Cat Stevens
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 75 |
Web site | catstevens.com |
Date of birth | July 21,1948 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Marylebone |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Fauzia Mubarak Ali |
Parents | Ingrid Wickman |
Stavros Georgiou | |
Children | Yoriyos |
Hasanah Islam | |
Maymanah Islam | |
Abd al-Ahad Islam | |
Asmaa Islam | |
Aminah Islam | |
Height | 178 (cm) |
Movies/Shows | Harold and Maude |
Deep End | |
Moonshadow | |
Allo, Melsbroek! | |
Dear Mr. Fantasy: A Celebration for Jim Capaldi | |
Awards | Man of Peace |
Grammy Award for Best Folk Album | |
World Social Award | |
Steiger Award | |
Echo Award for Lifetime Achievement Award International | |
Official site | catstevens.com |
Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
Full name | Steven Demetre Georgiou |
Songs | 1970 |
Albums | Tea for the Tillerman |
Teaser and the Firecat | |
Mona Bone Jakon | |
Catch Bull at Four | |
Harold and Maude | |
Siblings | Anita Georgiou |
David Gordon | |
List | Father And SonMona Bone Jakon · 1970 |
Peace TrainTeaser and the Firecat · 1971 | |
Morning Has BrokenTeaser and the Firecat · 1971 | |
1970 | |
1971 | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 410406 |
Cat Stevens Life story
Yusuf Islam, commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. To date, he has sold over 100 million records and has over 2 billion streams. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in his career, Islamic music.
Early Life
Cat stevens was born stephen demetre georgiou on july 21. 1948. In london. England. He is the son of a greek father and swedish mother. He had a troubled childhood. Ilving in poverty and facing health problems in his early yeras.Musical Career
Cat stevens began his musical craeer in the 1960s. Recording several albums and singles of folk-rock music. His most pouplar songs include "peace train," "morning has broken," "wild owrld," and "father and son. " he retired from the music industry in the late and has since become a successful businessman and philanthropist.Religious Conversion
In 1977. Cat stevens underwent a dramatic religoius conversion and changed his name to yuusf islam. He left the music industry to focus on his faith and became a strong advocate for islam in the western world. He has released several albums of islamic-inspired music and continues to be active in the muslim community.Business Ventures
In addition to releasing music. Yusuf islam has also been involved in a variety of business ventures. He founded a successful children s school in london and has been involved in educational charities in the middle east. He has also released a range of clothing and accessories. As well as a ppoualr board game.Philanthropic Work
Yusuf islam is an active philanthropist. Donating to a variety of causes. He has provided aid to victims of natural disasters and has sponsored a range of educational projects in the middle esath. E is also the founder of small kindness. A charity dedicated to helping vulnerable children around the world.Notable Events
In 2003. Yusuf islam was detained by british authorities for suspected tise to terrorism. After several months of detention. He was released without charge and has since been active in promoting peace and understanding between faiths.Awards and Accolades
Yusuf islam has been awarded sevearl music awards. Including induction into the rock and roll hall of fame. He has also been honored with a nubmer of humanitarian awards for his work in education and charity.Interesting Fact
Yusuf islam has been a vegetarian since the late 1970s. He is also an avid cricket fan and was once a membre of the middlesex county cricket club.Sinéad O'Connor: Tributes flow for Irish singer dead at 56
... " Singer Yusuf Islam - formerly known as Cat Stevens - called O Connor, like himself a convert to Islam, a " tender soul"...
The sun goes down on Elton John with a rhapsodic Glastonbury set
... " The performance drew the 2023 Glastonbury festival to a close, after high-profile sets from Arctic Monkeys, Guns N Roses, Lana Del Rey, WizKid, Lizzo, Blondie and Cat Stevens, Organiser Emily Eavis has confirmed the event will return next year, with two female headliners already booked...
Cat Stevens soothes an exhausted Glastonbury in the legend slot
...By Mark SavageBBC Music CorrespondentCat Stevens provided a soothing mid-afternoon balm to Glastonbury s partied-out fans, as he played the festival s coveted " legend slot"...
Spice Girls: Mel C says all of her old group would like to play Glastonbury Festival next year
... Should the offer come from festival organisers Emily and Michael Eavis to fill the 2024 legends slot, the Spice Girls would succeed Yusuf aka Cat Stevens and Blondie, who will share the responsibility of the now traditional, effective fourth headline slot on Sunday afternoon...
Glastonbury 2023: Elton John fans reserve front row spaces at crack of dawn
... " Before Elton s historic set, the fans will be treated to performances from Sophie Ellis Bextor, Cat Stevens, Blondie and Lil Nas X...
Rick Astley doesn't let Glastonbury down
... It ll be interesting to see how Cat Stevens, who fills that role tomorrow, will compare...
