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Thursday Jul 2 | CardPlayer.com

Generation Next -- Iain 'TillerMaN' Girdwood

This issue's Generation Next is a profile with a twist. Many online players, and indeed gamers, may know the name "TillerMaN" but perhaps have never heard of the man behind the name, Iain Girdwood.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Games, Poker, Virtual Worlds, Video Games, Mixed Martial Arts, firstname lastname

Tue Jun 30, 2009

NME

Lightspeed Champion to take 'Harold And Maude' to Latitude festival

In this week's issue you can also check out our review of Dev Hynes' Lightspeed Champion at Camden's Electric... Dev Hynes to perform a Cat Stevens cover set at Suffolk event Lightspeed Champion is to bring his 'Harold And Maude' show to this year's Latitude Festival .

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Related Topix: Harold and Maude, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Pop/Rock, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nate Marquardt, The Diamonds, MO

Sun Jun 28, 2009

About.com

Yusuf to Coldplay: Let's Have Tea

And now, here's today's lesson in how to get some attention when you've been out of the limelight for a long time.

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Related Topix: Coldplay, Pop/Rock

Sun Jun 21, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Yusuf Islam - Yusuf Returns to Los Angeles for Ashby Tribute

Caption: Yusuf Islam formally aka Cat Stevens and Fauzia Islam The 3rd Fortune Forum Summit at the Dorchester Hotel - Arrivals London, England .... YUSUF ISLAM is to return to Los Angeles for a rare performance to honour movie legend HAL ASHBY.

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Related Topix: Harold and Maude, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Pop/Rock

Wed Jun 17, 2009

CTV.ca

Cat Stevens claims Coldplay lifted part of his song

The former Cat Stevens has decided he'd rather have a cup of tea with Coldplay than take them to court.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Thu Jun 11, 2009

Omaha World-Herald

On tour, Coldplay members just regular Joes

Coldplay is a musical giant. But selling millions of albums and winning a pile of Grammys hasn't turned members of the band into egomaniac rock stars.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

TheNational

Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

Yusuf's new album, Roadsinger , has echoes of Tea for the Tillerman, says the artist.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Mon Jun 01, 2009

WNYC-AM New York

Hi, my name is... um...

First he was Steven Georgiou, but he became world famous as Cat Stevens. Songs like "Peace Train," "Wild World," "Morning Has Broken," "Moon Shadow," and a host of others made Cat Stevens one of the most familiar names in music.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Comedy, Extras, Entertainment, Television, The Office

Sun May 31, 2009

This is London

Yusuf, U2 and Baaba Maal delight in Island Life

London, Yusuf, U2 and Baaba Maal delight in Island Life More reviews by John Aizlewood Yusuf shows the fire still burns After Baaba Maal's intoxicating, inventive set, the Senegalese superstar was joined by the Island label's biggest-selling act U2 , for a spine-tingling version of their standard, One, which morphed jauntily into Bob Marley 's One ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Fri May 29, 2009

WNYC-AM New York

From a Cat to a 'Roadsinger'

The man once known as Cat Stevens has resumed his musical journey as Yusuf Islam .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Yusuf Islam, A-Cappella, Islam, Religion, Ute Lemper, Cabaret, Comedy, Extras, Entertainment, Television

NME

Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens plays intimate show for Island Record's 50th

Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens played a rare intimate gig in London last night . The singer-songwriter headlined at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire as part of the series of Island Life gigs taking place at the venue this week to mark the 50th anniversary of label Island Records .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, U2

Mon May 25, 2009

Deseret News

The 'Cat' is back, but he's muted

According to a headline in Newsweek Magazine, "The Cat Came Back." That's shorthand for "Cat Stevens, the folksinger of the 1970s, has come out of his cloistered life as a Muslim to write and sing more songs for the general public." He goes by the name of "Yusuf" now.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Sat May 23, 2009

Canada.com

Cat Stevens to Coldplay: It sure sounds like my song

Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens agreed on Monday that the Coldplay song, "Viva La Vida," sounds like one of his 1973 songs, but he stopped short of saying he would sue for plagiarism.

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Related Topix: Coldplay, Pop/Rock, Religion, Islam, Australia, World News,

Fri May 22, 2009

Canada.com

Singer Yusuf Islam plays first U.S. show in 33 years

With a wry nod to his problems with American immigration authorities, British folk singer Yusuf Islam performed his first U.S. concert in 33 years on Monday, treating 400 fans to classics from his youthful days when he was known as Cat Stevens.

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Related Topix: Yusuf Islam, A-Cappella, Pop/Rock

Thu May 21, 2009

Western Gazette

Imbruglia parties at Island bash

Natalie Imbruglia was among a host of stars at a glitzy party to celebrate Island Records 50th birthday party.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Natalie Imbruglia

Tue May 19, 2009

Coldplaying.com

Music Fans And Amateur Musicologists May Impact Coldplay/Satriani Copyright Batt

In the April 2009 issue of Entertainment Law & Finance, three partners in the Intellectual Property Group at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP take a look at the role that "amateur musicologists" have played thus far in the copyright battle stemming from Satriani's lawsuit against Coldplay for copyright infringement back in December.

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Related Topix: Law, Pop/Rock

Sun May 17, 2009

PR-inside.com

Yusuf embraces Cat Stevens legacy on new CD

The singer-songwriter Yusuf enjoys the reaction he gets driving through London in his '60s-vintage VW Kombi van which is custom-painted with artwork from his days as the artist known as Cat Stevens _ including images depicting such huge hits as A Peace TrainA and A Moonshadow.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Sat May 16, 2009

Netscape

Cat Stevens - Father And Son

Cat Stevens - Father And Son >> Posted By dissent 3 hours, 25 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment Cat Stevens - album:Tea for the Tillerman, 1970.

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Thu May 14, 2009

Crooks and Liars

C&L's Late Night Music Club with Yusuf Islam

With a wry nod to his problems with American immigration authorities, British folk singer Yusuf Islam performed his second U.S. concert in 33 years on Monday, treating 400 fans to classics from his youthful days when he was known as Cat Stevens.

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Related Topix: Yusuf Islam, A-Cappella, Immigration Reform, Pop/Rock

Wed May 13, 2009

Undercover

Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Performs First LA Show In 30 Years

On Monday night, Cat Stevens performed his first show in Los Angeles in more than 30 years.

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Related Topix: Harold and Maude, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Pop/Rock

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