Goodbye Britain ..... for now
The two Gentlemen you see me standing with here are Andrew Miller and Danny Betesh. They are Meat's Promoters for the UK. Have been since 1983. They are a class act and over the years I've become close with them both.I chose to post this picture for another reason as well ...
Danny, the gentleman to my left has been in the promotion business for close to 45 years. He started in the early sixties as an Independent Concert Promoter in Manchester England.
One of his first acts was a band from Liverpool that was starting to get a lot of attention.
It seems a good friend of his, someone he did business with on more than one occasion was looking to book a nation wide tour for his band. Brian Epstein told Danny that he didn't think his boys were big enough to headline a tour all by themselves so he asked if Danny could ring someone with a large following to guarantee ticket sales throughout the country. Danny called Roy Orbison to ask if he would like to headline the tour and Roy said yes. By the time the tour was to start, the boy's from Liverpool had a number one single and were poised to create the most lasting impression on popular music since Elvis Presley. There was no way they could possibly play in any other place on the bill other than Headliner. Danny called Roy Orbison back and explained what had transpired in the months since booking the tour, asked him if he wouldn't mind playing under The Beatles and well ... the rest is history.
Both Danny and Andrew are the good guys. Don't get me wrong, their business men and like to make money just like the other guys but .... I'm proud to call them my good friends.
W played the last of our shows here in the UK last night in Sheffield. Off to Ireland tomorrow then the Continent after that.
The shows have been going extremely well and we couldn't ask for a more appreciative crowd.
Kinda homesick right now but there's only another four weeks to go before I get back to the states.
Then I get to go do some Cars shows, start again with Meat AND do my solo shows too!
I can't wait!
Love, K
posted by Kasim Sulton at 9:49 PM
11 Comments:
Hi Kasim, it was great to see you in the UK again loved the show at Wembley and look forward to seeing you again in November, good luck with the rest of the tour and hope you get a longer break b4 your back here
Hi Kasim,
That was a very nice story! More evidence of how small the world truly is.
Thyra
Thanks for let us shareing the story.
And yes I can say that all show I have seen, they were fantastic and I can't ask anything more...it was brilliant!!
And thank you for everything.
I hope you will have a time to spend with your family, and good luck with your rest of the tour!!!
with luv
Saeko
Kasim,
It will be great to see you back in The States later this summer. Until then, enjoy your time & the shows on the other side.
T.
Hi Kasim,
Better late than never I say but just wanted to say a BIG thank you for both shows at the MEN Arena (Manchester), We enjoyed every minute of it the show was fabulous and you were amazing (as always)!
Thank you Kasim for the plectrum which I did eventually receive from you after several attempts!
I hope the rest of the tour goes well for you all, and that you rock the crowd like you did at the MEN Arena.
Can't wait to see you in November but until then take care and hope your not too home sick :-(
With love
Rachel and Adam
x x
Hi,Kasim
Thank you for interesting story. I'm Beatles Fan,Paul was my Idol in early teenage days...I've been to Liverpool!!
You will coming back to play with New Cars, I'm happy to hear that!
You have to spend tight schedule as ever,
Take care!!
Yumi Endo
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Hi Kasim,
I hear you are coming to S. Florida in August?!
:)
Mindy
Hi, Nice stuff. I found a cool news widget for our blogs at www.widgetmate.com. Now I can show the latest news on my blog. Worked like a breeze.
Hi Kasim.
I've been to two ML concerts. One in Cologne and the other one in Amsterdam, 2 days ago. I enjoyed them a lot. I'm planning to go see you in Dortmund again in october. I love the band, the backingvocals and, especialy, the Jim Steinman songs. I'm just wondering what is wrong with Meat himself???? People are puzzeled by his vocal performance. I hope that will change.
Cheers,
Jax.
Hey Kasim, I found you through CruiserMel. I thought you needed some Pug Representation in your comments section.
I've just wanted you to know that I watched "Goodfellas" again yesterday, and your 2-bookends look like mobsters. Just to be on the safe side, you shouldn't accuse them of "skimming".
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