Review by SueW:
Just a brief review tonight as I have a 7 hour trip home ahead of me

Mainz was a lovely German city with lots of tree lined avenues and markets. After the concert there was a massive funfair in the centre of the city too.

The Zitadelle looked like an old fortress and was up the top of a hill so had some great views of the city. When I got there at about 5.30pm there was quite a crowd gathered around the entrance.

They opened the gates at about 6.00pm and I was about 400th in but I just wandered towards the front and managed to get in the third "row" on Kasim's side quite easily. Again there was no pushing and there was a lovely atmosphere of people just there to enjoy themselves. One woman near me had two young children with her and several people at various times in the concert put them on their shoulders so they could see better. (Unfortunately I got kicked in the head once by the little girl!) It was great to see various band members waving to the children too.

The first opening act was the same girl and her band who opened in Bonn (I think they are called Valentino). Next there was a guy from Manchester called Mark Gillespie who was really funny. He had a running gag about his CD being for sale and he played an acoustic guitar. He didn't have much of a Manchurian accent and a German later said that he spoke German with no accent.

The concert was the longest of the tour so far as it lasted 98 minutes. Kasim was wearing a really lovely lilac coloured shirt that set off his colouring so well. He received a lot of cheers when he walked on stage as he stood out so well (Randy and Paul who were already on stage both wear all black). Thankfully it wasn't as hot as in Munich and Rastatt as there had been a heavy downpour earlier in the afternoon. There was some rain during the opening acts but nothing during Meat Loaf's set.

Just a few random musings about the concert:

Other websites
Some photos by Ricardo Krechel have been added to the Meat Loaf German Fan Club website. The ones that feature Kasim are:
Lovely in lilac
Smiling in the band line-up
"Try these on Kasim!"
(Left to right) Kasim, Patti Russo, CC and John Miceli
A good shot of Kasim's Signature Bass
My new favorite photo of Kasim of the tour (so far)!

Some photos by Tamara Angeletti have been added to the Meat Loaf German Fan Club website. The ones that feature Kasim are:
Right at the beginning of the concert (as Randy Flowers is still in his full-length coat)
Kasim with Randy Flowers and Paul Crook (on the right)
Kasim with Randy and Meat Loaf - this is a good shot of the other bass that Kasim played that evening
Kasim with Paul Crook (and yet another one of Paul's guitars!)
Only When I Feel
Is that guitar plugged in or not?
Mercury Blues
The line-up
Looking hot!

Keep Rockin' (Yvonne Bender) has added 8 great pages of photos of this concert here. (There are no photos of Kasim on page 5.) The ones that feature Kasim Sulton are:
His entrance
Kasim and Randy Flowers
Kasim, Randy Flowers and Patti Russo
Kasim, Paul Crook and Patti Russo
Probably the best photo of Kasim of the tour so far!
Kasim on the other side of the stage
The bass part of DeadRinger For Love
Another really good shot of Kasim!
Lovely in lilac
"Kasim! What the heck are you playing?!" (using Yvonne's quote!)
Getting hotter
Only When I Feel
A good shot of Kasim's signature bass
Concentrating
Looking very young!
Re-tuning
Singing in Anything For Love
"How many guitars does Paul have?"!
Playing in Bat Out Of Hell
Smiling in Mainz
Still smiling!

Kasim Sulton
Kasim described this city as:
"We've settled into a nice groove show-wise and it makes playing more fun. I can stretch out now within the set and not worry so much about the song arrangements, parts and cues."

(Photos on this page are taken from other gigs on the tour.)

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