2 w. ago Cat Stevens thought he was being targeted by Great Train Robbery cops in Rio

The Father and Son singer was living in exile in Brazil at the time in a bid to avoid the taxman and save cash until a police raid spooked him

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2 w. ago Islamic State fanatic plotting mass murder of Jews took undercover agent on tour of 'targets' in north Manchester, court hears

Walid Saadoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, deny terror charges

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2 w. ago Cat Stevens shuts down interviewer over his past remarks on Salman Rushdie’s ‘effigy burning’

Stevens writes about Rushdie in his new memoir, ‘Cat On The Road To Findout’

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3 w. ago The five biggest talking points from Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam’s new memoir

The intrepid musician has lived a fruitful life full of flings, faith and controversy

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3 w. ago The five biggest talking points from Cat Stevens/Yusuf’s new memoir

Intrepid musician has lived a fruitful life full of flings, faith and controversy

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3 w. ago Cat Stevens postpones book tour of North America due to visa issues

Singer who now goes by Yusuf Islam was set to tour in support of his book, Cat on the Road to Findout, out in the US in OctoberCat Stevens, who now goes by Yusuf Islam, has postponed the North American leg of his book tour due to unspecified visa issues, the singer announced on social media Monday.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member was set to tour in support of his book, Cat on the Road to Findout, which will release in the US on 7 October and was made available in the UK earlier in September. The book release won’t be impacted, Islam wrote, noting that “books don’t need visas!” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Yusuf / Cat Stevens postpones book tour of North America due to visa issues

Singer who now goes by Yusuf Islam was set to tour in support of his book, Cat on the Road to Findout, out in the US in OctoberCat Stevens, who also goes by Yusuf Islam, has postponed the North American leg of his book tour due to unspecified visa issues, the singer announced on social media Monday.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member was set to tour in support of his book, Cat on the Road to Findout, which will release in the US on 7 October and was made available in the UK earlier in September. The book release won’t be impacted, Stevens wrote, noting that “books don’t need visas!” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 70s pop legend hits out as he’s forced to cancel tour saying ‘I’m really upset’

A SEVENTIES pop legend has been forced to cancel his latest tour and admitted he's "really upset" by the turn of events. Administrative issues and lack of "production logistics" have forced the 77-year-old to make the dramatic u-turn on the dates penned for next month. British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens has issued an emotional statement to...

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3 w. ago Yusuf Islam, the folk singer also known as Cat Stevens, postpones North American tour over visa issues

The folk singer had been due to tour the United States to promote his new memoir ‘Cat on the Road to Findout’

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3 w. ago Cat Stevens postpones North American tour and cites visa issues

Cat Stevens, who also goes by Yusuf, announced Monday that he has postponed the North American leg of his book tour due to unspecified visa issues

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4 w. ago Cat On The Road To Findout by Yusuf/Cat Stevens review – fame, faith and charity

The enigmatic singer-songwriter on pop stardom, becoming a Muslim and returning to the stage decades laterWhen Cat Stevens changed his name to Yusuf Islam and announced his conversion to the Muslim faith and retirement from music in the late 70s, Bob Dylan apparently remarked that he had “finally stopped trying to be the prophet and begun to follow The Prophet”. It’s a quote that Islam reproduces in his autobiography, viewing it as a benediction, but it also tells you something about the music that made him globally famous.In the early 70s, the charts were awash with sensitive folky singer-songwriters. Their constituency, as Islam perceptively notes, was “the college generation, away from home, lonely and trying to find their place in the university of high academic expectations”. But none were as obsessed with spirituality as Cat Stevens, with his album titles that namechecked Buddha or referenced Zen poems, his conceptual song cycles based on numerology, his lyrical...

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