{"id":2839,"date":"2009-05-21T10:31:06","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T10:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/05\/watch-video-yusuf-islam-on-col.html"},"modified":"2009-05-21T10:31:06","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T10:31:06","slug":"watch-video-yusuf-islam-on-col","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/05\/watch-video-yusuf-islam-on-col.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch Video: Yusuf Islam on ‘Colbert Report’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yufuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, made an appearance on “The Colbert Report<\/a>” earlier this week to promote his new album, “Roadsinger.”<\/a>Apparently, the Muslim singer is going by his first name only<\/a> these days as he “prefers to use only his first name to foster a more intimate relationship with listeners.”<\/a>Check out a clip from the show below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Yusuf<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Special thanks to Wendy Schuman for alerting me to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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