Tuesday 9th March 2004
20.00 - Issue 5 of The Kasim Sulton Magazine from 26th August 2003 has now been placed online to download. It contains the following articles:
Kasim Sulton September 2003 Calendar
GoGo Girls 2000 Music Fest Article
Kasim Sulton Items on E-Bay
Utopia Live In Columbus Ohio 1980 DVD
2 pages of photos of Kasim
Essay - Kasim Sulton's Opening Sets
06.45 - The full transcript of the online chat has now been changed to just show the part that Kasim Sulton attended. For the first time I was sent something that I didn't fully check before I put it on KasimInfo.com. I am sorry for any embarrassment that this caused. If I hadn't been so tired then I would have checked it first. This also emphasises to me the reason that I usually only add a synopsis of the chat but when David and Jules of The Mirror Of The Soul website offered the full transcript then I jumped at the chance. For future chats I will revert to only adding a synopsis. Once again I apologize to everybody who was upset by this.

Monday 8th March 2004
05.00 - Details of the online chat with Kasim Sulton have been added to the Gigs section of the site or click here for the direct link.

Saturday 6th March 2004
06.00 - Issue 4 of The Kasim Sulton Magazine from 12th August 2003 has now been placed online to download. It contains the following articles:
The Sideman at the Hidden Heart of Hits Interview
2 pages of photos of Kasim
Essay - Kasim Sulton: A Life Of Travel
05.00 - Kasim Sulton sent a message to the mailing list attached to KasimSulton.com about the online chat.

Friday 5th March 2004
23.30 - The Gigs section of the site has been updated as Kasim Sulton has arranged an online chat for Sunday evening.
05.30 - Late last night Issue #17 of The Kasim Sulton Magazine was e-mailed to about 75 members of the KasimSulton Mailing List who have signed up to receive the magazine. The latest issue included an exclusive interview with Kasim Sulton from the time that he split from Utopia to pursue a solo career, an in-depth look at the cities and venues he will be playing at over the next two weeks and an essay discussing whether or not 17th March will be Meat Loaf's last ever concert. This edition will be available for anyone to download on 4th September.

Thursday 4th March 2004
21.30 - Today marks 18 months since Quid Pro Quo was released!
07.30 - The Gigs section of the site has been updated as tickets for one of the Florida gigs went on sale yesterday and the New York gig goes on sale today (both on the Todd Rundgren's Liars Tour).

Kasim Sulton at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast - 12/15/03
(Photo by Louise Clarke)

Wednesday 3rd March 2004
17.00 - Issue 3 of The Kasim Sulton Magazine from 29th July 2003 has now been placed online to download. It contains the following articles:
Kasim Sulton August 2003 Calendar
Fans' comments on the Meat Loaf Couldn't Have Said It Better World Tour
OIFC interview with Kasim
2 pages of photos of Kasim
Essay - Is this Kasim's Last World Tour?
11.30 - The Gigs section of the site has been updated with some new dates and venues for the Todd Rundgren's Liars Tour.
10.00 - The set list for Kasim's opening set in Wollongong, Australia earlier today has been added to the Kasim Sulton's Opening Set World Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link.
08.45 - The set list for Kasim's opening set in Newcastle, Australia last night has been added to the Kasim Sulton's Opening Set World Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link.
08.30 - The messageboard attached to KasimInfo.com is now open again.
07.30 - Unfortunately the messageboard attached to KasimInfo.com is currently down. As I type this there are people in Nevada following cables all over the place trying to rectify the problem so hopefully the board should reopen soon.

Tuesday 2nd March 2004
19.45 - Earlier items from this page have been moved to a new page - the link is at the bottom of this page.
18.30 - This is a link to the latest Liars press release from Sanctuary Records which indicates that Todd Rundgren (and therefore hopefully Kasim too) will be touring in Europe.
10.00 - Here is a great post about Kasim Sulton's bass playing and singing. Many thanks to Jeff Gauss for forwarding this link.
09.45 - There is now a thread on the messageboard attached to KasimSulton.com about the idea of possibly sharing one messageboard between the two sites.
07.30 - It's an idea that has been around for a couple of months, but now there is a topic online about the idea of combining the two Kasim Sulton messageboards.
07.15 - This past weekend KasimInfo.com scored its 600,000th hit and the messageboard attached to KasimInfo.com had its 4,000th post.

