Yusuf - Tour 2011. - Germany

[JaneB]

Ok, I just bought tickets for the first 4 concerts - who knows if I will go them all?

But I don't see seat numbers on any of my confirmations?

[JaneB]

Hi Barney - I did look in the confirmation email but I don't recognize anything as a seat/row number.

[suncatcher]

Was this already posted somewhere? Sorry if it's a repeat.

Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam kommt nach Deutschland

Der britische Sänger, der mit Liedern wie «Morning Has Broken» die Hippie-Zeit beseelte, gastiert unter anderem in Berlin und Mannheim.

Er war noch ein dunkler Lockenkopf und nannte sich Cat Stevens, als er mit soften Songs die Hippies bewegte. «Father And Son», «The First Cut Is The Deepest», «Lady D’Arbanville», «Wild World», «Hard Headed Woman», «Moonshadow», «Peace Train» und «Morning Has Broken» hießen die Schallplatten, die sich damals drehten. Dass der britische Sänger, der den 60er und 70er Jahren musikalisch die Sanftmut gepredigt hatte, seine Karriere plötzlich beendete, seine Instrumente für wohltätige Zwecke verkaufte und im Ashram verschwand, stieß damals viele vor den Kopf.

In den 90er Jahren machte Cat Stevens, mittlerweile konvertiert, wieder von sich reden. Yussuf Islam nannte er sich jetzt nach seiner neuen Religion, trug glattgekämmtes Haar, Vollbart und Brille und betrieb in London eine Koran-Schule. Mit nunmehr 62 Jahren will der Mann, der amtlich Steven Demetri Georgiou heißt (er ist der Sohn eines Griechen und einer Schwedin) erstmals seit 1976 wieder in Deutschland auftreten. Wie die Frankfurter Konzertagentur Lieberberg meldete, plant Cat Stevens Gastspiele in fünf Städten, darunter am 14. Mai in Berlin und am 29. Mai in Mannheim. Zum Songprogramm teilt die Agentur mit, der Sänger werde «ausgewählte ,Greatest Hits’ aus seiner Cat-Stevens-Epoche» vortragen, «aber auch einige neue Lieder» vorstellen. kin

O2 World, Berlin, 14. Mai 2011, Arena Mannheim, 29. Mai 2011, jeweils 20 Uhr. Karten unter Hotline [phone]. Internet www.eventim.de



Artikel vom 18. Dezember 2010, 03.26 Uhr (letzte Änderung 18. Dezember 2010, 05.03 Uhr)

[suncatcher]

German to English translation from Google:

Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam comes to Germany

The British singer, who inspired with songs like "Morning Has Broken" the hippie-time guest appearances, including in Berlin and Mannheim.

He was still a dark curly hair and was named Cat Stevens, when he moved with soft songs hippies. "Father And Son", "The First Cut Is The Deepest, " "Lady D'Arbanville, " "Wild World, " "Hard Headed Woman, " "Moonshadow, " "Peace Train"and "Morning Has Broken" were the names of record Which were then turned. That the British singer, who had preached the 60s and 70s music, the gentleness, his career ended suddenly, sold his instruments for charitable purposes and disappeared in the ashram, met a lot of time on the head.

Made in the 90's Cat Stevens, now converted to being talked about again. Yusuf Islam, he called himself now for his new religion, was smoothly combed hair, beard and glasses and operating in London, a Qur'anic school. With now 62 years will the man who is officially Steven Demetri Georgiou (he is the son of a Greek and a Swede) occur the first time since 1976 back in Germany. As the Frankfurt concert agency reported Lieberberg Cat Stevens plans to host games in five cities, including 14 May in Berlin and on 29 May in Mannheim. The song sharing program with the agency, the singer will perform "selected, Greatest Hits' from his Cat Stevens-era", "but also some new songs" introduce. kin
O2 World, Berlin, 14 May 2011, Arena Mannheim, 29 May 2011, a 20 clock. Card Hotline at 2000 70th 01805-57 Internet www.eventim.de



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[suncatcher]

Here's the google translation of an earlier announcement:

Press release from 17.12.2010 | 16:18
MLK - Marek Lieberberg concert agency
Return to the poetry of the Troubadours genius


Cat Stevens after 35 years for the first time on tour
Yusuf Islam with the soundtrack of his early years
Concerts in May in Hamburg, Oberhausen, Berlin, Munich and Mannheim

Cat Stevens was the supreme musical poet of his generation. After 35 years he returns to the concert stage, he had left voluntarily on his spiritual journey to find personal fulfillment as Yusuf Islam. Now the ultimate folk-rock troubadour have made peace with his biography, the timeless songs of his Erfolgsära that made him world famous, and even today remains in the hearts of fans as one of the greatest performers of all time.

