Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) is cool with Coldplay now, after first accusing the band of ripping off his song 'Foreigner Suite' on Coldplay's hit, 'Viva La Vida.' In fact, Islam wants to sit down with them for a cup of tea.

"I stand by what I said. They did copy my song but I don't think they did it on purpose," Islam told the Daily Express. "I have even copied myself without even knowing I have done it. I'll write down what I think is a good melody and realize it's the same as something I have already done."

"I don't want them to think I am angry with them," Islam adds. "I'd love to sit down and have a cup of tea with them and let them know it's OK."

Tea is a far cry from a lawsuit, which Islam first insinuated. Perhaps Joe Satriani will have a change of heart, too.

"I bet you never thought we'd make it," said Yusuf Islam, the singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens, after his first song on an American stage in 33 years. Truer words were never spoken. After having first left behind his pop-star past for several years, then famously being refused entry into the country in 2004 and suffering visa problems for a planned New York show earlier this month, the thought of ever seeing Cat Stevens sing 'Peace Train' live seemed an impossible dream.

Even walking into Monday's invite-only show at Los Angeles' El Rey theater and seeing the name Cat Stevens, in quotes, on the marquee, was like stepping into a time warp. Islam took the stage a little after 8 pm, following an instrumental intro by his band, who welcomed him by saying, "First Cat, now Yusuf," beautifully bridging the three decades.

On This Date in 1948: Cat Stevens, currently known as Yusuf Islam, is born Steven Demetre Georgiou in London, the son of a Swedish mother and a Greek Cypriot father.

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'Tea for the Tillerman,' by Cat Stevens

It's a little bitty thing, barely a minute long, but it packs a sneaky wallop. The handpicked theme song of Ricky Gervais' brilliant HBO series 'Extras,' which just came out in a DVD box set, is the title track to the fourth album by the man then known as Cat Stevens.

The song is a benediction with regrets, perfectly suited to the show's ultimate theme: that vanity in the pursuit of celebrity is a kind of disease, and real joy can only come from purer motives. The future Yusuf Islam makes weird offerings -- tea for the tillerman, OK, but steak for the sun? Even as the sinners sin, he marvels, the children still play. Then the song erupts, however briefly, into a full-on gospel chorus celebrating "that happy day." (The song and album came out in 1970, a year after Oakland's Edwin Hawkins Singers hit the pop Top Ten with the gospel hymn 'Oh Happy Day.')