Monday 1st March 2004
06.00 - The E-Bay auction for a copy of Kasim came to a close last night at a price of $5.50 after 3 bids.

Sunday 29th February 2004
22.30 - The first 2 issues of The Kasim Sulton Magazine have now been placed online to download.
21.00 - Normally the Photos section of the site contains pages of photos OF Kasim Sulton but today a page of photos BY Kasim Sulton have been added. Click here for the direct link.
20.30 - Due to a change in my work schedule, the next issue of The Kasim Sulton Magazine will now be issued on Thursday 4th March (instead of Tuesday 2nd March as originally advertised).
08.45 - Currently on E-Bay there are copies of Kasim (the current price is $5.50 after 3 bids and the auction ends tonight) and Lights On (the starting bid is $7.99, there are currently no bids on it and the auction ends on Friday). The latter is described as "hard rock".
07.00 - Brightlight has posted some photos of the Meat Loaf concert in Brisbane. The ones that include Kasim are:
Two photos of Kasim in one!
A typical Kasim pose (or maybe it's those leather pants!)
On the drum riser
In action
Illuminated (during Out Of The Frying Pan)
In the background during Paradise By The dashboard Light
Ditto
Center stage (where he belongs!)
Back at his microphone
06.45 - Kasim (and his guitar picks) receive a few mentions in this post on MLUKFC.com about the Brisbane concert yesterday.
06.30 - Unfortunately Kasim did not open the Brisbane concert - apparently he was replaced by the National Air Guitar Champion! Meat Loaf posted about half an hour ago that he "hated" the act.
06.00 - Kasim Sulton is a liar.....and that's official! According to JesseGress.com "The tour is being called "Todd Rundgren and The Liars."

Extract from the Rear View Mirror (the MLUKFC newsletter)

Saturday 28th February 2004
06.00 - Meat Loaf has made a post on a couple of messageboards (calmly this time) reiterating that the 17th March concert will be his final one. He does say though that he is still intending to make Bat Out Of Hell III. He also says that for the Australia concert recordings there "will be a DVD and an Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell LIVE with the same order of songs as the Bat 1 Record plus Bonus tracks. CD out August, Dvd OCT." (However Heaven Can Wait was not played at any of the concerts.)
05.00 - Ticketek list Kasim as the "Special Guest" for the Meat Loaf concert in Wollongong on Wednesday.
04.30 - Click here for a photo agency photo of Kasim Sulton (and Meat Loaf) in rehearsals on 18th February with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Many thanks to the kind person who sent me this link.

Friday 27th February 2004
21.15 - Unfortunately when I decided on the "7 Days 7 Additions" idea, I didn't know that I would be working a 69 hour week this week so I've had to revise the plans slightly to add some items which will take less time to code (the other items will be added soon). Today I have reinstated the Video Of The Week feature which used to be on KasimInfo.com a couple of years ago. The link is on the front page of the site and the video this week is of Kasim Sulton explaining who he is in London, England recently.

Thursday 26th February 2004
22.00 - Photos from the Meat Loaf concert in Sheffield, England on 29th January have been added to the Meat Loaf Couldn't Have Said It Better World Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link.
21.30 - Photos from Kasim's opening set at the Meat Loaf concert in Sheffield, England on 29th January have been added to the Kasim Sulton's Opening Set World Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link.
18.30 - The Mirror Of The Soul website have added some photos of the Sydney concert. The ones that show Kasim Sulton are here and here.
18.00 - There is an uncomplimentary review of Kasim's opening set in Sydney on MLUKFC.com.
17.00 - Kasim Sulton has updated his Journal on KasimSulton.com. Many thanks to Yvonne Bender for noticing this.

