Cat Stevens

The Early Years

1963 Cat sings with his friend Peter James and plays local folk clubs

July 1964 Cat’s first public appearance at the Black Horse Pub Rathbone Street London W1 at their "folk night"

November 1966 Scotland Tour plus Tyneside, Epping, Morecambe, Huntingdon, Birmingham and Trowbridge

December 1966 Paris L' Olympia  (3 shows)

December 26 1966 Cat opens with Georgie Fame in the Fame in ’67 Show at London’s Saville Theatre for two weeks

December 15, 1966 Royal Albert Hall, London, ENG (Aberfan Disaster Benefit Concert, with The Small Faces & The Joystrings)

January 8, 1967 Flamingo Jazz Club, London, ENG

January 26, 1967 Locarno, Streatham, ENG

February 1, 1967 Roundhouse, London, ENG

February 3, 1967 Music Hall, Shrewsbury, ENG

February 6, 1967 Baths Hall Technical College, Darlington, ENG

February 9, 1967 Assembly Hall, Worthing, ENG

February 10, 1967 Tiles Club, London, ENG

February 11, 1967 California Ballroom, Dunstable, ENG

February 12, 1967 London Palladium, ENG (ATV TV's Sunday Night At The London Palladium)

February 13, 1967 Bath Pavillion, Bath, ENG

February 19, 1967 Kinema, Dunfermline, SCO

February 21, 1967 Marquee, London, ENG (with Yes & George Bean and the runners)

Cat commences package tour with The Walker Brothers, Jimi Hendrix and Englebert Humperdinck

March 31, 1967 Finsbury Park Astoria, London, ENG (2 shows 6.40 & 9.10)

April 1, 1967 Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich, ENG (2 shows 6.35 & 8.45)

April 2, 1967 Gaumont Theatre, Worcester, ENG (2 shows 5.30 & 8.00)

April 5, 1967 Odeon, Leeds, ENG (2 shows 6.00 & 8.30)

April 6, 1967 Odeon, Glasgow, SCOT (2 shows 6.40 & 9.00)

April 7, 1967 A.B.C., Carlisle, ENG (2 shows 6.15 & 8.30)

April 8, 1967 A.B.C., Chesterfield, ENG (2 shows 6.10 & 8.25)

April 9, 1967 Empire, Liverpool, ENG (2 shows 5.40 & 8.00)

April 11, 1967 Granada, Bedford, ENG (2 shows 7.00 & 9.10)

April 12, 1967 Kingsway, Hadleigh, ENG (CANCELLED 2 shows 6.45 & 9.15)

April 12, 1967 Gaumont Theatre, Southampton, ENG (2 shows) ???

April 13, 1967 Gaumont Cinema, Wolverhampton, ENG (2 shows 6.30 & 8.40)

April 14, 1967 Odeon, Bolton, ENG (2 shows 6.15 & 8.30)

April 15, 1967 Odeon, Blackpool, ENG (2 shows 5.30 & 8.15)

April 16, 1967 De Montfort Hall, Leicester, ENG (2 shows 5.40 & 8.00)

April 19, 1967 Odeon, Birmingham, ENG (2 shows 6.30 & 9.00)

April 20, 1967 A.B.C., Lincoln, ENG (2 shows 6.15 & 8.30)

April 21, 1967 City Hall, Newcastle, ENG (2 shows 6.00 & 8.30)

April 22, 1967 Odeon, Manchester, ENG (2 shows 6.00 & 8.30)

April 23, 1967 Gaumont Theatre, Hanley, ENG (2 shows 6.00 & 8.30)

April 25, 1967 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG (2 shows 6.00 & 8.30)

April 26, 1967 Capitol, Cardiff, WAL (2 shows 6.30 & 8.45)

April 27, 1967 A.B.C., Aldershot, ENG (2 shows 6.15 & 8.50)

April 28, 1967 Adelphi, Slough, ENG (2 shows 6.15 & 8.30)

April 29, 1967 Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, ENG (2 shows 6.15 & 8.30)

April 30, 1967 Granada, Tooting, ENG (2 shows 6.00 & 8.30)

May 7, 1967 Empire Pool, Wembley, ENG (NME Poll Winners Concert)

(Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band, Spencer Davis Group, The Move, Cat Stevens, The Troggs, Cliff Richard, INTERVAL, Cream, Lulu, Alan Price Set, Steve Winwood, Dusty Springfield, The Beach Boys, and Small Faces) May 15, 1967 Cedar Club, Birmingham, ENG

June 23, 1967 Scraptoft Teacher Training College, Leicester, ENG

June 25, 1967 Place Pierre L'ermite, Huy, BEL (Parapluies de Huy Festival 1967)

May 1967 Cat plays a short tour in Sweden including Furuvik where he spent some of his childhood

May 31 – Jun 5 Cat plays a series of Scottish gigs

July 1967 Cat plays in South Africa

August 2, 1967 Cat embarks on a week’s tour of Ireland

August 1967 Cat makes concert appearances in Australia

November 4, 1967 Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerp, BEL (CAT STEVENS SHOW with Friday Brown, Double Feature, Bobby Hanna, The Mindbenders, New Inspiration, Paul & Barry Ryan, Whistling Jack Smith & Jackie Trent)

November 17-18, 1967 Palais des Sports, Paris, FRA (Love-In with Spencer Davis, Soft Machine, Keith West (poss Zoot Money or both) & Tomorrow and Dantalions Chariot)

January 20, 1968 Winter Gardens Pavillion, Weston-Super-Mare, ENG

February 23, 1969 Roundhouse, London, ENG (LSE Benefit, supporting The Who)

March 26, 1970 Gaslight Cafe, New York City, NY

August 8, 1970 Plumpton Racetrack, Plumpton, ENG (National Jazz & Blues Festival 1970)

August 22, 1970 Begijnhof, Bilzen, BEL (Jazz Bilzen 1970)

October 30, 1970 University of Leeds, ENG

November 18-19 1970 Fillmore East, NY (supporting Traffic, with by Hammer & Joe's Lights)

November 25, 1970 Academy Of Music Philadelphia (supporting Traffic)

November 30, 1970 The Village Gaslight Club, New York City, NY

December 1, 1970 The Village Gaslight Club,  New York City, NY

December 11, 1970 Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA

December 13, 1970 Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA

December 18, 1970 Fairfield Hall, Croydon, ENG

February 12, 1971 Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, ENG

May 2, 1971 Casino de Montreux, SUI (Montreux Jazz Festival)

April 12-14, 1971 Village Gaslight, New York City, NY (supportred by Joy of Cooking)

April 28, 1971 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY

May 1, 1971 Troubador Los Angeles, CA

May 8, 1971 Montreux Festival, SUI (sings McGuiness Flint’s When I’m Dead And Gone)

May 15, 1971 BBC Top Of The Pops (Tuesday's Dead)

May 16 1971 Royal Court Theatre, London, ENG

May 17, 1971 Live Session on Bob Harris ' Sound of the 70's' BBC Radio 1

May 21, 1971 Winter Garden, Bournemouth, ENG

May 22, 1971 Opera House, Harrogate, ENG

May 23,1971 Digbeth Hall, Birmingham, ENG

May, 27, 1971 Civic Hall, Guildford, ENG

May 28, 1971 Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, ENG

May 29, 1971 Floral Hall, Southport, ENG

U.S. 6 week tour early June ’71 with Kate Taylor

June 5, 1971 Carnegie Hall, NY

June 8, 1971 KCET PBS TV FULL CIRCLE, Los Angeles, CA (poss june 8)

June 21, 1971 California ‘Chapter 4 LIVE’

June 24, 1971 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

June 26, 1971 Ford Auditorium, Detroit, IL

June 30, 1971 Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA

July 1, 1971 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA (supported by Mimi Farina & Tom Jans)

July 21, 1971 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON

July ? 1971 The Main Point Club, PA

September 4, 1971 L'Olympia, Paris, FRA

September 8, 1971 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, ENG

September 9, 1971 City Hall, Sheffield, ENG

September 10, 1971 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG (newcastle city hall according to setlist)

September 12, 1971 Concert Hall, Amsterdam

September 23, 1971 City Hall, Newcastle, ENG

September 24, 1971 Usher Hall, Edinburgh, SCOT

September 25, 1971 Top Of The Pops (Morning Has Broken)

