Cat Stevens return with first new album in 5 years

Sony Music's Legacy Recordings today announced that iconic singer-songwriter and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Yusuf / Cat Stevens has joined the label's storied musical family.

To kick off this exciting new chapter in Yusuf's career, Sony Music's Legacy Recordings will release his first new studio album in five years, entitled Tell 'Em I'm Gone, on 27 October.

Recorded across the globe, including Los Angeles, Dubai, Brussels, and London, the album features 10 brand-new studio recordings, including five original tracks and five carefully-chosen cover songs. Tell 'Em I'm Gone features musical contributions from Richard Thompson, blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite, singer-songwriter Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Tuareg group Tinariwen, and guitarist Matt Sweeney. The album was produced by Yusuf and Rick Rubin and was mixed by Yusuf and Paul Samwell-Smith.

The worldwide premiere of "Dying To Live," the first single from Tell 'Em I'm Gone is available now at RollingStone.com here: http://smarturl.it/dyingtolive

This new relationship with Sony Music's Legacy Recordings will include brand new recording projects, existing catalogue titles, previously unreleased live material, and a treasure trove of audio and video from Yusuf / Cat Steven's personal archives. The new album, Tell 'Em I'm Gone is the first piece of a larger relationship that will continue over the coming years.

Yusuf / Cat Stevens also announced that he will embark on a European and North American tour, giving fans in select cities the opportunity to hear his remarkable catalogue and superb new songs live, many for the first time. The European leg of the Peace Train…Late Again starts in London on 4 November and will continue onto 7 other cities.

The Peace Train…Late Again European dates are:

4 November London, UK – Eventim Apollo
9 November Brussels, Belgium – Forest National
11 November Milan, Italy – Mediolanum Forum
13 November Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle
16 November Paris, France – Zenith
20 November Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
23 November Hamburg, Germany – CCH 1
25 November Dusseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Hall

For complete ticket on sale information visit www.YusufCatStevens.com

To celebrate the launch of the new album, Yusuf/Cat Stevens will return to the UK to perform at the London Eventim Apollo on Tuesday 4th November 2014.