Wednesday 25th February 2004
20.30 - I've cheated slightly (due to lack of time) and the addition to the site today is that photos from the last UK Meat Loaf concert have been added to the Kasim Sulton's Opening Set World Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link.
18.00 - According to a post of the messageboard attached to TRConnection.com, the official website of Jesse Gress has listed some new Todd Rundgren tour dates on his website (which unfortunately appears to be down at the moment). Some of the dates are "TBA" so they will not be added to the Todd Rundgren's Liars Tour section of the site yet but they are:
(the new dates are in red)
Thu. Apr 8 - Milwaukee, WI - Potawami Casino
Sat. Apr 10 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
Sun. Apr 11 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
Tue. Apr 13 - Detroit, MI - The Royal Oak
Wed. Apr 14 - Columbus, OH - Promowest Pavilion
Fri. Apr 16 - Cleveland, OH - Ohio Theater
Sat. Apr 17 - Cleveland, OH - Ohio Theater
Sun. Apr 18 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
Tue. Apr 20 - Rochester, NY - Water St. Music Hall
Thu. Apr 22 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone
Fri. Apr 23 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater
Sun. Apr 25 - Westhampton Beach, NY - Performing Arts Center
Tue. Apr 27 - Washington, DC - Lisner Auditorium
Wed. Apr 28 - David Letterman Show and Farmingdale, LI Venue (TBA)
Fri. Apr 30 - Lancaster, PA - American Music Theater
Sat. May 1 - Peekskill, NY - Paramount Theater
Sun. May 2 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Casino
Tue. May 4 - Boston, MA - The Roxy
Wed. May 5 - Providence, RI - TBA
Fri. May 7 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Sat. May 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theater
Sun. May 9 - Norfolk, VA - Norva Theater
Tue. May 11 - TBA
Wed. May 12 - Raleigh, NC - Arts Center
Fri. May 14 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theater
Sat. May 15 - Atlanta, GA - TBA
Sun. May 16 - Gainesville, FL - TBA
Tue. May 18 - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theater (TBA)
Thu. May 20 - West Palm Beach, FL - Carefree Theater (TBA)
Fri. May 21 - Clearwater, FL - Verizon Fest (TBA)
Sat. May 22 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues (TBA)
15.00 - The set lists for all of Kasim's opening sets (including the ones in Australia) have been added to the Kasim Sulton's Opening Set World Tour section of the site.
13.00 - There is a new review of Quid Pro Quo on WKOnline. In case it disappears at some point, it says:
"How music should be
Bought tickets for the Meat Loaf gig over here for November but was cancelled and finally saw it in the middle of January. I checked a web site to see who the support act was going to be and noticed it was Kasim. I'd never heard of him so decided to be open minded when the gig started. I can now say I've had the pleasure and honour of hearing Kasim play live, just him and his acoustic guitar. He played Sacrifice, Don't Hold Me Back and my now favourite Before She Was Gone. I bought the album and listened to it over and over again. The acoustic versions just blew me away with the melody and sheer brilliance of this artist. I only hope that he releases an acoustic album in the future so others can enjoy what I did that night. "
The reviewer also gives the album the full 5 stars.
12.45 - Since Tuesday 17th February, according to WKOnline Quid Pro Quo has dropped 87, 316 places in the Sales Rank from #35,844 to #123,160- it's highest place to date was 30,324. The Basement Tapes has dropped 440 places from #66,935 to #67,375 in the same period.
05.30 - Someone made a nice post to the KasimSulton2 Mailing List about the concert that Kasim Sulton played with Meat Loaf on Sunday in Sydney, Australia. In part it said:
"We were able to get a message to Kasim backstage, and he was nice enough to come up and chat to my husband and I before the show! We were blown away when Kasim came out with his guitar to warm up for Meat! (He looked awesome, great suit!) Did "Don't Hold Me Back", "Before She Was Gone" and "Sacrifice". He was so good with the audience, threw in a bit of humour and shameless plugging of Quid Pro Quo before he finished his set. The Meat Loaf show was awesome. Of course Kasim's bass and background vocals were unreal, kept me smiling most of the show to hear him singing! ("This is big time, this is larger than life") Met two nice Kasim/Meat fans who flew in from Denver, they were in the 1st row and had also seen the Melbourne show!"
05.15 - According to Meat Loaf's latest rant on MLUKFC (he posts under the name Fire Ball) his last ever concert will be on 17th March in Christchurch, New Zealand. Before people rush to buy flights to New Zealand, please remember that this post was written while he was upset and things can always change. If it does actually prove to be true, then obviously this will have a big impact on Kasim's workload.

