{"id":5553,"date":"2025-09-29T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/cat-stevens-scraps-north-american-book-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:31:00","slug":"cat-stevens-scraps-north-american-book-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/cat-stevens-scraps-north-american-book-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Stevens Scraps North American Book Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210533750-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1290\" height=\"958\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Yusuf\/Cat Stevens has canceled a North American book tour in support of his memoir <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/cat-stevens-memoir\/\">Cat on the Road to Findout<\/a><\/em> due to visa issues. The events were to feature conversations and stripped-down performances and were set to begin Thursday (Oct. 2) in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaiting months for visa approvals, we held out as long as we could,\u201d says the artist. \u201cHowever, at this point, the production logistics necessary for my show cannot be arranged in time. I am really upset! Not least for my fans who have bought tickets and made travel plans to see me perform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/cat-stevens-memoir\/\">Yusuf\/Cat Stevens Is On The \u2018Road\u2019 To His First Memoir<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2023\/03\/yusuf-cat-stevens-new-album\/\">Yusuf \/ Cat Stevens Details New Album, <i>King of a Land<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2023\/02\/yusuf-cat-stevens-here-comes-the-sun\/\">Yusuf \/ Cat Stevens Joins George Harrison\u2019s Dark Horse Records, Covers \u2018Here Comes the Sun\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cNorth American audiences may still get a chance to see the tour if visa approvals eventually come through,\u201d he continues. \u201cThose dates would be some time away because of other travel tour plans but, hopefully, fans will be able to hop on the Peace Train route at some time in the future.\u201d No details were provided regarding the nature of the visa difficulties.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cat on the Road to Findout<\/em> was just released in the U.K. and will be out in North America on Oct. 7 through Genesis Publications. <\/p>\n<p>After a decade of massive success thanks to such generation-defining songs as \u201cFather and Son,\u201d \u201cWild World,\u201d \u201cMorning Has Broken,\u201d \u201cThe First Cut Is the Deepest\u201d and \u201cPeace Train,\u201d Stevens walked away from music in 1978 and converted to Islam, after which he adopted the name Yusuf Islam and focused his efforts on philanthropy and humanitarian relief. He did not regularly record or perform in his prior style until the early 2000s. Since then, he has been active in the studio and on the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTour delays should not affect the book, which you\u2019ll still be able to enjoy,\u201d he says. \u201cThe obvious benefit of it being, books don\u2019t need visas!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yusuf\/Cat Stevens has canceled a North American book tour in support of his memoir Cat on the Road to Findout due to visa issues. 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