The concerts are always held on December 11, the day after the Nobel peace prize awards ceremony in Oslo.Los Angeles – Novem– Following last year’s 50 th anniversaries of the era-defining albums, Tea for the Tillerman and Mona Bone Jakon, Yusuf / Cat Stevens is celebrating the succeeding album that immortalized his status as a forerunner in the singer-songwriter movement – the 1971 multi-platinum selling landmark record, Teaser and the Firecat – with a suite of 50 th anniversary editions, available now via A&M/UMe.Ĭat Stevens achieved phenomenal success with his early work, but it was Teaser and the Firecat, his third LP with Island Records – A&M in the U.S. However, he has also received awards and honours for his peace and humanitarian aid efforts, including the 2003 Man of Peace award decided by a committee of Nobel Peace Prize laureates. In 2004, Islam was barred from entering the United States, after US security officials said his name was on list of banned people. “Today there are perhaps one 101 good reasons why I feel right making music and singing about life in this fragile world again.” “There were 100 reasons for leaving the music industry back in 1979, not least because I had found what I was looking for spiritually,” said Islam, now a peace activist, in a statement issued yesterday. Later this year, he is due to release his first new album in 28 years. London-born Islam had a string of hit songs in the 1960s and ’70s, including Moon Shadow and Peace Train before converting to Islam and withdrawing from the music industry. The former Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), who changed his name to Yusuf Islam after he converted to Islam in the late 1970s, will join such performers as R&B star Lionel Richie 18-year-old music star Rihanna Simply Red American country singer Wynonna American opera singer Renee Fleming and Mexican singer and actress Paulina Rubio. This year’s concert will be hosted by actresses Sharon Stone and Anjelica Huston.
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