Tuesday 24th February 2004
21.00 - Several pages of photos by Adrian Donoghue of Kasim's concert with Meat Loaf in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 15th December have been added to the Meat Loaf's Couldn't Have Said It Better World Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link.
17.00 - Photos by Adrian Donoghue of Kasim's opening set in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 15th December have been added to the Kasim Sulton's Opening Set World Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link.
12.00 - Sadly another musician that Kasim has toured with passed away yesterday - Bobby Mayo died of a heart attack in Switzerland (Kasim played with him when he was with Hall and Oates). Click here for the press release.
05.15 - This is the link to the company that make the ear pieces that Kasim Sulton photographed. Kasim is not mentioned by name as one of their clients but Meat Loaf is listed.
05.00 - Overnight someone posted to a Meat Loaf mailing list a review of the second Melbourne concert which included the phrase "The show was supposed to start at 7:30pm and that is the time Kasim came out and sang 3 songs and made comments about just him and his guitar entertaining a Meat Loaf crowd - I thought he was excellent - then the lights went back up and he disappeared for a while cos at 7:30 the hall was only half full - in fact at 8pm people were still getting seated ".

Monday 23rd February 2004
21.00 - The first of the "7 Days 7 Additions" has been added to the Press section of the website or click here for the direct link.
19.45 - Kasim Sulton has updated his Journal on KasimSulton.com with some photos - (as the site takes a long time to download on dial-up) click here for the direct link. Many thanks to Rebecca Reese for noticing this.
05.15 - There are two conflicting reviews of Kasim's opening set at the concert he played on Friday in Melbourne. (As one of them is on a board that has a tendency to be erased, I'll replicate them both below.) This review on a Meat Loaf messageboard describes his set as:
"Meat's music director and bass player, Kasim Sulton, provided the evening's support. Having introduced himself, Kasim said the band had been rehearsing all week and that we were to be apart of a very special evening. Showcasing tunes from his solo album, Kasim's talent and dignified charm was well received from the 12,000 capacity crowd."
This review on a Jim Steinman messageboard describes his set as:
"Before the show, Kasim Sulton played I think three songs from his new album, not bad, but not attention grabbing either. I didn't buy his CD from the merchandise stand."
05.00 - Scott Van Dusen of Sphere Sound Records is holding an auction of various items signed by some big names to help raise some money for the family of 30-year veteran disc jockey, Unkle Roger McCall who was murdered in a failed robbery attempt in December. (Unkle Roger McCall was the voice of Kasim's radio advertisements.) One of the items is a vintage Utopia concert poster that has been signed by both Kasim Sulton and Todd Rundgren. More details are on the Sphere Sound Records website and an update will be added to this site nearer the time. The auctions commence the week beginning 17th March.
04.30 - Today starts the beginning of a new site addition each day for a week. The front page of the site has more details.

Sunday 22nd February 2004
20.00 - Kasim Sulton has updated his Journal on KasimSulton.com. Many thanks to Rebecca Reese for noticing this.
05.30 - To date there is one photo online of Kasim Sulton at the concert that Kasim played on Friday in Melbourne. Many thanks to Jennifer Salyer for this link.
05.15 - Click here for a discussion about the concert that Kasim played on Friday in Melbourne.

Saturday 21st February 2004
05.30 - Ticketek are now offering two tickets for the price of one at the following Meat Loaf concerts in Australia:
Melbourne - Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:30pm
Sydney - Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:30pm
Wollongong - Wed Mar 3, 2004 8:00pm
05.15 - Kasim Sulton now has his own section on the VH-1 website. Kasim has appeared on VH-1 numerous times in the past (mainly with Meat Loaf) but it appears that he has been given his own section with the release of Quid Pro Quo. Many thanks to Helena Gollings for finding this link.

Friday 20th February 2004
20.00 - Click here for some nice comments about Kasim Sulton's opening set at the Melbourne concert. In case it disappears at some point, it says:
"What a wonderful surprise to hear Kasim, my girlfriend and I hadn't heard him before, I will have to get his CD and see if I can work out what he sang, as I hadn't heard them before. He has two new fans !!!! "
19.15 - Click here for some video of the concert that Kasim played earlier today in Melbourne. Many thanks to Jennifer Salyer for this link.
06.30 - The Photos section of the site has been updated with some pictures of Kasim Sulton at a Meet and Greet recently. This is a taster of the "7 Days 7 Additions" which will be happening on KasimInfo.com next week. As well as all the usual Blog items that are added each day, 7 new pages will be added to the site (mainly photos but one new section too) starting on Monday. The front page of the site will have more details later today.

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