What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

Please visit all the pages about Procol Harum concerts in 2001. BtP is arranging gatherings on the preceding days in Kristiansand, Norway and Manchester, UK. Do let us know if you're coming. Concert tickets are now on sale.

May 31: Seventeen days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Diane Rolph writes BtP from Moscow: "Tour is progressing well. Tremendous reception for band in St Petersburg, cold depressing hall, but with an audience to die for - chanting for Gary and Procol before they even came on stage. Now in Moscow, huge press presence at reception, tremendous welcome committee for the band too."

Added a review of the Kristiansand gig (thanks, Sam)

And a review in Norwegian can be found here (thanks Tore)

Added the setlist and a good photograph from the Copenhagen gig on the current Harum tour (thanks, Jonas)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Cream of the Crop (Eve Ryman), Sombre Ego (Ten-Puss Fugitive) and What, How, Why, Maybe (Enigma Riposte)

May 30: Procol Harum play band-only in Moscow; eighteen days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added a page of Procol pictures from Kristiansand

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Without a Snout (thanks, Porky Pork Pork), Bourrelet Bye Bye (thanks, Sharkangel Gabriel) and The Writing on the Wall (thanks, Thick and Thin)

May 29: Procol Harum play band-only in Moscow; nineteen days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Happy Birthday to Gary Brooker ... first time Procol Harum have played on his birthday for many years!

Added two good Russian pictures from the current tour (thanks, Igor)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Men Only (thanks, Mme R. Monde), and Rumination Blues (thanks, Pasta Popeil IV (aka Ron-Co)) and  Doormen in Shrines (thanks, Duchess of Lent)

May 28: Twenty days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added the first batch of images from the Palers' Party in Kristiansand. (thanks Linda)

Have a look, it was brilliant - now please visit our page about the Palers' Convention in Manchester, to which we have now added a map, price, booking details, and schedule of attractions, and some pictures. In brief: we are not sending tickets out; you will need to make your reservation by e-mail, and pay on the door. Capacity is finite so please add yourself to the ticket-list by sending BtP an e-mail: click here. We hope to accommodate all comers of course, but it must be first-come, first served! BtP will confirm your bookings, but please don't expect this to happen before 1 June.

Added a picture of Procol Harum playing in Kristiansand here.

May 27: Twenty-one days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added the setlist from the brilliant Procol Harum concert in Kristiansand (thanks Franky) - and the first report (thanks Knut)

May 26:Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Palers are assembling in Kristiansand – here is the first picture of Palers’ Band rehearsing. (thanks Linda)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Corsican Blue Moon (thanks, Diabolo Leak-Soop) Distance Run (thanks, The Image) and Edge of the Pit (thanks, Pleiades Plummy)
 
 

May 25: Procol Harum play band-only in Copenhagen, Denmark

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Thin Slice of the Cheese (thanks, Antoine de la Fromage Duboise: Emperor of Lutania), Alamo (thanks, Basil Eunathco) and The Life I Know (thanks, Chuck S)

May 24: Two days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Please visit our page about the Palers' Convention in Manchester, to which we have now added a map, price, booking details, and schedule of attractions, and some pictures. In brief: we are not sending tickets out; you will need to make your reservation by e-mail, and pay on the door. Capacity is finite so please add yourself to the ticket-list by sending BtP an e-mail: click here. We hope to accommodate all comers of course, but it must be first-come, first served! BtP will confirm your bookings, but please don't expect this to happen before 1 June.

Palers' Band: thanks to everyone who came forward for the Manchester Convention; we're now full – 23 international players are already working on their contributions and we anticipate some excellent music-making.

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Whiter Shades (Dion Charles), Velvet Cuffs (Lady Archimedes Marmalade) and The Sad Ascent (thanks, 6)

May 23: Twenty-five days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Manchester accommodation: BtP booked a great number of discounted hotel rooms, and many Palers have taken them up (something over 140 room/nights so far). However we shall soon have to give back the unsold portion of our group booking. So if you are interested in discounted hotel accommodation in Manchester on the weekend of the Procol / Hallé gig (and the Palers' Convention of course) please let us know very soon.

Added 'puce' and 'mauve' to this useful page (thank you, Martin)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Like Hell it was Me (thanks, Wreath Keyed), Ode to the Guildford Faux Piano (thanks, Phil Moore) and Likewise Passé (thanks, Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy & Sneezy)

May 22: Four days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Makes me Wonder (thanks, Tocks), The Worm and the Hook (thanks, Phish R Mann), and Moral Lightning (thanks, Edith Grommitt)

May 21: Twenty-seven days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

With the imminent summer tour in mind, updated the Procol Harum pedigree (thanks, Jonas). And please book your discounted hotel accommodation in Manchester for Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June, and in Kristiansand for 26 May!

