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8 April 2010

Jazz World stage renamed at Glastonbury Festival

The Jazz World stage is to be renamed West Holts at this year's Glastonbury Festival, organisers have announced.

The performance area, which will feature acts including Mos Def and Rodrigo y Gabriela, will return to the event's "real roots".

Festival founder Michael Eavis said that West Holts was a gate used to drive cattle through for milking on the Somerset farm.

The three-day music and arts event runs from 23-27 June.

The location of the renamed West Holts stage will remain the same and, according to Mr Eavis, will be the place to hear "global future roots music".

Other performers on the line-up include George Clinton and Nigerian musician Femi Kuti and his band The Positive Force.

Muse, U2 and Stevie Wonder have been announced as the main headliners for the festival.

Here is the full line:

FRIDAY JUNE 25TH
- Mos Def (with full live band)
- Femi Kuti
- TBC
- Breakestra with Chali 2na
- Mariachi El Bronx
- Tune-Yards
- Matthew Herbert Big Band

SATURDAY JUNE 26TH
- George Clinton with Parliament / Funkadelic
- Jerry Dammers Spacial AKA Orchestra
- Os Mutantes
- Devendra Banhart
- Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
- Phenomenal Handclap Band
- Brother Ali
- Troy Ellis & the Longshots

SUNDAY JUNE 27TH
- Rodrigo y Gabriela
- Toots & the Maytals
- Quantic & His Combo Barbaro
- Staff Benda Bilili
- Dr John
- Tunng
- The Bees
- Dizraeli (chosen from the Emerging Talent Competition finalists)

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