Glastonbury Festival reveals the West Holts Stage, with line-up

New at Glastonbury Festival this year is the West Holts Stage, replacing the Jazzworld stage in the same location.

Along with the new stage name being revealed, the line-up has also been announced, with it headlined by Mos Def, George Clinton with Parliament / Funkadelic, and Rodrigo y Gabriela.

"We're going back to the real roots of Worthy Farm and its history with the name change for the stage" says Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis. "West Holts was a 'halt' originally; one of the two places where we had to open the level crossing gates across the old railway line to get the cattle through for milking. It was a fair walk up to the farm, just as it is now, and those cows took some driving!"

West Holts Stage will feature the best groove-based music from around the world, as living legends share the bill with cutting-edge newcomers. It's much like Jazzworld, but with a different name.

Confirmed for the stage are:-

FRIDAY JUNE 25TH
Mos Def (with full live band)
Femi Kuti
to be confirmed
Breakestra
Mariachi El Bronx
Tune-Yards
Matthew Herbert Big Band

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

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

Although the full line-up for this year's Festival has not yet been announced, to see who has been confirmed, and who might be playing take a look at the eFestivals' Glastonbury 2010 rumours >>.

A further release of a limited number of cancelled tickets will go on sale from 9am on Sunday, 11th April 2010, although in order to do so you must have registered beforehand to be eligible to buy a ticket. However, it's unlikely that they'll be a huge number of tickets available on that day. They will be priced at £185 (plus a booking fee of £5).

For more details about registering and ticket information click here.

Only headliners U2, plus Jack Johnson, Billy Bragg, My Luminaries, and John E Vistic are officially confirmed for the Festival. The ticket price includes includes a FREE programme, a 40th anniversary commemorative ticket, a useful cloth bag, and a small around the neck guide.

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