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Cat Stevens postpones North American tour
and cites visa issues
[September 30, 2025]
By ITZEL LUNA
Cat
Stevens, who also goes by Yusuf, has postponed the North American leg of
his book tour due to unspecified visa issues, the singer announced on
social media Monday.
The Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame member was set to tour in support of his book, “Cat on
the Road to Findout,” which will release in the U.S. on Oct. 7 and was
made available in the U.K. earlier this month. The book release won't be
impacted, Stevens wrote, noting that “books don’t need visas!”
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Yusuf Islam, also known as Cat Stevens, performs during Glastonbury
Festival in Somerset, England, on June 25, 2023. (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP,
File) |
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Stevens is the latest in a string of international musicians and
athletes impacted by visa issues, as fees have increased in the
past year and processing times have slowed.
Stevens wrote that his team waited months for visa approvals,
but “at this point, the production logistics necessary for my
show cannot be arranged in time.”
“I am really upset!” Stevens wrote on social media. “Not least
for my fans who have bought tickets and made travel plans to see
me perform.”
Representatives of Stevens did not immediately respond to The
Associated Press' request for comment.
The singer’s tour was set to start Oct. 2 in Philadelphia and
had various stops scheduled across the country for the rest of
the month. His Oct. 8 tour stop in Toronto, Canada was also
postponed.
The British singer-songwriter rose to fame in the 1960s and put
his career on hold for two decades after converting to Islam in
the late 1970s. He returned to secular music in the 2000s and
had a six-city concert tour in North America in 2014.
Stevens indicated the tour could be rescheduled if visas are
approved, but those dates “would be some time away because of
other travel fans,” he wrote.
The tour, announced in May, was described as a “portal” into the
singer's universe, offering an in-depth conversation on the
memoir and acoustic performances of select songs, according to
the website. Stevens began the tour visiting several cities in
the U.K. throughout September.
Stevens wrote “hopefully, fans will be able to hop on the Peace
Train route at some time in the future.”
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