All aboard the “Peace Train.”
Yusuf/Cat Stevens simply introduced he’s embarking on his first North American tour since 2016.
This time round, the Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer is selling the discharge of his forthcoming memoir “Cat on the Road to Findout,” due out within the U.S. and Canada on Oct. 7.
Halfway via the North American leg of the run, the 76-year-old singer-songwriter will make one New York Metropolis cease though that might change resulting from excessive demand.
As of now, his lone Large Apple gig is scheduled to happen Saturday, Oct. 11 on the Beacon Theatre.
In response to a press launch, Yusuf will interact in “in-depth conversations” concerning the e-book and carry out “select unplugged performances of songs” in any respect gigs.
Whereas we don’t know precisely what that entails, our group seemed into his archives on Set Record FM and located he performed fan favorites like “The Wind,” “Moonshadow,” “The First Cut Is The Deepest,” “Wild World,” “If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out” and plenty of extra on the 2023 Glastonbury Competition.
The autobiography “Cat on the Road to Findout” tracks Yusuf/Stevens’ inventive profession from his humble beginnings within the ’60s as a recording artist to his ’70s ubiquity whereas pertaining to his 1975 near-drowning that influenced his non secular conversion to Islam/identify change to Yusuf Islam and subsequent return to the trade within the ’90s.
“Having passed through the exhaustingly complex maze of everyday material life, ascending the dizzying heights of wealth, recognition, and artistic achievements, I think I’ve got a few things to share,” Stevens shared.
“Keeping an open mind was part of the nature I instinctively maintained as a creative songwriter. Nothing was off-bounds. Music was a way of discovering my purpose within the universe. I just kept on exploring, reading, and learning more, ignoring myths and warnings and crossing dangerous-looking bridges into the vast ranges of philosophies and through the veils of the spiritual unknown. Now I have written a book which explains what I’ve learned and the stories along the way. That doesn’t make me a teacher, but more of a potential specimen for those who are searching and pursuing happiness on all sides of the divide. Believe me, folks, it’s out there!”
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Yusuf/Cat Stevens tour schedule 2025
A whole calendar together with all North American tour dates, venues and hyperlinks to purchase tickets will be discovered under.
Yusuf/Cat Stevens set record
As famous above, Yusuf/Stevens carried out on the 2023 Glastonbury Competition. In response to Set Record FM, right here’s what he took to the stage together with a pair of thrilling covers.
“01.) “The Wind”
02.) “Moonshadow”
03.) “I Love My Dog / Here Comes My Baby”
04.) “The First Cut Is the Deepest”
05.) “Matthew & Son”
06.) “Where Do the Children Play?”
07.) “Oh Very Young”
08.) “Hard Headed Woman”
09.) “Sitting”
10.) “Tea for the Tillerman”
11.) “(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard”
12.) “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out”
13.) “Morning Has Broken”
14.) “Take the World Apart”
15.) “Here Comes the Sun” (The Beatles cowl)
16.) “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (Nina Simone cowl)
17.) “Highness”
18.) “Peace Train”
19.) “Pagan Run”
20.) “Wild World”
21.) “Father and Son”
Yusuf/Cat Stevens new music
In June 2023, Yusuf/Stevens launched his seventeenth studio album “King of a Land.”
Amazingly, greater than 50 years faraway from his heyday, the gifted vocalist sounds simply as highly effective and lilting he did on 1970’s seminal “Tea for the Tillerman” and 1972’s “Catch Bull At Four.”
The main distinction is the manufacturing worth; Yusuf/Stevens trades in stripped-down, sparse preparations for fleshed-out, polished studio instrumentations. Consequently, some tracks are majestic just like the plaintive album opener “Train on a Hill” and stirring title observe “King of a Land.”
Goofy rockers like “Pagan Run” and “All Nights, All Days” appear out of character for the delicate, critical star however are a welcome respite.
All that being mentioned, the plain highlights listed here are the 2 tunes that sound most like one thing Yusuf/Stevens would have recorded in 1971. They’re the modest “Son of Mary” and singalong jingle jangle “Take The World Apart” that seems like a Paul Simon outtake. Each are great and price including to your basic rock playlist.
Need to hear for your self? You could find “King of a Land” right here.
’70s icons on tour in 2025
Lots of the most gifted singer-songwriters from over a half century in the past are nonetheless giving their all on the stage.
Listed here are simply 5 of our favorites you received’t need to miss stay these subsequent few months.
• Paul Simon
• Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band
• Stevie Nicks
• Neil Younger
• Al Stewart
Who else is out and about? Check out our record of all the most important basic rockers on tour in 2025 to seek out the present for you.
This text was written by Matt Levy, New York Put up stay occasions reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the newest tour bulletins out of your favourite musical artists and comedians, in addition to Broadway openings, sporting occasions and extra stay reveals – and finds nice ticket costs on-line. Since he began his tenure on the Put up in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen live performance and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to call just a few. Please be aware that offers can expire, and all costs are topic to alter
