The artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, who famously turned his back on pop music for Islam is making a comeback, with his first tour in 30 years.
Cat Stevens shocked everyone when he quit music at the height of his fame in the 70s, found religion and changed his name to Yusef Islam.
Now though, he is back on stage.
This weekend he starts his first tour in over three decades with a new show that also includes the first unveiling of 'Moonshadow', a musical based on his songs.
Yusef says the three decade gap was anything but a gap.
"It was my life, in a way, apparently what appeared to be a gap was me getting a life," he says.
"And that was so important, it was the beginning of family and having children and being called 'Dad' and having to worry about school and getting involved in education, so I had an incredibly busy time.
"This is probably a cruise compared to what I've been doing."
Five years ago Yusef made headline around the world when he was famously refused entry into the US after the FBI declared him a "possible security risk".
At the time the British Government demanded an apology for the mistake, but Yusef thinks finally now attitudes to Muslims might be changing.
"There is still great hope, the world has changed and the world is always changing. I've written songs about that all my life. People are beginning to recognise that I've written some of these songs."
Yusef's tour start in Dublin this weekend then hits Birmingham, Liverpool and London.
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