The enigmatic songwriter and sensitive superstar is the first time since his legendary "Majikat" project in 1976 on tour in Germany. Hamburg, Oberhausen, Berlin, Munich and Mannheim, 10 to 29 May, the tour stops, where is Yusuf Islam, in particular selected from his Cat Stevens Greatest Hits-era pay tribute, but also presents some new songs.

More than 100 million records documenting popularity, respect and affection for a song canon, who has since none of its charm and its authenticity is lost and deprived the public long ago had to be. Albums such as "Mona Bone Jakon", "Tea for the Tillerman", "Teaser and the Firecat", "Catch Bull At Four, Foreigner," "Buddha And The Chocolate Box," "Numbers", "Izitso" and in particular the soundtrack of the cult movie "Harold and Maude" have been deeply imprinted in the minds of fans. Hymns like "The First Cut Is The Deepest," "Lady D'Arbanville," "Wild World", "Hard Headed Woman," "Moonshadow," "Peace Train," "Morning Has Broken," "Can not Keep It In, "" Oh Very Young, "" Another Saturday Night "and" I Think I See The Light "and" If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out "are the magic soundtrack of a career that is always a passionate, yearning Search marked for knowledge and fulfillment was.

Steven Demetre Georgiou was born in 1948 in London, the son of a Greek-Cypriot father and Swedish mother. His parents ran a café in London's West End, the heart of the show business as the British music industry. The young Steven had two passions, music and art. Important impulses of his young Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story (1958) and the Beatles (1963) were. He got his first guitar, became interested in blues and folk music and decided to become a composer.

Cat Stevens played in pubs and clubs than in 1966 producer Mike Hurst was aware of him. The first successes came with pop songs like "I Love My Dog", "Matthew & Son" and "Here Comes My Baby" field. In 1969 he fell ill with tuberculosis live dangerously. It took several months until he had recovered from this. And in that time he began to put his past life in question and to search for answers.

When he went public again in 1970, he had changed and undergone a change of musical direction, which revealed a new, more intense artistic quality and caused him to rising introverted, emotional songs to world star. He intuitively articulated fears and hopes of young people, allied himself so with the aura of a million audience. The "Mona Bone Jakon" album was the beginning, before "Tea For The Tillerman" and "Teaser and the Firecat" opened the gates for good. Every album that Cat Stevens published until 1978, also reflected the ongoing search for fulfillment and a key to his spiritual life.

The trigger for a decisive impulse was the traumatic experience of almost drowning. Cat Stevens was surprised when swimming before Malibu Beach from the strong waves. The legend would have it, that he cried in desperation to God for help and the sea actually dismissed him from his embrace. 1977 Cat Stevens converted to Islam and took his religious as Yusuf Islam peace. He gave up his career and donated most of his assets and income charitable organizations.

He has since learned, Cat Stevens and his music as part of his accepting itself. The concerts are an expression of this knowledge and a positive attitude to the sections of his life that connect him with his fan base. You no longer have to some of the best songs of the pop era live without.


Marek Lieberberg Concert Agency GmbH & Co.KG
www.mlk.com/


Frankfurt - Published by press relations


Link to press release: www.pressrelations.de/new/standard/dereferrer.cfm?r=436254

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[suncatcher]

Just a note: If you use yahoo and search with "Lieberberg yusuf islam" you'll get 51 results, all in German, but you can translate immediately with babel.

Actually, they're not all about Yusuf Islam, and they're not all in German, but there's plenty about the upcoming tour.

[winnwinn]

There might be more concerts and countrys added - they call it EU - Tour and not Germany Tour.

[marky49]

Dec 18, 2010 12:12:15 GMT -5 JaneB said:

Hi Barney - I did look in the confirmation email but I don't recognize anything as a seat/row number.

You need to go to www.eventim.de -> My eventim (link right upper corner) -> customer log in (your account) -> My tickets -> view status now -> click on order number -> your seat is below 'order'...

[JaneB]

Thank you, marky - wish I'd thought of that...

Now I would like to find floor plans of the venues so I can see where my seats actually are.

[crobarbie]

Jane, do not waste your time with Munchen Olympiahalle because I lost few hours and could not find anything good... but I have found one good photo taken before Leonard Cohen concert in Munich.

tinyurl.com/24lgnne

And here is a seatplan for Elton John, but you can not find detailed plan

tinyurl.com/2fex5hz

[M.]

Monika!

It's so great to see you back on the boards, please come visit us much more often!

Bud...

I don't believe that I'm going terribly far out on a limb to guess that the bouncin' red happy face indicates that you are planning on attending a concert of Yusuf's in Germany. ;D

YES Sir, that's RIGHT!!

[soitis]

Great news.I knew German tour will happened some time.After all Cat have plenty of fans in Germany.I will be there for certain.Jet I don't know where, Munich or Berlin,but there is no way I could miss it.
We should meet in Germany.Somebody should organize our meetings.This is great opportunity to see each other once again.There is still plenty of time to organize such a thing,
Soitis

[JaneB]

Soitis - I am SO GLAD you will be there! Perhaps you can go to 2 of the concerts?

