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Freak Parade Heavy Metal Kids Another Life Somethings Coming 7 Rays Do Ya The Wheel The Ikon Freedom Fighters Just One Victory "The show was absolutely fantastic. Sure there was flubs and mistakes, that was understood considering the complexities of these 2 albums from the 70's era. I for one was very happy with the show." "This show reflected the end of the Florida leg of the tour. The theater in Jacksonville was beautiful--an older small theater with a large balcony and intricate detail on the ceilings, etc. It seemed that the crowd was also a little old, or maybe it was just a Sunday night or something. There were empty seats." "The sound was spot on, Kasim and Jesse were more involved with keyboard playing and John, Kevin & Ralph were top notch and seemed to me were enjoying themselves. " "The show included the same material as Hollywood and Ft. Pierce, and although they kicked out some great stuff, collectively they were down a half a notch in their performance as things got underway. By the time they rolled into The Ikon, just past midway through the show, Ellman and Siegler were getting the timing down, but Todd was still having a little trouble hitting all of the guitar notes. Shuckett was starting to contribute more but seemed to back off a little when the going got tough."
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Fans On The Run has dozens of photos of this gig which start here. The best ones of Kasim are here, here, here, here, here and here.
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The venue (taken from the KasimInfo.com Blog that day):
The concert starts tonight at 8pm and tickets vary in price from $36.75 to $42.60 (including charges) so are some of the cheapest priced tickets on this tour. Plus there were some VIP tickets which included watching 20 minutes of the soundcheck for $125 but they are sold out. Tickets for this gig can be purchased from this link. The best seats still available are in the 11th row today so the gig does not appear to be selling too well.
The address of the venue is The Florida Theatre, 128 East Forsyth, Jacksonville, FL. 32202. Click here to view the venue website. The Occasionally Asked Questions section of the website is amusing including "Can I give you an IOU for a ticket?" with the reply "Here at the theatre we do not function on the honor system.... we work on the money system.
The Florida Theatre originally opened on 8th April 1927, as downtown Jacksonville's 15th and largest movie theatre although it could stage live shows too. Elvis Presley played one of his first indoor concerts at this theater. It's a very decorative theater. As the website explains "While designing the Florida Theatre, the architects envisioned a Moorish courtyard at night, resplendent with glittering stars, grand balconies and fountains. An ornate proscenium arch that reaches nearly six stories high dominates the auditorium. The incredible acoustics and near-perfect sight lines make every one of the theatre’s 1,900 seats exceptional. On the building’s original roof garden, patrons in the late 1920s danced under the stars, while the theatre provided a nursery for the patrons’ young children. The theatre boasted many features unique in the 1920s, including central heating, air-conditioning and vacuuming systems." The theater underwent a $4.1m refurb in 1983.
As far as I'm aware the last time that Kasim played at this venue was on 8th January 2000 during the Meat Loaf StoryTellers Tour.
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