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January : January 9.
As a UNICEF ambassador, Yusuf is in the audience of the “Year of the Child” concert at the United Nations building in New York (he had declined to perform, and the final headliners are the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart and ABBA). He is introduced from the stage, as Yusuf Islam, not Cat Stevens, and when the event airs the following day on NBC–TV, this segment has been edited out.January : January.
Single: Last Love Song/Nascimento (U.K.)January : January.
Single: Randy/Nascimento (U.S.)September : September 7.
Yusuf Islam marries Fauzia Ali at Regent’s Park Mosque, the 1000th wedding to take place there. Yusuf has moved back to Britain, and he purchases a home next to his mother in Hampstead Garden Suburb.November : November 22.
‘Year of the Child’ multi–artist concert, Wembley Arena, U.K. This UNICEF benefit is Cat Stevens’ final concert appearance. “I enjoyed the show but my heart was with Allah,” Yusuf tells the Evening Standard. “I don’t think I’ll be performing on stage again, but I can’t be dogmatic and say that I never will again. I just think that’s not the way I want to go from now on.” -
