Kasim Sulton at the Todd Rundgren Arena Tour concert at Capital Theater, Clearwater, Florida

Todd Rundgren Arena Tour

Starring Kasim Sulton

Friday 27th March 2009

Capital Theater
Clearwater, Florida

Kasim Sulton at Clearwater, Florida, 3/27/09 - photo by Dale Moore

Love In Action
Black and White
Black Maria
Trapped
Open My Eyes
I Saw The Light
Mad
Afraid
Mercenary
Gun
Courage
Weakness
Strike
Pissin
Today
Bardo
Mountaintop
Panic
Manup
Couldn't I just Tell You
Just One Victory
This gig was moved to outside the venue on the day of the gig due to excess mold being found inside the theater.

Comments about this gig posted on various mailing lists and messageboards include:

"Excellent performance on all counts . . . except, waaaay too much volume. The venue was switched to outdoors and the sound crew apparently thought they needed enough punch to fill a 90,000 seat stadium."
"Todd,Jesse, Kasim,Rachel, and Prairie were F'n GREAT all night!!! Arena played fully and flawlessly."
"It was a little strange to NOT have Kasim playing bass and having another body up on stage, However, the band rocked all night and the sound was incredible. If this show was any indication I'm sure it will be a very successful tour!"

Other websites:
TRConnection has reviews and photos of this gig here.
There's a photo of Kasim at this gig by Tony Cona at TRConnection.com here.
There's a photo of Kasim at this gig by Thom Williams at TRConnection.com here.

The venue (taken from the KasimInfo.com Blog that day):
Tonight Kasim Sulton plays the second gig of this part of The Todd Rundgren 2009 Arena Tour and it is a historic gig! The gig tonight is at the Capital Theatre in Clearwater, Florida.
The Capital Theater is located at 405 Cleveland Street, Clearwater, Florida, 33755 and the gig tonight starts at 8.00pm. Click here to purchase tickets at $49.75. (Although tickets are purchased through the Ruth Eckerd Hall website the gig is being held at The Capital Theater in downtown Clearwater.)
The reason that this gig is so historic is that this is the first gig at this venue since it returned to its original name of the Capital Theatre! An article on TampaBay.com yesterday (now removed but reproduced below) reported this. Apparently almost $100K has been spent already on getting the theater ready for the gig tonight! Apparently this venue is known for having some of the best natural acoustics in Florida. The venue can seat between 434 and 520 people and interestingly, the theater's seats (which come in six different sizes) are the same seats that were originally installed when the theater opened in 1924.
This venue also has a reputation for being haunted with no less than three different spirits reported being seen on various occasions! This article explores these sightings.
Many thanks to the people who sent the info about this venue.

Many thanks to Sherrie Williams and Dale Moore for the photos of the gig on this page.
Todd Rundgren 2009 Arena Tour

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