sheltering from a storm in the Octopus Cave.

According to legend, the idea for the song originated when Starr was on a boat owned by Holywood star Peter Sellers in Sardinia in 1968.

It is believed that the captain of the boat told Starr how octopuses move along the seabed, collecting stones and shiny objects with which to build gardens.

Grohl recorded two stories for CBeebies, of which Octopus’s Garden is the first. It will air on October 8.

He said: “As a proud father of three, I have always loved reading stories to my children. It was a pleasure reading these stories for CBeebies.

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