Haim, Feist and more to play Yusuf / Cat Stevens' virtual CatSong Festival
Yusuf / Cat Stevens will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his 1970 albums with the virtual CatSong Festival, which will feature performances from Haim, Feist and many more.
CatSong Festival is a virtual livestream event that will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yusuf / Cat Stevens' Tea for the Tillerman and Mona Bone Jakon albums.
The event takes place later this week (5 December), and will see a huge range of artists perform covers from his entire catalogue, including Haim, Feist, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney, Sad13, Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, Brandon Boyd of Incubus, Passenger, Imelda May and more.
Aɴɴᴏᴜɴᴄɪɴɢ: CᴀᴛSᴏɴɢ Fᴇꜱᴛɪᴠᴀʟ
— Yusuf / Cat Stevens (@YusufCatStevens) November 30, 2020
Over 40 fantastic musical artists cover the songs of Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Broadcast on 5th December at 8pm GMT / 12pm PT
Set YouTube reminder: https://t.co/QttL5SHEOG#CatSongFestival #CatStevens #Tillerman50 pic.twitter.com/eSMZv9PbYL
Yusuf / Cat Stevens says of the event, "It's great to see and hear these covers of my songs given new life. There's no better honour for a songwriter than to have his songs performed by talented musicians with such love and sincerity. Thank you."
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