September 26, 1971 Coliseum London, ENG

September 27, 1971 Live session on Johnnie Walker Show BBC Radio

October 4, 1971 Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA

October 9, 1971 Leicester University, ENG

(Austria and Germany Concerts Oct 10-13)

October 11, 1971 Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, GER

Back across the ocean - Cat tours with Tom Jans and Mimi Farnia

October 17, 1971 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON (billboard)

October 21, 1971 University of Waterloo, ON

October 23 1971 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON

October 24, 1971 Philharmonic Hall, New York City, NY

October 25, 1971 Keaney Gym, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

October 27, 1971 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

October 30, 1971 Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY (2 shows)

October 31, 1971 The War Memorial, Syracuse, NY (Mimi and Tom did not appear)

November 2, 1971 Ford Auditorium, Detroit, IL

November 4, 1971 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL

November 5, 1971 Athletics & Convocation Center, South Bend, IN

November 6, 1971 Kennedy Center, Washington DC

November 7, 1971 Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY

November 8, 1971 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC

November 10, 1971 Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA

November 12, 1971 Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL

November 20, 1971 Opera House, Manchester, ENG ???

November 21, 1971 Dallas Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TC

November 23, 1971 Denver Colliseum, Denver, CO

November 24, 1971 Berkeley Community Theatre, CA

November 26, 1971 Santa Clara Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA

November 27-28, 1971 Greek Theatre, Hollywood, CA

December 12, 1971 Theatre Royal, London, ENG (Benefit concert for the CURE...)

April 12, 1972 BBC Radio 1 Studios

June 22, 1972 Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, JPN

June 30, 1972 Fillmore East (with Taj Mahal)

August 24, 1972 Festival Hall, Brisbane, AUS

August 29-30, 1972 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, AUS

September 5-6, 1972 Festival Hall, Melbourne, AUS

September 8-9, 1972 Apollo Stadium, Adelaide, AUS

September 11, 1972 WACA, Perth, AUS

North American tour: backed by 11 piece orchestra and supported by Ramblin’ Jack Elliot

September 30-31, 1972 The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA

October 19, 1972 Masonic Temple, Detroit, IL

October 25, 1972 Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL

October 30, 1972 Public Hall, Cleveland, OH

November 7-8 & 10 1972 Philharmonic Hall, New York City, NY

November 12, 1972 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON

November 20, 1972 Opera House, Manchester, ENG

December 6, 1972 Hippodrome, Birmingham, ENG

December 22, 1972 Top of the Pops (Can't Keep It In)

Bamboozle Tour 1974 (with Linda Lewis as supporting act

March 19, 1974 Glasgow Apollo Centre, ENG

March 21, 1974 Newcastle Odeon, ENG

March 23, 1974 Liverpool Empire, ENG

March 24, 1974 Oxford New Theatre, ENG

March 27-28, 1974 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, ENG

March 31, 1974 Coventry Theatre, London, ENG

April 4, 1974 Falkoner Teatret, Copenhagen, DEN

April 6, 1974 Jahrunderthalle, Frankfurt, GER

April 8, 1974 Salle Pleyel, Paris, FRA (2 shows)

April 11, 1974 Palazzo Dello Sport, Rome, ITY

April 19, 1974 Forum, Montreal, QC

April 20, 1974 Civic Centre, Ottawa, ON

April 22, 1974 Masonic Temple, Detroit, IL

April 23, 1974 Public Hall, Cleveland, OH

April 24, 1974 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, NY

April 26, 1974 Music Hall, Boston, MA

April 27, 1974 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

April 29, 1974 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT

April 30, 1974 Civic Centre, Providence, RI

May 2, 1974 Coliseum, Hampton Roads, VA

May 3, 1974 Capital Centre, Largo, MD

May 4, 1974 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (supporting Little Feat)

May 6, 1974 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL

May 14, 1974 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

May 15, 1974 Coliseum, Denver, CO

May 17, 1974 The Arena Community Centre, Tuscon, AZ

May 19-20, 1974 Anaheim Convention Centre, Los Angeles, CA

May 24, 1974 The Waikiki Shell, Honolulu, HI (2 shows)

