Cat Stevens cancels New York show, blames scalpers

Associated Press ^ | Sep 24, 2014 8:36 PM EDT

[Olog-hai]

Cat Stevens is canceling his New York performance just weeks after announcing a six-city tour.

Stevens said on his Facebook page Wednesday that he would not keep the New York engagement because its requirement for paper tickets has led to exorbitant resale prices. …

[wardaddy]

Eddie Vedder always whined about scalpers and ticketmaster

I bet Lars Ulrich hated scalpers too...money grubber he is

[C. Edmund Wright]

You may be right - but my point was on scalping per se - and not about Cat Yusef specifically.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Eddie Vedder always whined about scalpers and ticketmaster

Poor little ignorant Eddie doesn't realize that it takes more to put on a concert than just the musical talent.....and that everybody deserves their piece of the action if they do in fact help the whole thing come about.

[wardaddy]

He could fill 2-5000 seaters in progressive locales...with boomer age group

I liked some of his stuff...spent some wistful afternoons smoking dope listening to Tea for the Tillerman

He had a powerful voice and acoustic style

But it was still chick music.......something we kept around for the girls moods

Girls didnt do Sabbath and Alice......back then

[dfwgator]

But it was still chick music.......something we kept around for the girls moods

"Mention modern art, civil rights or folk music, you're in like Flynn."

[MeshugeMikey]

hes bein followed

by a MOON -god..Shadow

[onedoug]

I thought this enemy islamist scumbag was on a no-fly list.

[Disambiguator]

I thought he renounced his music career when he became a mussalman.

[DannyTN]

♫♪"Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train"♫♪

[Rummyfan]

Cat Stevens? I thought he was Yusef Islam theses days. And leaving the ROP, I.e. Apostasy, is punishable by death.

[Rummyfan]

Scalpers? Does he mean head hunters?

[molson209]

Ah , going Mussy not paying the bills

[Fresh Wind]

Most ticket scalpers in Nashville are black

Maybe, but it's New Yawk that "Yusef Islam" is worried about.

[Fresh Wind]

Oops, make that “Yusuf Islam”.

[wardaddy]

Indeed i lived in Manhattan in 80s

If Jews are his issue i bet some of the promoters are too

I worked a bit with a talent buyers...more Jews than any other group

William Morris agency sort of stuff

[HonorInPa]

A lot us people in our 50’s still enjoy his music and are mature enough to respect his right to practice his religion. The NY venue insists on paper tickets which makes scalping too easy. If the prices are too high there must be a lot of us old parts who want to see him.

[HonorInPa]

Gee - 18 month career that started in 1967 and was one of the top selling artists until the early 1980’s.

[RichInOC]

What happened? Did the scalpers behead everybody in the ticket line?

[apostoli]

Ever heard of ACDC?

[BobL]

“...he doesn’t drink, smoke and only sleeps with his wife.”

I can understand not drinking and smoking, at least in that business...