We will definitely meet there - I think we have to ask our German Majicatters to organize those. I had a tough enough time just getting the tickets without knowing any German!

Good to see you, Soitis!

Jane

[Marge]

I made a decision - based on a gut feel - to pass on this tour. Don't know why exactly - but we'll be in the UK for a Clapton concert on the 20th - and could have easily gotten to Germany before or after the date in the UK. My inner gut - said "no". I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to see him in Dublin (let's not go there again - LOL) - that I sense something else - but no not what it is..........

Everyone that is going - have the time of your life. My daughter likes a group called Green Day - and their writer Billy Joe - (?) sings a song "Hope You Had the Time of your life" . This is my wish for all attending - all the shows - one of the shows. Live in the moment! :-)

[suncatcher]

Dec 19, 2010 15:14:01 GMT -5 Marge said:

I made a decision - based on a gut feel - to pass on this tour. . . My inner gut - said "no". . . I sense something else - but no not what it is..........

Maybe that gut feeling is that there will be a tour in the US, and you should hold out for it. That would be a dream come true for us majicatters here. . . You never know.

[Marge]

Dec 19, 2010 15:48:00 GMT -5 suncatcher said:

Dec 19, 2010 15:14:01 GMT -5 Marge said:

I made a decision - based on a gut feel - to pass on this tour. . . My inner gut - said "no". . . I sense something else - but no not what it is..........

Maybe that gut feeling is that there will be a tour in the US, and you should hold out for it. That would be a dream come true for us majicatters here. . . You never know.

I don't know what the gut is - but it is there and it is strong.....we could have gotten there - and I felt very strongly - NO - not now... I am concerned with him coming into the US after this German tour - my feelings are he needs to come next year before the election. The election year will be pure chaotic here - and he has to be careful here...

My gut never fails me though - we'll see what it is as time rolls on - thank you suncatcher.................

[crobarbie]

Well, maybe webmaster is not informed, yet Wake up! Yusuf's webmaster or you'll be fired ;D (I am only joking)

** I yesterday posted comment on www.yusufislam.com about those "strange affairs" with German Tour, but this comment is still not published (every comment must be edited first by webmaster)

[JaneB]

My gut never fails me, either, and it is telling me very clearly to go. Maybe whatever is telling you not to go has nothing to do with Yusuf or the tour, but rather something personal.

I don't think Yusuf has to be careful here even in an election year. He has been here several times since "that incident." He recorded much of Roadsinger here. I think our government is over that whole thing; if they weren't he wouldn't be able to come here so freely.

[suncatcher]

Thank you, Barney. You made me laugh . . .

[suncatcher]

Dec 19, 2010 16:01:23 GMT -5 JaneB said:

My gut never fails me, either, and it is telling me very clearly to go. Maybe whatever is telling you not to go has nothing to do with Yusuf or the tour, but rather something personal.

I don't think Yusuf has to be careful here even in an election year. He has been here several times since "that incident." He recorded much of Roadsinger here. I think our government is over that whole thing; if they weren't he wouldn't be able to come here so freely.

Yes, Marge, I understand your worries, but I couldn't agree more with Jane. My only gut feeling, and the hope of my heart, is that Yusuf will one day tour in the US. I can't wait, and I'll do my darndest to be at a concert when he does tour here.

[JaneB]

marky49 posted instructions for finding your seat number on the previous page on this thread:

You need to go to www.eventim.de -> My eventim (link right upper corner) -> customer log in (your account) -> My tickets -> view status now -> click on order number -> your seat is below 'order'...

[aurarisma]

OK here it is: all that registered prior to buying a ticket on that eventim.de site willget their seat now right now it is posted on your accounmt if you signed up first ... .. us unfortunate ones who didnt know to do that .. have not gotten their seats yet and what does that mean... we wont know they will just send them to us in the mail ... you call and they only speak german ... does anyone have any information what time the sale starts to buy a ticket eastern standard time in america and where ... this eventim.de is in german only .... some translation but hardly any ... thanks if you can help us out there are a few majicats in same dilemma

[aurarisma]

marky i bought a ticket .. got an order number ... but i gues i never signed up for site like a few of us ... so now i've signed up and there is no order number there !!!!! should i buy another ticket now

[M.]

Just found at ebay.de

cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250817490200&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:DE:1123

Such a cheek how this crazy one praises his tickets:

Cat Stevens - alias Yusuf Islam - auf großer Abschiedstournee.

Zum Ende seiner Karriere, noch einmal live!!!!

Translation:
Cat Stevens - aka Yusuf Islam - on the big farewell tour.

At the end of his career, once again live!!

[ilovemycat]

poop heads - Farewell tour??!!?? What's wrong with these poeple? This is just the beginning of his 2nd musical career.

[M.]

That's exactly what I have written to him by email


...only 10,5 hours...