The Foo Fighters have become the Dee Gees for their new album (Picture: Getty Images)

In a case of unexpected music news, the Foo Fighters have become the Dee Gees for their upcoming Bee Gees cover album.

The iconic rock band have announced details for their new record, Hail Satan, which will see them explore a disco sound and cover four classic Bee Gees tracks – Night Fever, Tragedy, You Should Be Dancing and More Than A Woman.

The group – consisting of Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee – will also perform their own rendition of Andy Gibb’s single Shadow Dancing.

Pop music lovers will no doubt be familiar with Steps’ version of Tragedy, which was a UK number one hit in 1998, so we are pretty curious to hear the Foo Fighters’ take on the song.

The new album is set for release on US Record Store Day on July 17, and will be available in the vinyl format. The record will be only be available for a limited time, with 12,000 copies pressed.

While side one of the release will include the Bee Gees covers, side two will feature five live versions of songs taken from the Foo Fighters’ most recent effort, Medicine At Midnight, which was released in February.

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