Cat Stevens postpones North American tour and cites visa issues

Stevens, who also leaves for Yusuf, announced on Monday that he postponed the North American stage of his book tour from indefinite visa issues

Stevens CatWhich also leaves for Yusuf, postponed the North American stage of his book tour from indefinite problems with a visa, announced the singer on social networks on Monday.

Rock AND Roller Hall of Glory Member He was going to make a trip in support of his book “Cat on the Road to Search”, which will release in the USA on October 7 and was provided in the UK at the beginning of this month. Stevens wrote that the book will not affect, noting that “Books do not need visas!”

Stevens is the last in a series International musicians And Athletes influenced On the problems of the visa, since last year the fees increased, and the processing time has slowed down.

Stevens wrote that his team had been waiting for a visa for several months, but “at the moment, the production logistics necessary for my show cannot be organized on time.”

“I'm really upset!” Stevens wrote on social networks. “Not least for my fans who bought tickets and made travel plans to see how I am.”

Representatives of Stevens did not immediately respond to the Associated Press request for comments.

The singer’s tour was supposed to start on October 2 in Philadelphia, and various stops throughout the country are planned for the rest of the month. His tourist stop on October 8 in Toronto, Canada, was also postponed.

The British singer-author of songs became famous in the 1960s and suspended his career for two decades after converting to Islam in the late 1970s. He returned to secular music in the 2000s and Concert tour with six cities In North America in 2014.

Stevens indicated that the tour could be postponed if the visas are approved, but these dates “will pass after a while from other fans of travel,” he wrote.

According to the site, the tour announced in May was described as a “portal” in the singer’s universe, offering a detailed conversation about memoirs and acoustic performances of selected songs. Stevens began a tour, visiting several cities in the UK during September.

Stevens wrote: “I hope fans will be able to jump on the route of a peaceful train in the future.”