Editing Cat Stevens (section)

=====2014–2017: ''Tell 'Em I'm Gone'', "He Was Alone" and tours=====
On 15 September 2014, Yusuf announced the forthcoming release on 27 October 2014 of his new studio album, ''[[Tell 'Em I'm Gone]]'', and two short tours: a November 2014 (9-date) Europe tour and a December 2014 (6-date) North America tour, the latter being his first one since 1976.<ref name="bbc tour">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29219019|title=Cat Stevens to tour US for the first time since 1976|date=16 September 2014|work=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="tellem">{{cite web|url=http://radio.com/2014/09/15/yusuf-cat-stevens-announces-new-album-tell-em-im-gone-living-to-die|title=Yusuf/Cat Stevens Announces New Album 'Tell 'Em I'm Gone,' Debuts 'Living to Die'|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|date=15 September 2014|access-date=17 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917113329/http://radio.com/2014/09/15/yusuf-cat-stevens-announces-new-album-tell-em-im-gone-living-to-die/|archive-date=17 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 4 December 2014, he played to his first public US audience since the 1970s at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.philly.com/2014-12-07/news/56783196_1_cat-stevens-peace-train-yusuf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226030712/http://articles.philly.com/2014-12-07/news/56783196_1_cat-stevens-peace-train-yusuf|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2015|title=Whether Cat Stevens or Yusuf, he charms the Tower Theater|date=7 December 2014}}</ref>

Yusuf performed two shows in early 2015: on 27 February at the [[Viña del Mar International Song Festival|Viña del Mar Festival]], Quinta Vergara, [[Viña del Mar]], Chile and on 22 April at the [[Wales Millennium Centre]] in [[Cardiff Bay]], area of [[Cardiff]], Wales.

On 1 June 2016, Yusuf shared a new song called "He Was Alone" and its corresponding video. Part of his newly launched fundraising campaign for child refugees, #YouAreNotAlone, the song was inspired by a trip to southern Turkey's camps for Syrian refugees.<ref name="consequence.net Cat Stevens He Was Alone">{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2016/06/yusuf-islam-shares-new-song-he-was-alone-and-video-watch/ |title=Yusuf Islam shares new song "He Was Alone" and video — watch [A poignant piece about the children entangled in the refugee crisis] (by Michelle Geslani) |date= 6 June 2016 |website=Consequence Of Sound.net |access-date= 30 July 2016}}</ref>  He performed the song live for the first time in a special charity concert, his first show in more than a year, on 14 June 2016 at the Westminster Central Hall in London.<ref name="consequence.net Cat Stevens He Was Alone"/>

On 26 July 2016, Yusuf announced he would be part of the [[Global Citizen Festival]]  held on 24 September 2016 in Central Park, [[Manhattan|New York]], New York.<ref name="facebook.com Cat Stevens Global Citizen Festival 2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/YusufCatStevens/photos/a.389616117769394.81699.356486257749047/1148422681888730/?type=3&theater  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/356486257749047/1148422681888730 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Post "Excited to be a part of this wonderful event. See you at this years #GCFestival in Central Park on 9/24!" |date= 26 July 2016 |website=Facebook |access-date= 30 July 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 9 August 2016, Yusuf announced "A Cat's Attic Tour", his second North American tour since 1978, beginning on 12 September 2016 at the [[Sony Centre for the Performing Arts]] in Toronto and ending on 7 October 2016 at the [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theatre]] in Los Angeles. The string of 12 dates roughly coincides with the 50th anniversary of his first single, "[[I Love My Dog]]", and would "feature a limited run of stripped down, introspective performances."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catstevens.com/a-cats-attic-tour-announcement/|title=50th Anniversary Tour Announcement|date=9 August 2016}}</ref> The tour included three shows in New York City (two shows at the [[Beacon Theatre (New York City)|Beacon Theatre]] and one show in [[Central Park]] at the [[Global Citizen Festival]]),<ref name="facebook.com Cat Stevens Global Citizen Festival 2016"/> his first shows in New York City since 1976.<ref name="rollingstone.com"/> In keeping with his spirit of humanitarianism,<ref name="washingtonpost.com Cat Stevens Kennedy Center 22 September 2016">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/08/09/cat-stevens-performs-at-the-kennedy-center-sept-22/ |title=Cat Stevens performs at the Kennedy Center Sept. 22 (by Peggy McGlone) |date= 9 August 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date= 15 August 2016}}</ref> he would be donating a portion of the revenue from each ticket sale towards his charity [[Small Kindness]], as well as [[UNICEF]] and the [[International Rescue Committee]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/08/09/yusuf-cat-stevens-fall-tour/|title=Yusuf/ Cat Stevens announces fall tour|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> in an effort to assist children affected by the current [[Refugees of the Syrian Civil War|Syrian refugee crisis]]. The tour continued in the UK with shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and London. The London show took place at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]], only a block away from where he grew up.