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The Glastonbury Festival has announced details of a new stage for the 40th anniversary event this year.

The West Holts stage will replace the Jazz World arena, which has been a fixture since 1992, and will be in the same place on the site.

The headliners for its debut will be Mos Def, George Clinton and Funkadelic and Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Organisers said its sound could be summed up by the words "global future roots music".

"We're going back to the real roots of Worthy Farm and its history with the name change for the stage," founder Michael Eavis said.

"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.”

Other artists appearing over the weekend will include Nigerian star Femi Kuti, The Specials founder Jerry Dammers, Montreal DIY songsmith Tune-Yards and Texas troubadour Devendra Banhart.

U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder will headline the main Pyramid Stage at the Somerset event from 25-27 June.

A small number of cancelled tickets will be put back on sale this Sunday at 9am.