"LONDON (Reuters) - The Glastonbury Festival will honour the late John Peel by naming its new bands tent after the DJ legend, the festival's founder says.

"He was a champion of new bands, so it's very appropriate to name the tent after him," Michael Eavis told Reuters. The tent will be called the John Peel Stage, he said.

Eavis said Peel, who died of a heart attack on Monday, had a huge influence on the festival, attributing The Smith's 1984 performance to the DJ."