http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/yusuf--cat-stevens-shaftesbury-theatre-review-humble-humbling-an/
(first three paragraphs, rest of review at link)
By Catherine Gee
21 November 2016 • 12:18pm
It’s 50 years since the whimsical track I Love My Dog introduced a new teenage pop sensation to the world. And, in an evening that felt like a homecoming, taking place less than 100 yards from where it was written (above his father’s Soho restaurant), one of pop music’s most divisive figures gave us the songs that made him deservedly famous.
Cat Stevens became Yusuf Islam in 1978, when he turned his back on the music industry to dedicate his life to Islam. He began recording and performing again 10 years ago, continuing to work under his new first name. But now, he has allowed his past incarnation back in, billing himself as both Yusuf and Cat Stevens.
This Shaftesbury Theatre gig marked the end of the Cat’s Attic tour, and proved a stripped-back musical celebration that combined storytelling and reflection with all the songs so beloved in his Sixties and Seventies heyday. Part of the stage was dressed to look like that cosy central-London attic where he grew up, scattered with props that evoked heart-warming stories. Among them was a poster of West Side Story, in recognition of his early crush on Natalie Wood, along with the blue number 33 jersey that he often wore in his youth.
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