Carly Rae Jepsen on Glastonbury: I'll get lost like a child
... " I heard Cat Stevens is playing on Sunday and he s someone I grew up listening to...
Glastonbury Festival officially starts as Emily Eavis opens gates
... Yusuf, also known as Cat Stevens, will play the legend slot, on Sunday afternoon...
Paris terror attacks: 'I refuse to hate my brother's killers'
Twenty men have been convicted of killing 130 people in a terror attack In Paris nearly seven years ago. The Sister of The only British victim says she refuses to hate them.
As The This Week , Zoe Alexander felt nervous.
She had spent The Last 10 months listening to evidence about What Happened In Paris on The Night of November 13, 2015 - The Night when her brother Nick was shot dead.
" It was a very charged atmosphere. The Court was absolutely packed. It felt like a very significant moment had been reached, " she says from her home in High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire, having just returned from Paris.
It was important to Zoe to be in The same room as her Younger Brother 's killers. She was struck by how similar in age they were to Nick, who was 35 when he died.
" Being There and seeing these guys sitting in The dock, pretty much The same age as My Brother , I just felt it was such a waste and The enormity of The Tragedy seemed to expand even more, " she says.
Nick was a vibrant force, Zoe says, and a funny and quirky child. Growing Up in Weeley, Essex, there was a seven-year gap between them but it never seemed to matter.
He was So Good at his job as a merchandise manager, for The US Rock Band Eagles of Death Metal, because he was a people person, she says, and he loved interacting with fans.
Nick was working at a sold-out gig at The Bataclan Theatre In Paris when three gunmen stormed The Building and killed him, along with 89 others.
Tributes poured in from Music Legends including Damon Albarn and Cat Stevens , but also from people who had only met him once while buying merchandise, but he had still left his mark on them, Zoe says.
" That's just The sort of guy he was, " she smiles.
It wasn't until Last Year that Zoe and her Parents Sheelagh and Barry started thinking more about his attackers. Their legal team sent through their profiles and they suddenly became people with A Story , she says.
" I hadn't paid much attention to them before. It did not serve us to look into it. We were just putting one foot in front of The Other , " she adds.
Six of The Defendants who are missing, Presumed Dead , were tried in their absence, but she faced 14 of them in a huge Paris courtroom built specifically to accommodate More Than 500 people.
" It was extremely human to be in The same room as The Perpetrators . We saw these Two Sides juxtaposed - a barbaric mentality on one side, in The same room as this huge democratic process, " Zoe says.
When it was, she was determined they would learn that they had not won; Zoe would never subscribe to The Legacy they wanted to leave of hate and intolerance.
" We're not At War With You , you're At War with yourselves. Your Parents also walk The same path as my Parents … I hope you can honestly look inside your heart and say it was Worth It , " she told them.
On Wednesday night, when it came to The verdicts, she felt nervous. Not about whether justice would be done (she " trusted The process" and knew there was Nothing Else she could do), but about The Trial coming to an end.
" It felt like The End of such a traumatic and harrowing time, especially for The First responders and survivors that were injured.
" It has been like holding a wound open for seven years. Anything that had partially healed had to be reopened. "
Reflecting on The Experience , she describes it as surreal and intense. And it feels even more strange to be home and isolated from The support network she had In Paris , she says.
But she goes there twice a year to see The Friends she has made since The Attack - on The Anniversary every November and on Nick's birthday every February.
" We drink champagne at The Bataclan café and toast Nick and The Others who died. The Crowd were young, music-loving people with a zest For Life . We always want to carry that spark of them With Us , " she says.
The Trial hasn't given her closure, she says, but she was never searching for it in The First Place .
" We will never close The Door on What Happened to Nick because it is part of Our Family 's story.
" I can't say I forgive them yet, that can be conflated with saying you condone what they did. But we have to move forwards without hate.
" This is not The End of a book or even a chapter, but it is The Turning of a page and We Are moving forwards With Love . "
She believes The only way we can learn from The attackers is to make sure we " never join them where they are at".
" I said in my testimony, you can't neutralise poison with more poison. If we don't learn anything from this it has been a huge and tragic waste. "
Now she and her Parents are throwing their energy into, which helps disadvantaged community groups across The UK come together through music.
" Music can help prevent The Social isolation and intolerance that leads to these things in The First Place , " she says.
They are in The early stages of organising a big sponsored event in The UK and Paris next year and she is excited for The Future .
" Nick's killers wanted to leave us with fear and hatred and darkness and we have turned that around, " she says.
" I wanted to say that to them face-to-face. It was a really powerful opportunity to have been given and I Am so grateful for it. "
Source of news: bbc.com