Cat Stevens heads to SA for 50th Anniversary Tour
Cat Stevens is touring South Africa for the very first time, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of his first major hit single and debut album.
The legendary muso, Cat Stevens will perform in SA for the the first time ever.
His three-city 2017 concert tour commences on Thursday, 9 November at GrandWest, Cape Town and then moves to the brand-new Sun Arena at Time Square, Menlyn Maine, on Sunday, 12 November and finishes on Wednesday, 15 November at Durban’s ICC Arena.
This 50th Anniversary Tour offers local fans an unmissable concert in three major cities, where Yusuf/Cat Stevens will sing his hits Wild World, Moonshadow, Father and Son and Peace Train and the much-loved Morning Has Broken, as well as songs from his new album.
Throughout his five-decade career, Yusuf/Cat Stevens remains a popular artist among South Africans and a soundtrack to many childhoods and braais.
His long-time association with this country began in the early ’70s. The global hit, ‘Can’t Keep It In’ held the number one spot on the South African national hit parade for six weeks in 1972. In 2001/2 he added African harmonies and traditional sounds to two of his major hits, ‘Wild World (Bana, Bana)’ and ‘Peace Train’ which he recorded with a local choir, the Incwenga Voices. He also performed ‘Peace Train’ with this choir at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg as part of the broadcast via satellite to a Stop the War Coalition event in London that also featured Cold Play and Ronan Keating.
In November 2003, Cat Stevens returned to SA, again to perform Wild World but this time with his former session player, Peter Gabriel as part of the Nelson Mandela’s 46664 concert line-up in Cape Town.
Returning to South Africa in November this year, Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ Peace Train Tours brings the artist back to this country but for his first ever tour on the following dates.
Cape Town: Thursday, 9 November, GrandWest, 8pm
Johannesburg/ Pretoria: Sunday, 12 November, Sun Arena, Time Square, Menlyn Maine, 7pm
Durban: Wednesday, 15 November, Durban ICC Arena, 8pm
Bookings can be made through Computicket. Call 0861-915-8000, visit www.computicket.com or visit your nearest Computicket service centre.
Ticket prices:
Cape Town and Johannesburg: R1200, R1000 R850, R650, R450
Durban: R1200, R850, R650, R550, R450
Tickets go on sale this Thursday, 27 July at 9am on Computicket.
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