The set and the band are all kitted out in 1960s Beatles style and there are loads of close-ups of Kasim Sulton.

The tour exists of 20 concerts in 9 countries - 8 in England, 3 in Germany, 2 in Ireland and Denmark plus one each in Portugal, Holland, Finland, Norway and Sweden. (Unfortunately there are no concerts so far on this tour in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or Belguim which often feature on Meat Loaf tours.) There are a couple of spaces where additional dates could have been added but that looks very unlikely now. The tour is not expected to extend timewise as the concerts are expected to last 50 days from the first to the last. The tour is only in Europe and the last rumor is that this will be the only tour that Meat Loaf will play this year.

Unfortunately this is a tour that must have been designed by a man(!) and certainly by someone who will not be doing all the travelling as the tour is all over the place in not at all the most logical order! (Obviously a lot of the scheduling depends on when the venues are available.)

After a week or so of rehearsals the first concert is on this coming Friday 27th June in Plymouth in south west England (the same city that launched the Meat Loaf Couldn't Have Said It Better World Tour in 2003). On Wednesday Meat Loaf (but not Kasim Sulton) is making an appearance in Newcastle in the north of England for charity.

Two days after the first gig they play a concert in Cork, Ireland. To get there they will have to either fly or sail across the Irish Sea.

After a one day break (for travel), the third to eighth concerts (in 12 days) are back over the Irish Sea again in England. Although they have 6 consecutive concerts in one country, they do not follow the most logical route to save as much travelling as possible as the first one is in the north west and the next two are in the south of the country. They then travel back towards the north of the country before making their way south again. The map below shows the route.

Two days after the last English gig the ninth concert is back in Ireland and then the tenth to 12th concerts start 3 days later in Germany with a day off between each gig.

Three days later they play a festival in Portugal.

They then have a whole seven days off before another gig in England (London this time).

Two days later it's the only Dutch concert of the tour (in Amsterdam) and then four days after that they play Finland.

Three days later the 17th concert of the tour is in Norway followed two days later by the Swedish concert.

Then two days later they play two gigs on consecutive days in two different cities in Denmark before traveling home.

Meat Loaf describes the first day as "unbelievable". Kasim Sulton is not mentioned by name but phrases that Meat Loaf uses include "The boys and girls were better than ever. I gave them so many new things and they came through with flying colors. I have never been so proud of them. I believe the show will surprise and amaze" and "I will never be able to say enough about how great the band is..".

The first gig of the tour is a week Friday (27th) in Plymouth, England.

Plymouth
There is currently a "two for the price of one" offer for the Meat Loaf concert in Plymouth on Friday 27th June. Click here for more details. The relevant part is near the bottom of the page.

Liverpool
A water company is running a competition ("to apologise for roadwork disruption") to win tickets for the Meat Loaf Summer Pops concert in that city on Wednesday 2nd July. Click here for details about how to enter the competition.

The words of the song are listed below:
Sea of faces
Rolling on the big wave
Wish that I could dive right in
Shiny faces,Glowing in the light rays
Smiling at me, sink or swim
I put my words upon their lips
I put my body at their finger tips

And it feels like somebody loves you
Somebody understands
It gets like you gotta be there
You gotta see those hands

It's my party, I don't have to impress
I don't have to try too hard
Yeah, it's my party, I don't have to care less
I can always play my part
They know my face and they know my name
They know my shamelessness but not my shame

And it feels like somebody loves you
Somebody understands
It gets like you gotta be there
You gotta see those hands
Reaching out, reaching up for somebody
And I'm the only one they see
Lucky break, lucky break, it's just as well they don't realise
That I need them much more than they need me

Hello home boy
Welcome to the real world
Say what planet have I been on
Time to wake up, time to smell the roses
Who's gonna love me when they've gone
What will I do without my wishing well
What will I say if I can't talk about myself
I may be crazy, you can call me mad
I call it simple, you call it sad

But it feels like somebody loves you
Somebody understands
It gets like you gotta be there
You gotta see those hands