Yusuf has delivered an emotional acoustic performance of his 1971 hit Peace Train as part of Friday morning's National Remembrance Service in Christchurch's North Hagley Park. TVNZ Yusuf Islam delivers an emotional speech ahead of his performance in North Hagley Park on Friday morning. NEWSHUB Yusuf Islam touched down in Christchurch yesterday ahead of Friday morning's National Memorial Service. Earlier, Yusuf said he had agreed to perform at Friday's National Remembrance Service as a show of unity. The man born Steven Demetre Georgiou shocked the world in the late 1970s, when he converted to Islam, adopted the name Yusuf Islam and auctioned all his guitars for charity.

Source: Stuff March 28, 2019 20:50 UTC