Cat Stevens offered Ricky Gervais an unique shout out throughout his Glastonbury embeded in the Legends Slot on Sunday (25 June).
Music fans commemorated the last day at Worthy Farm, Somerset, with The Chicks, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Blondie all taking the phase prior to Elton John’s much-anticipated heading program.
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Yusuf Islam – typically understood by his other phase name, Cat Stevens – carried out on the Pyramid Stage under warm skies. He followed in the steps of previous Glastonbury “Legends” such as Lionel Richie, Dolly Parton and Kylie Minogue.
The 74-year-old and atrioventricular bundle thrilled the crowd with hits consisting of the 1967 tracks “The First Cut Is the Deepest” and “Here Comes My Baby”.
Introducing his 1970 tune “Tea for the Tillerman”, Stevens yelled out among his greatest fans, Ricky Gervais.
“Oh Glastonbury, are you enjoying yourselves?” Cat Stevens asked his audience. “You should be, it’s teatime! The only person missing right now is Ricky Gervais.”
The comic and star – who commemorates his birthday on Sunday (25 June) – is understood to be a substantial fan of Stevens.
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“Tea for the Tillerman” is utilized as the closing track for Gervais funny sketch program Extras, which ran for 2 seasons from 2005 to 2007.
Also in 2007, Gervais picked Stevens’ timeless tune “Lilywhite” as one of his preferred tunes on the BBC radio series Desert Island Discs.
“It’s just beautiful,” Gervais had actually said of the tune, which Stevens formerly revealed was influenced by an “amazingly bad [LSD] trip”.
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“I was at Noel Redding’s house, we were on tour and he introduced me to this substance,” the artist informed Mojo. “That was the worst night of my life!
“It was in his flat in Clapham Common. By the time I got to dawn and I was able to get out of the door it had snowed and it was like looking at an angelic gift from heaven! It was beautiful. Now, the song represents a recapturing of that moment where after darkness comes light.”
After his efficiency of “Tea for the Tillerman”, Stevens offered an unique shout out to the NHS prior to releasing into his 1977 tune “(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard”.
Also on Steven’s set list was a cover of “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles.
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