Seen in the City: Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam at Radius 10?
It’s almost too hard to believe, isn’t it? In fact, I’m not sure I do.
But there’s at least one person at trendy Radius 10 (in the gulch between 11th and 12th avenues) who swears that Yusuf Islam, a.k.a. 1970s hippie pop star Cat Stevens (Morning Has Broken, Peace Train, Moon Shadow), had dinner there Tuesday.
Of course, Yusuf has some history here. A couple of years ago, he put out his first pop album in 28 years, and shortly afterward, he told the The New York Times he was heading to Nashville to do some recording.
And then, you might remember that two years before that, in 2004, Mr. Islam was heading here when he was flagged as a possible terrorist and forced to go back to his now-hometown of London.
So who knows?
on August 13th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Yes, Yusuf was in Nashville. I heard him mention it in an interview on the BBC. Yusuf was first in LA where he saw Robert Plant perform at the Greek Theater and then a few weeks later Yusuf ran into Robert Plant in the breakfast room of his hotel in Nashville and Robert Plant recognized him and they has nice conversation. Yusuf very much admires Robert Plant. Yusuf was in Nashville to do some recording.
Yusuf was in New York City and gave a concert in December of 2006. That is available online.
Yusuf was born and raised in London, England, so don’t know why you say his “now-hometown”???
Use a more recent picture. Yusuf doesn’t dress like that anymore and dresses just like any other person from a western country.