Yusuf Islam alias Cat Stevens wird am Samstag beim Live-Earth-Konzert in Hamburg auftreten. Er werde als letzter Künstler auf der Veranstaltung gegen 23.00 Uhr singen, teilte ein Live-Earth-Sprecher am Dienstag mit. In Hamburg beteiligen sich rund 20 Musiker und Bands an Live Earth. Es sind unter anderen Shakira, Mando Diao, Snoop Dogg, Chris Cornell und Katie Melua. Noch ist die Veranstaltung, die um 14.00 Uhr in der HSH Nordbank Arena am Volkspark beginnt, nicht ausverkauft. Erst knapp die Hälfte der Tickets konnten an Interessierte verkauft werden.
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It’s Cat Stevens, Ladies and Gentlemen!
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Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie

The musician known as Cat Stevens said in a British television program to be broadcast next week that rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, ‘‘I would have hoped that it’d be the real thing.’’

The singer, who adopted the name Yusuf Islam when he converted to Islam, made the remark during a panel discussion of British reactions to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s call for Mr. Rushdie to be killed for allegedly blaspheming Islam in his best-selling novel ‘‘The Satanic Verses.’’ He also said that if Mr. Rushdie turned up at his doorstep looking for help, ‘‘I might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like.’’

‘‘I’d try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is,’’ said Mr. Islam, who watched a preview of the program today and said in an interview that he stood by his comments. http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html