Added a link to The Lost 45's Website - is Procol Harum lost here?

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Johnson's Corner (thanks, Chang), Brolly (thanks, U. M. Brella), and (Bringing Back the) Coat of Arms (thanks, Magnus Bistort)

May 20: Six days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added a link to the Mickey Jupp website ... all about Southend's 'Long Distance Romancer' (thanks, Paul) ... see also here and here and here

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Drastic Annie's Weep Hole (thanks, Lucifer Hessayon), Warm Milk for Cold (thanks, Wu Wingtip) and So Close to Him (thanks, Dino Charles)

May 19: Twenty-nine days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added a mayoral item here (thanks, Jeremy)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Old Mold (thanks, Cornelius Throgmorton De Olefactory 5th), Mr Bartholomew’s Dream (thanks, Charles David) and Treasonable Doubt (thanks, Randollph Y Samosa)

May 18: Eight days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added news of a Brooker / Clapton / Geldof / Rutherford / Taylor gig in July … all are invited … (thanks, Diane)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Wanderers in the Dark (thanks, Mel Drum), Golden Shares (thanks, Private Isiah Stasion) and She Wandered Through The Internet (thanks, Macrobiotic Nostrum)

May 17: Thirty-one days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Rainbow Sewer (thanks, Andrea Loud-Warehouse & Tabitha Rice Paper), Powderfinger (thanks, Neil Reid) and Highway to Nowhere (thanks, Georgia George)

May 16: Ten days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added five new portraits of Procol Harum 2001 (thanks, Diane)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Tonic For The Troops (thanks, Thin Paul's Sister, Sue Veneer from London), It All Came Undone (thanks, Tommy) and Learn To Fry (thanks, Leonard Oswestry William Brow)

 May 15: Thirty-three days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added some sparkling Swedish press about the Rhythm Kings (thanks, Jonas)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Uncle Tanoose's Moose Blooze (thanks, Ex Acer Bates), A Whalers Lament (thanks, Davy Jones) and Eternal Return (thanks, Fred the Knitter)

May 14: Twelve days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added some good pictures of GB promoting Procol Harum while he tours with the Rhythm Kings (thanks, Per)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: It Stands to Reason (thanks, Dora Mousehole), A Moment in Time (thanks, Farther Tyme) and (I Know) Your Head is the Ruler of My Heart (thanks, The Micky Strawfridge Appreciation Society)

Would you like to play with the Palers' Band (Manchester version)? If so, we need to hear from you now, so please read all about it … then send BtP a message saying what instrument(s) you play and what songs you favour. Singers are also specially welcome, of course.

May 13: RIP Douglas Adams – comic visionary, technophile, and Procol fan
 

Re-read our pages relating to Douglas Adams –  at the Barbican, 1996, introducing Procol Harum at Redhill 1997, introducing Procol Harum, with whom he performed Glimpses of Nirvana at the Barbican 1999, interviewing Gary Brooker

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: 'Twas Lunch Time at the Office (thanks, Andy Grotel), Gogol's Feast (thanks, Saul T Dogg) and The Cruel Tree (thanks, Haplesc Fhoole)

May 12: International Procol Harum Day : Fourteen days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added some information about the Palers' Convention on 16 June in Manchester. Booking details will follow shortly: meanwhile, please book your discounted hotel accommodation for that night.

Added the Manchester Band Call page. Would you like to play with the Palers' Band (Manchester version)? If so, we need to hear from you now, so please read all about it … then send BtP a message saying what instrument(s) you play and what songs you favour. Singers are also specially welcome, of course.

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Half Mottled (thanks, Artie Choke), Ballad of the Horrible Old (thanks, Betty Joan Crawford) and Darkest Before the Dawn (thanks, Ramblin' Ron)

May 11: Thirty-seven days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added five new individual pictures of Procol Harum 2001 (thanks, Diane)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Justice by Numbers (thanks, Wylon Storey), Suspended Sentence (thanks, Andromeda Sago) and Ballad of a Gherkin Soul (thanks, Rachel Victoria Dreamer)

It's been a while since we updated this list of Palers coming to the Procol gig in Manchester : please send in your name and seat-numbers if you'd like to be included …

May 10: Sixteen days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Cast Like Clay (thanks, The Ceramicz), Toujours DeJour (thanks, Bacon Bit) and The Heavy Rock AWSoP (thanks, Rock Bottom)

Added some Greek (thanks, Malène)

Procol Harum summer tour (see extended banner above (thanks, Jonas)) : please book your discounted hotel accommodation in Manchester for Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June, and in Kristiansand for 26 May!

