The concert tonight starts at 8.30pm with the doors opening at 7.30pm. Standing tickets at only $27.50 are available at this link or on the door. It also appears that there may be seats available in the balcony for $40. This is a 21+ concert.

This venue only opened in 2005 and this is the first time that Kasim Sulton has played here although he's played in several venues in San Diego, the last time being at the Pala Casino on 23rd February 2007 (with Meat Loaf).

Anaheim, CA to San Diego, CA is 96 miles south (mainly on the I5 along the coastal route) which will take about one and a half hours by road.

Todd Rundgren 2007 Tour Mileage by road to date venue to venue (estimated) - 487 miles.

This venue is most infamous for being the stage where Kasim broke his foot on the Todd Rundgren Power Trio Tour! Back in 2000 it was called the Sun Theatre and changed it's name to The Grove Of Anaheim on 13th December 2001. The venue was purchased by The Anaheim City Council in 2002 for $6.7 million.

The address of the venue is 2200 East Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92806. It is adjacent to the Angel Stadium of Anaheim and is less than a mile from Disneyland. The capacity of the venue is 500 to 2,500 depending on the configuration with no seat further than 85 feet from the stage. There are 550 parking spaces available.

A couple of days ago two seats together were available in the second tier of tables. Tickets for this concert are $35 each plus a convenience charge of $9.60 each, plus a building facility charge of $20.00 per ticket, plus a $20 entree fee which is deducted from your bill if you have dinner at the venue before the concert! The concert starts at 8.30pm and dinner starts at 6.30pm. Click here to purchase tickets. This ticket page gives Kasim Sulton a mention as follows:

Click here to view the venue website (including a 360 degree interactive camera of the show-room). This website also mentions Kasim by name as follows:

Ventura, CA to Anaheim, CA is 94 miles south (through the Los Angeles area) which will take about one and a half hours by road.

Todd Rundgren 2007 Tour Mileage by road to date venue to venue (estimated) - 391 miles.

If you look at each August over the length of Kasim's career, his workload varies considerably. Some years he'll be on tour for the whole month (on a sheds and casinos tour for example) and others he'll spend most of it at home. This year he was on tour for the whole month on the Meat Loaf 3 Bats Tour during which he also played 3 solo gigs (in Cleveland, OH, Toronto, ON and Fort Lauderdale, FL). The Meat Loaf tour took him all over the East Coast, the MidWest, plus two gigs in Canada.

Last year Kasim was in rehearsals with the musicians in Meat Loaf's band for the first two weeks of the band and then he played gigs on The Kasim Sulton 2006 Tour. The gigs he played in August were in West Nyack, NY, New Haven, CT, Providence, RI, Greenville, SC and Cleveland, OH.

In August 2005 Kasim embarked on the US leg of the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour. The tour started with three concerts in New York City and was mainly on the East Coast for that month so it meant that Kasim could have spent a few nights at home during the tour. It also resulted in Kasim fitting in 4 performances of the musical Movin' Out on Broadway on his spare nights too!

In total contrast all that Kasim did in the public eye in 2004 was recording Bands Reunited with Patty Smyth and Scandal plus rehearsals for the show in Los Angeles. As Kasim had spent the vast majority of the first 7 months away from home on tour with first Meat Loaf and then Todd Rundgren it's hardly surprising that he didn't tour that month!

The address of the venue is 26th S Chestnut Street, Ventura CA 93001 and can hold 1,200 people! This theater was built in the 1920s and is a beautiful theater of that period (although it has seen better days).

The opening act tonight is adverised as Joe Paquin on one website and Dan Grimm on another! This is an all ages gig. Click here to purchase General Admission tickets at $35 (plus charges) and here for the venue website. They apparently have preferrential seating if you dine before the concert at the venue but no details are given. Doors open at 7.00pm and the concert starts at 8.00pm.

Kasim Sulton last played at this venue on 14th December 2006 as part of The New Cars. His previous gig here was on 15th June 2000 as part of the Todd Rundgren Power Trio Tour.