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What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

August 2003


August 31: Procol Harum play Aalborg in ten weeks' time

Added some nice pictures of Palers and Procolers at the BB King Blues Club (thanks, Gary)


August 30:

Added a page of pictures showing fans getting Procol autographs after the recent show in San Diego


August 29: Happy Birthday Geoff Whitehorn and Chris Copping Procol Harum play London in fifteen weeks' time and Tokyo in nine weeks' time

 Added a review of Procol Harum in Seattle (thanks, Pete)


August 28:

Plenty to ponder over in the last episode of the illuminating retrospective about Procol Harum, dealing with the Brooker and Fisher solo albums and the New Testament (thanks, Phil)


August 27:

Added some good pictures of Procol Harum on stage at the John Anson Ford in Los Angeles (thanks, Paul)


August 26:

Added some more, interesting pictures of Procol Harum on stage at BtP's Palers' Festival in Los Angeles (thanks, Jan)


August 25: Procol Harum play Osaka in ten weeks' time

Added another leaf to the recent West-Coast tour-diary: Vancouver (thanks, One-Eye)


August 24: Procol Harum play Aalborg in eleven weeks' time

Added an excellent sequence of pictures showing the Procol gig at Long Island in May (thanks, Scott)

A few days ago we announced that Classic FM would webcast a Gary Brooker interview. That didn't happen and Gene Godfrey from Classic FM wrote BtP to explain why and announce a retransmission.

"I couldn't be more embarrassed. We got hit right between the eyes, and elsewhere tonight, with lightning. It was a bad one! Our webcast was down. I got back on in about an hour, but no webcast. I'm re-airing the interview next Friday That's Martin Barre's night but I'll air them both! (Aug.29th 6pm Eastern Time. Folks should be mindful of  their timezones).

Again, I apologise. Perhaps you can put up an explanation on the very front of the site so it will hit your visitors right away.

Other than my site... folks can use www.wbzc.org to listen to the webcast

Thx again: Gene Godfrey, Host/Producer of "Classic FM."


August 23:

Regular Cropredy patrons regard this month's festival as the best-ever. Make what you will of the local BBC reporter's opinion of Procol Harum (thanks, folks)


August 22: Procol Harum play London in sixteen weeks' time and Tokyo in ten weeks' time

Tune in to Classic FM for a Gary Brooker interview today (sorry we don't have the time schedule) (thanks Fritz)

"'One hit' band lasts through the decades"

Added an appreciative piece from a young reviewer who heard Procol Harum at the Bottom Line (thanks, Jesse)


August 21:

Added some more good pictures of Procol Harum on stage at BtP's Palers' Festival in Los Angeles (thanks, Jan)


August 20:

Added another dose (with pictures) to the popular 'Tour Diary' that started in May (thanks, One-Eye)

 

US Dates postponed

Procol Harum management writes to BtP:

'The huge demand for Procol Harum live shows this year to support the release of The Well's On Fire has resulted in a very demanding schedule for the year.

'The proposed shows for the October-to-December period have been judged by the band to be too physically demanding, and could run the risk of a tired band not doing its best for the fans or itself. 'As the US programme was not yet completed, it has been decided to move these shows to next year to ensure the band can perform at its usual high standard.'


August 19:

Tickets for Procol Harum's concert in Aalborg, Denmark now on sale (thanks Solvej)

Added the first pictures from Procol Harum's concert in Portalen, Copenhagen on 7 March (thanks again Solvej)


August 18: Procol Harum play Osaka in eleven weeks' time

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's recent festival appearance in Seattle (thanks, One-Eye)


August 17: Procol Harum play Aalborg in twelve weeks' time

Added some good pictures of Procol Harum on stage at BtP's Palers' Festival in Los Angeles (thanks, Jan)


August 16: Happy Birthday Sammy (2003)

Added another instalment (with illustrations) to the popular 'Tour Diary' that started in May (thanks, One-Eye)


August 15: Procol Harum play London in seventeen weeks' time and Tokyo in eleven weeks' time

Added some interesting pictures of Procol Harum signing for fans after the recent Long Island gig (thanks, Scott)


August 14:

Added some good Procol pictures from the Bottom Line in May (thanks, Anthony)


August 13:

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's recent concert in Vancouver (thanks, One-Eye)

Added some interesting Palers' Band pictures taken at BB King's Club in Hollywood (thanks, Charlie)


August 12:

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's recent concert in Portland (thanks, One-Eye)

Added booking information for Procol's forthcoming Albany gig (thanks, Mark)

Added details of Gary Brooker's Christmas Charity gigs here


August 11: Procol Harum play Osaka in twelve weeks' time

'... a bona fide working band performance ...'

Added a review of Procol Harum at the Fillmore (thanks, Jay)


August 10:  Procol Harum play Aalborg in thirteen weeks' time

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's recent concert in San Francisco


August 9:

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's recent festival appearance at Cropredy in the UK  'Massive crowd, great reception' (thanks, Peter)


August 8: Procol Harum headline tonight at the Cropredy Festival, then London in eighteen weeks' time and Tokyo in twelve weeks' time

How to meet fellow-Palers at Cropredy ... see illustration here (thanks, Peter)

Added some more stage pictures from Procol Harum's gig at Udine (thanks, a different Peter)

It's a standing joke with the BtP team , when we send out a newsletter, that the bigger the news, the smaller the feedback. For instance ... new Procol album and song-clips ... almost no response. Palers' Project CD ... a handful of responses. Palers' Festival in LA ... slight smattering of responses. So it was good to see this principle amply borne out yesterday when we accidentally sent out an empty test-message from the Fresh Fruit address ... response to the single word ''test', about 100 messages, including numerous well-wishings and congratulations on our work for Procol Harum. Thanks, all.


August 7: Procol Harum headline tomorrow night at the Cropredy Festival

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's recent concert in San Diego


 August 6:

'I grew up with ... people who learned on stage and haven’t lost their talent.'

Added an interesting, brief interview with Gary Brooker, which was published in Italy earlier in the year (thanks, Mike; thank you, Martin)


August 5:

Added a caption to this page and another Procol setlist here.

Added new Procol Harum concerts: see here, here, here, here and here - or have a look at the whole list - there are more (thanks, Chris)


August 4: Procol Harum play Osaka in thirteen weeks' time

Added some personal pictures from the most recent Procol gig in New York (thanks, Beverly)


August 3: Procol Harum play Seattle tonight and Aalborg in fourteen weeks' time

Just back from California and the Palers' Festival, BtP would like to thank our many fantastic helpers

Added the setlist with several comments from Scottsdale, Phoenix (thanks Andy, Mike,  Pat, Joseph and Scott)

Added the setlist from Los Angeles (thanks One-Eye, Marvin)

And finally, a new concert has been announced, look for 18 October here (thanks Chris)


August 2: Procol Harum play Portland tonight, and Seattle tomorrow night

BtP is about to resume normal operations following the Palers' Festival in California. Tomorrow: setlists from the West Coast, more concert dates annonced, and more.

Added a final page of admirable photographs of Procol Harum in action at the Bottom Line in May (thanks, Jeff)


August 1: Procol Harum play Vancouver tonight, and Portland tomorrow ... One week until the Cropredy Festival, and London in nineteen weeks' time

Added 'the funniest moment ... in 30 years of concert-going' when Procol Harum played Cambridge, MA. (thanks, Dan)


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