You couldn't make it up dept no.69: Failure! We want to insure failure!

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Al Gore's Hamburg Earth Concert, in spite of the presence of genuine twenty-four carat stars such as Shakira, Snoop Dogg and the wonderful Kate Mellua, has not sold out and looks in trouble. So what do they do to heighten its profile? They bring in Yussuf Islam - AKA Cat Stevens.

Marketing genius. Who could resist a thirty-year-out-of-date minor pop star recycled as a Muslim fanatic?

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"Who could resist a thirty-year-out-of-date minor pop star recycled as a Muslim fanatic?"

Someone who would otherwise be too worried about the possibility of a terrorist attack to attend a mass gathering such as this concert?

Heaven help us all, I'm actually half-serious...