Comments posted by fans on mailing lists and messageboards include:
"Killer show right from the start. It was obvious that Todd was in great spirits and pumped for this show."

"This was Prairie's first show on this tour but the transition was seamless. A solid, workmanlike performance from him. Kas was having a lot of fun too. He was flinging guitar picks at us all night."

"All the songs were great but if there was a highlight for me, it was "Trapped" during the encore. I think Kas had been waiting to play that song all night and gave it everything he had when it was his turn. The lead vocal trades between Todd and Kas gave me goose bumps."

"I've been attending Todd's Cleveland and Columbus area shows since the early 70's. The Utopia shows are some of my fondest memories but this is my favorite show ever. First class musicians…"

"The band came out and punished the first twenty rows with overpowering bass from the bass rig set up. Way too much push on that bass. Kasim, didn't miss a beat and is a consummate professional and with the help of Praire on drums; they kept the performance from coding."

"The band was tight."

"Kasim's bass was the heaviest I've ever heard, only now and then overdriving the songs but fit in with the spirit of the show. So cool to hear Trapped."

"I thought the sound was great, except I would've liked to have heard the fine backing vocals a bit louder. These guys are just phenomenal together."

"Sulton and Prince are great together like we all know."

"The theater was a beauty, I'd never been there before & was quite impressed with it."

Many thanks to trs for all the photos on this page.

The venue (taken from the KasimInfo.com Blog that day):
Tonight Kasim Sulton plays the first of 11 concerts on the MidWest leg of the Todd Rundgren 2008 Tour.

The gig tonight is at the Allen Theater in the theater district of Cleveland, Ohio. The addres of the venue is 1407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44121. Click here to view the venue website. This venue was built in 1921 as a 3,000 seat movie theater and could seat around 3,000 which made it Cleveland's largest movie theater at that time. Due to declining numbers The Allen closed in 1968 and was only spared at literally the last minute from being bulldozed for a parking lot. (Workers had already begun dismantling the interior when the word came to halt demolition!) The theater has now been restored to its former glory and the lobby especially is very decorative. The photo to the right is how it looked in the 1940s.

Tickets for tonight are $38.75 and the venue says that no children under the age of 2 are allowed entrance. The best seats available a few days ago were in the 21st row and the gig starts at 8.00pm.

It seems that this will be the first time that Kasim Sulton will play at this venue. Obviously he's played in Cleveland, Ohio numerous times during his 30+ years in the music business. Last year Kasim played in Cleveland 3 times - solo gigs on Friday 26th January and Wednesday 8th August at The Beachland Ballroom and a Meat Loaf concert on Thursday 9th August at The Tower City Amphitheater.

Kasim's next gig in the city will be with The Kasim Sulton Band on Saturday 22nd March! Kasim's gig is at The Beachland Ballroom.

Todd Rundgren 2008 Tour