It's one thing to get accused of plagiarism by a small Brooklyn band or campy guitarist, but it's got to hurt to be called out by legendary singer/songwriter Cat Stevens. Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" must have one of the most ripped off melodies in...
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MUSIC NEWS - After more than 30 years, Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, is going on a concert tour, with a handful of UK dates announced so far. The tour called "I Guess I'll Take My Time Tour" began in Dublin today, November 15, as the musical "Moonshadow" debuting in London in February.With these shows, Islam, 61, will soldiify his slow return to the world, and concert .
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Harold and Maude created an entire generation of slightly disturbed kids and goths despite never releasing a soundtrack to the film. Well, it's been 36 years but it's never too late for such a classic collection. And, if it reeks of classic hits, it must be coming out of the Attic. Light In The Attic has been releasing and reissuing some of our time's most classic, overlooked gems and they s...
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Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, didn’t hold back his excitement recently when he discovered that Coldplay allegedly plagiarized his song (not Joe Satriani’s), saying, “if you listen to [Viva La Vida] it’s mine! It’s the Foreigner Suite, it is!”...
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London based photographer Cat Stevens presents her first solo exhibition, ‘The Singer. Not The Song’ at Rough Trade East. The exhibition will show a set of portraits of a list of acclaimed musicians taken over the last 5 years.Amongst the selection are portraits of PJ Harvey & John Parish, Bat For Lashes, Slayer, Cat Power [...]
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Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has announced details of his first full tour in 33 years.He is set to play material old and new at the dates, which kick off in Dublin on November 15. A gig in London, at the Royal Albert Hall, has also been announced.Yusuf played a show of largely [...]Related posts:Babybird announce details UK tourBLK JKS announced details UK TourWu Tang Clan’s RZA .
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In a moment of deja vu, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is having trouble getting into the United States. He was supposed to play small shows in New York and Los Angeles to support the release of his new album, Roadsinger, but will not be able to gain access to the country in time due to "paperwork" issues.This isn't the first time Islam has had problems getting into the United States. He went thro...
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