May 9: Thirty-nine days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Bedtime Story (thanks, Xi Quicksan), The Timeless Sea (thanks, Elbanna) and As Rich as the Pearl (thanks, Shady O'Pale)

How will Gary Brooker spend his birthday later this month? Illustration here (thanks, Mirek)

Added some useful info to all Manchester pilgrims coming by air here (see bottom of page)

Thanks to all the people who continue to take up BtP's 'yourname@procolharum.com' e-mail address offer. These are proving popular with everyone who wants to spread the name of the band, as well as having a delightful and prestigious ID for electronic correspondence.

Proceeds from the above scheme go towards renting the web facilities to run BtP: there are other items for sale in the BtP shop if you'd like to contribute.

May 8: Eighteen days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added an excellent review of the Rhythm Kings … 'special, intense and unearthly beautiful' … guess what song is being referred to …

The entries are still thronging in for 'Too Many Poets', our competition for Manchester's Convention, which will be kindly adjudicated by Procol's Chris Copping (thanks, multitude)

Added the next three faux-Procol lyrics: Trick or Treat (thanks, Snoldy Plunkett), Collide-escape (thanks, Greensleeves) and Four Fingers (thanks, Hallux Hander)

Do book your tickets to see Procol Harum in Manchester by visiting the relevant links from this page … don't miss the boat!

May 7: Forty-one days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Well the entries are piling in for 'Too Many Poets', our competition for Manchester's Convention, which will be kindly adjudicated by Procol's Chris Copping (thanks, all!)

Added the first three faux-Procol lyrics: Corridor of Endless Sorrow (thanks, Chee Z Comestible), Less than Meets the Eye (thanks, The Liquid Beau) and National Anthem (thanks, 'Reith Keid')

Procol Harum summer tour (see extended banner above (thanks, Jonas)) : please book your discounted hotel accommodation in Manchester for Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June, and in Kristiansand for 26 May! And would you like to play in the Palers' Band - Kristiansand edition? You need to contact us now.

May 6: Twenty days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added a first report from the current Rhythm Kings' tour, with news of a new Brooker composition, to say nothing of new Brooker/Reid songs for the summer's Procol tour (thanks, Frans)

May 5: Forty-three days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added news of a competition for Manchester's Convention, which we hope everyone will enjoy: you do not need to be coming to the UK to take part in this event, which will be kindly adjudicated by Procol's Chris Copping.

May 4: Twenty-two days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

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On April Fool's Day we published this page of twaddle about Without a Doubt, which seems to have given one or two Palers a moment's ludicrous pleasure.

We now add the real twenty-third page of our Taking Notes and Stealing Quotes feature, to conclude the first phase of our detailed look at all the songs in the official Procol Harum canon: today, the indubitable truth about Without A Doubt.

Taking Notes and Stealing Quotes will be back, with the Regal Zonophone years, after the end of the Procol Harum summer tour. Meanwhile prepare for news, tomorrow, of a competition for Manchester's Convention, which we hope everyone will enjoy.

Adde information about Gary Brooker's recent work in a recording studio (thanks Diane)

May 3: Forty-five days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added the fifty-fifth page of our ongoing feature, Taking Notes and Stealing Quotes, in which we take a detailed look at all the songs in the official Procol Harum canon: today, no difficulties over Simple Sister.

Added an illustration to the Buttered Barricade page.

Do book your tickets to see Procol Harum in Manchester by visiting the relevant links from this page … don't miss the boat!

May 2: Twenty-four days until Procol Harum play band-only in Kristiansand, Norway

Added the fifty-fourth page of our ongoing feature, Taking Notes and Stealing Quotes, in which we take a detailed look at all the songs in the official Procol Harum canon: today, a break-through on Broken Barricades (or is it Buttered Barricade?)

Mayday: Forty-seven days until Procol Harum and the Hallé Orchestra play Manchester UK

Added the fifty-third page of our ongoing feature, Taking Notes and Stealing Quotes, in which we take a detailed look at all the songs in the official Procol Harum canon: today, a trip down Memorial Drive

Added a new picture to our page for Chris Copping, who has been visiting BtP's UK HQ, and kindly agreed to adjudicate our Manchester competition, of which more details shortly.

Added very usefully to our last night's gloss of the words 'luskus delph' (thank you, Martin)