Remake Sgt. Peppers? BBC thinks so!

The BBC has enlisted a host of hit musical acts — including Oasis, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Travis, Razorlight and James Morrison — for the project, which will pay tribute to the album's upcoming 40th anniversary.

Over the years, the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has topped several best album lists.Over the years, the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has topped several best album lists.

"This will be not only a unique radio event, but a very special musical moment," Lesley Douglas, controller of BBC Radio Two, said in an interview with BBC News.

Douglas also said that the new versions "will be a fitting tribute to one of the great albums of all time."