Kasim Sulton Diary
January 2003

Kasim Sulton launched into 2003 on stage with Meat Loaf in Florida! After a couple more concerts he flew back to New York and had extensive rehearsals with the band for a couple of weeks. For the last week of the month Kasim flew to Germany for a promotional tour.

Date Appearance Other Links
Thursday
2nd
Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL
Meat Loaf and Friends Just Havin' Fun In The Winter Tour

It is not known whether or not Kasim played his opening set.
Ticketing and venue details
Friday
3rd
Barbara B. Mann Center, Fort Myers, FL
Meat Loaf and Friends Just Havin' Fun In The Winter Tour

It is not known whether or not Kasim played his opening set.
Ticketing and venue details
Saturday
4th
Travel to New York
Kasim flew back to New York from Florida.
Kasim's message
Tuesday
7th
Meat Loaf band rehearsals begin
Kasim began rehearsals with other musicians in Meat Loaf's band ready for the promotional tour of Germany later this month, plus breaking in the new band member Paul Crook.
Rehearsal photos
Radio interview announced
It was announced that Kasim Sulton would be interviewed on WORT 89.9FM (Madison's community radio station) by Casey Fox at 9.00pm CST on Wednesday 5th February. The interview was originally to promote Kasim's gig at Cafe Carpe in Fort Atkinson on Friday 7th February but after the gig was cancelled, instead they arranged to discuss Quid Pro Quo.
News item
Wednesday
8th
Kasim interviewed on Hong Kong radio
Kasim was interviewed early in the morning by telephone for a show to be aired the next week on RTHK radio in Hong Kong.
Kasim's post
Friday
10th
Kasim cancels two gigs
Kasim Sulton cancelled his two gigs that he was to have played on 7th and 9th February in Fort Atkinson and Valparaiso respectively. The reason is that he will be playing with Meat Loaf at the NBA events in Atlanta that weekend.
Kasim's post
Wednesday
15th
Review of Kasim gig online
A review of a Kasim Sulton gig was posted online. It appears in the January Newsletter on the NJCoast.com website and is a review of Kasim's gig last August at the Hamilton Street Cafe and Stage by Kim Predham.
Review
Thursday
16th
Interview online
A new interview with Kasim Sulton was posted online. It is by Billy Donald who started his website by interviewing drummers and then progressed to singer / songwriters too.
Interview
Friday
17th
After working together for almost two years, Kasim Sulton ceased using Kathy Wagner as his gig booker.
Wednesday
22nd
New message from Kasim
Kasim Sulton posted a new message to the front page of KasimSulton.com.
Kasim's message
Saturday
25th
Wetten Dass TV performance
This was a performance of Meat Loaf's new single Did I Say That? on Germany's largest variety television show which was screened live to an estimated 77 million people.
Photos

Promo Tour round-up

Sunday
26th
Travel to Cologne
Kasim caught a train from Stuttgart to Cologne (in order to check on things before the rest of the band arrived) and later there was a brief rehearsal ready for the concert the next day.
More details
Monday
27th
Meat Loaf promotional concert
This was a full concert by Meat Loaf and the band featuring tracks from the new album, plus the usual old favorites such as Anything For Love and Bat Out Of Hell. This concert was originally arranged purely for the media but tickets became available for fans, and it soon sold out! It was held at Theater am Tanzbrunnen in Cologne and lsted for two and a quarter hours.
More details

Set list and review

Wednesday
29th
VIVA Interaktiv television performance
The show featured an interview with Meat Loaf and a performance of the song Did I Say That? Unfortunately Kasim was placed near the back so was not seen too clearly on television.
Photos

Promo Tour round-up

Thursday
30th
Top Of The Pops television recording
This show, filmed in a studio on the outskirts of Cologne, featured a performance of the song Did I Say That? Unfortunately Kasim was placed near the back so was not seen too clearly on television.
Photos

Promo Tour round-up

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