June 1-2, 1974 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, AUS

June 6-7, 1974 Thebarton Hall, Adelaide, AUS

June 11-12, 1974 Festival Hall, Melbourne, AUS

June 15, 1974 Festival Hall, Brisbane, AUS

June 21-22, 1974 Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, JPN

June 26, 1974 Kaikan Hall, Kyoto, JPN

June 27, 1974 Koseinkin Hall, Osaka, JPN

July 3, 1974 Oakland-Almaida County Coliseum, San Francisco, CA

July 6, 1974 The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN (Metropolitan Sport Center, Bloomington, MN according to setlist)

July 7, 1974 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL

July 9, 1974 Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI

July 10, 1974 Keil Auditorium, St. Louis, MO

July 12, 1974 Mid. South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

July 14, 1974 Omni Auditorium, Atlanta, GA

July 17, 1974 Madison Square Garden, NYC, NY

May 25, 1975 Palau Dels Esports, Barcelona, SPA

November 30, 1975 Scandanavium, Gothenburg, SWE

December 2, 1975 Dusseldorf, GER

December 6, 1975 Olympiahalle, Munich, GER

December 8, 1975 Pavillon de Paris, Paris, FRA

December 11, 1975 Empire Theatre, Liverpool, ENG

December 12, 1975 Hammersmith Odeon, London, ENG

December 15, 1975 Royal Albert Hall, London, ENG

December 20, 1975 Hammersmith Odeon, London, ENG

January 15, 1976 Civic Center, Lakeland, FL

January 16, 1976 Mobile Civic Center, Mobile, AL

January 18, 1976 The Omni, Atlanta, GA

January 20, 1976 LSI Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA

January 26, 1976 The Summit, Houston, TX

January 28, 1976 Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK

January 30, 1976 Tuscon Convention Center, Tucson, AZ

February 2-3, 1976 The Forum, Inglewood, CA

February 5, 1976 Oakland-Almaida County Coliseum, Oakland, CA

February 7, 1976 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA

February 9, 1976 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR

February 11, 1976 McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO (setlist)

February 12, 1976 Denver, CO

February 16, 1976 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL

February 17, 1976 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN

February 19, 1976 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI

February 20, 1976 Cleveland, OH (Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH setlist)

February 22, 1976 William and Mary Hall, Williamsburg, VA

February 23, 1976 Capital Center, Landover, MD

February 25, 1976 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

February 27, 1976 Music Hall, Boston, MA

February 28, 1976 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT

March 1, 1976 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, NY

March 4-5, 1976 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

March 7, 1976 Civic Center, Springfield, ME

March 8, 1976 Providence, RI

March 9-10, 1976 Forum, Montreal, QC

March 11-12, 1976 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON

April 17-18, 1976 Concerthus, Stockholm, SWE

April 21, 1976 Festi-ialle, Frankfurt, GER

April 23, 1976 Sporthalle, Cologne, GER

April 25, 1976 Grughalle, Essen, GER

April 27, 1976 Stadthalle, Bremen, GER

April 29, 1976 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, GER

May 2, 1976 The Ahoy Sportpalest, Rotterdam, HOL

May 4, 1976 Forest National, Brussels, BEL

May 6, 1976 Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, AUT

May 8, 1976 Sporthalle, Linz, AUT

May 10, 1976 Eisstadion, Mannhein, GER

May 11, 1976 Sporthalle, Boblingen, GER

May 13, 1976 Dom Sportova, Zagreb, CRO

May 14, 1976 Hala Tivoli, Ljubjana, SLO

May 16, 1976 Olympiahalle, Innsbruck, AUT

May 18, 1976 Halle Munsterland, Munster, GER

May 22, 1976 Rheinhalle, Lustenau, AUT

May 24 1976 Palais Des Sports De Gerland, Paris, FRA

May 26 1976 Palacio Municipal De Deportes, Barcelona, SPA

(May 26, 1976 Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, AUT setlist)

May 28, 1976 Real Madrid Sports Palace, Madrid, SPA

June 5-6, 1976 Alexandreon Athleticon, Thessaloniki, GRE

December 6, 1976 Olympiahalle, Munich, GER

November 22, 1979 Wembley Arena (UNICEF - Year of the Child Concert)