Reuters - Nov 13, 2009
British folk singer Yusuf Islam takes the stage on Sunday on his first full tour since 1976, when he was still known as Cat Stevens and was famous the world over for hits like Wild World and Morning Has...
More »AP - Jun 5, 2009
Yusuf, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, doesn t bear any grudges about being denied entry into the U.S. five years ago. He s responded to the widely publicized episode with a whimsical new song...
More »AP - May 19, 2009
Singer-songwriter Yusuf enjoys the reaction he gets while driving his 1960s-vintage Volkswagen van though London — a vehicle he recently had custom-painted with artwork from his days as the artist...
More »Reuters - May 12, 2009
With a wry nod to his problems with American immigration authorities, British folk singer Yusuf Islam performed his second U.S. concert in 33 years on Monday, treating 400 fans to classics from his youthful...
More »Reuters - May 4, 2009
Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens agreed on Monday that the Coldplay song, Viva La Vida, sounds like one of his 1973 songs, but he stopped short of saying he would sue for plagiarism. My son brought it to...
More »Yahoo! Music - May 4, 2009
Cat Stevens has said that he believes that Coldplay s hit Viva La Vida is a take-off of his own song, Foreigner Suite. Coldplay recently denied accusations by guitarist Joe Satriani, who claims that...
More »Reuters - Apr 19, 2009
Yusuf Islam is wearing a starched white shirt and sitting on a stark white couch at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel, sipping tea from a white teacup and admitting that he's taken aback by the hotel...
More »AP - Jan 26, 2009
The musician formerly known as Cat Stevens released a charity song on Monday to help the children of Gaza. The United Nations said the London-born Yusuf Islam recorded a rendition of the George Harrison...
More »Reuters - Jul 18, 2008
British folk singer Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, accepted libel damages and an apology on Friday from a news agency that reported he had refused to talk to women at an awards ceremony who were...
More »Reuters - Oct 19, 2007
British folk singer Yusuf Islam hopes to return to the United States in December to record a song inspired by his deportation three years ago, he said on Friday. Islam, who changed his name from Cat...
More »E! Online - Jan 10, 2007
Girl Power is alive and well. With the film doing record business at the box office and picking up plenty of awards mojo going into the Oscar season, the Dreamgirls soundtrack has climbed to the top...
More »Reuters - Dec 19, 2006
Yusuf Islam, the former superstar once known as Cat Stevens, performed on stage before a live U.S. audience on Tuesday for the first time in nearly three decades as he promoted his first pop album since...
More »E! Online - Nov 22, 2006
The charts got Game...and vice versa. The erstwhile Dr. Dre and 50 Cent protégé scored big as his latest solo outing, Doctor s Advocate, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 pop...
More »Reuters - Nov 17, 2006
It s the comeback no one ever expected. More than a quarter-century after his last commercial recording, Yusuf Islam, the artist known internationally as Cat Stevens, returns to the musical spotlight....
More »AP - Oct 31, 2006
The former Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, will be among the performers at this year s Nobel Peace Prize Concert, promoters said. The Oslo concert honors each year s Nobel Peace laureates, which...
More »AP - Sep 24, 2006
The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam, joined the furor over Pope Benedict XVI s recent comments about Islam by criticizing the pontiff on...
More »E! Online - Sep 8, 2006
Yusuf Islam is hoping fans will remember him with a smile. And an open wallet. The singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens has announced plans to release An Other Cup, his first pop album...
More »Reuters - Sep 7, 2006
English musician Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is eyeing a November U.S. release date for his first album of pop music in 28 years. An Other Cup, recorded on Islam s own Ya imprint, will...
More »Reuters - Aug 23, 2006
Heavy metal maven Dave Mustaine is so angry with the United Nations that he is naming his group Megadeth s next album United Abominations. I was watching TV and saw the trucks that said UN on them...
More »AP - May 22, 2006
If pop star Michelle Branch and her pal Jessica Harp had their way, their new country album Stand Still, Look Pretty would have registered even higher on the twang scale. We had people holding the...
More »E! Online - Mar 14, 2006
An absent Sex Pistols. A backstabbing Blondie. And a kinder, gentler Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. Crazy, but that s how it went Monday night at New York s Waldorf Astoria Hotel as those seminal...
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