Music News - Peace Train - A tribute to Cat Stevens
04 May 2018 - 0 Comments
Join multiple
award-winning musician Darren Coggan, as he honours one of the most inspiring
and prolific singer songwriters of our time, Cat Stevens, in Peace Train: A tribute to Cat Stevens,touring to Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland in August and September 2018.
After performing in 2015 at the Auckland Town Hall Peace Train returns due
to popular demand, taking audiences on a journey back in time, recreating the
sights and sounds, seeking out the man in the music and illuminating the story
behind the songs. Even Cat Steven’s own nephew has seen the show and given it
the tick of approval.
“Coggan sounds amazingly like
Stevens. He has the timbre, the inflections and the feel of Cat’s music. The
combination of Coggan’s affable persona, the intriguing story and the amazing
catalogue of songs adds up to a winner.”
- The Daily Telegraph
Talented, charismatic, with a seemingly endless succession of beautiful
melodies streaming from his imagination, Cat Stevens was an international
singing sensation. Bursting onto the scene in 1967, he sold more than 60
million albums, earned enough money to last several lifetimes, and garnered a
string of awards.
Star ofPeace Train, Darren Coggan, is a
musician, singer and TV presenter who created this show in 2008, wanting
audiences to experience some of Stevens’ biggest hits live, and to discover the
stories behind the music. Across Australia, including performances at the Sydney Opera House,
Coggan has performed his acclaimed repertoire with remarkable authenticity. A
self-proclaimed aficionado of Cat Stevens, Coggan has even met the man himself.
“I had the privilege of being
invited to London to meet with the great Cat Stevens in 2007. I heard first
hand some of the many anecdotes and stories that we share with the audience
throughout the performance. We take our audience on that same journey of
self-discovery, and seek to answer the question; why did he leave the music
industry?” – Darren Coggan.
Coggan has
toured extensively with other stage shows including Grease – The Mega Musical,Happy Days – The Arena Mega
Musical, and Shout
– The Musical Of The Wild One. His TV appearances include
performing on Channel 7's All
Saints, and he is the winner of two ‘Golden Guitar awards’at the CMAA Country Music Awards (2001 and 2008). Currently Coggan is a
presenter on Australian travel show, Sydney
Weekender.
“Stevens’ timeless songs
including Moonshadow, Wild World, Peace Train, Where Do the Children Play,
Father & Son, Morning Has Broken and many more, continue to unite the
world, bringing people together with his message of peace, tolerance and understanding.”
-Darren Coggan
“Darren Coggan seamlessly
weaves the Cat Stevens story in song and speech in what ends with a standing
ovation.” -
Sunday Herald Sun
“Coggan has found a quality of
voice which is so close to the original that you would think it is Cat Stevens
himself. The commitment from the writer is not just to the music, but to the
message. The result is an exciting concert and a dramatic narrative with a
worthwhile theme.” - Canberra
Times
Get on board the Peace
Train and ‘Remember
The Days’ of Cat Stevens as Darren Coggan traces the path of this
international enigma.
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