There's also a new(?) photo of Kasim Sulton holding the white bass on the front page.

Click here to read more info about this new version of the KSultonBass.

Mark Alexander wrote "Rehearsals in NYC have been going well. Every one seems well rested and ready to rock!!! We've added a couple of new tunes and changed some old ones for the upcoming European tour. It looks like we'll be finished November 25th. After some time off during the holidays, we'll be doing a run through Australia, New Zealand, and perhaps some places we've never been to before...stay tuned..."

Aspen Miller wrote "I'm really excited because in addition to the cities we're revisiting, we're seeing some cities that will be new for me and i'm really looking forward to it. We're changing up the set list a bit, and adding a couple of tunes that we're excited about."

From what band members have written it appears that they have this week off before they leave for the tour on Tuesday 16th October. The European tour consists of 18 concerts (in 10 different countries) in 41 days.

As probably 90% of the readers of KasimInfo.com are from America, I doubt that very few people reading this will know where Stoke on Trent is so below is a map showing the city:

(With apologies to the 240,636 inhabitants of the city, I wasn't 100% sure exactly where the city was situated either!)

Stoke on Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is situated approximately half-way between the two cities where Kasim Sulton often plays concerts with Meat Loaf: Manchester (an hour to the north of Stoke) and Birmingham (and hour to the south). It is also about two and a half hours north west of London. Stoke also adjoins the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme but that is not the city where Kasim is playing on 31st October as that is Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Stoke on Trent is famous as being one the towns known as The Potteries which is where all the pottery was made (and still is nowadays). For example Wedgewood China is based in the city.

The "Trent" part of the name of the city refers to the River Trent on which the city stands. The motto of Stoke-on-Trent is "Vis Unita Fortior" which translates as "United Strength is Stronger". Below is the city's coat of arms:

Kasim speaks about delaying his solo gigs until 2008, the Todd Rundgren tour and the gig he's playing in England tonight.

This documentary is interesting as it shows some insight into reheasals and backstage at concerts plus Meat Loaf's concern about the critics' view of his "make out" part of Paradise By The Dashboard Light with the young looking Aspen Miller.

Kasim Sulton is featured a fair amount in the video including on stage, at rehearsals, back-stage, to-camera interviews, with actor Dennis Quaid, plus out shopping for 70s-style clothes!

In order to see the video you have to register (this is the link) and it takes about 24 hours for them to forward your password.

Many thanks to Vicki Pearson for forwarding this link.

There was to be a special showing of this documentary in London, England this coming Tuesday (9th) for £75 (about $140) for 200 fans including a half hour question with Meat Loaf but this has now been canceled "due to scheduling conflicts".

Below are a few screenshots from the video:

With Randy Flowers and CC Coletti:

Kasim with Dennis Quaid:

The first five concerts are in Germany and Meat Loaf's backing singer CC Coletti has been announced as the opening act for these concerts. (CC sang Me and Bobby McGee at Kasim's solo gig in Cleveland, OH on 8th August.) CC has sung in Meat Loaf's band since 2003. It has not been announced whether she'll have a band on stage with her for the opening set.

No opening act has been announced for the 6th concert of the tour (Glasgow, Scotland) but opening concerts 7 to 12 (England and Wales) will be Meat Loaf's daughter Pearl (who played in Meat Loaf's band alongside Kasim from 1996 until 2002). Apparently on stage with her will be her partner Scott Ian of Anthrax and Jim Wilson of Pearl's band Mother Superior.

To date no announcement has been made about any opening act for the final six concerts of the tour.