What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

November 2003

November 30:

Added a couple of nice specimens to the BtP collection of Procol picture-sleeves, here and here (thanks, Lars)

November 29: Procol Harum play tonight in Mainz, Germany (again!) : German tour poster

Added the first news of the new Procol Harum DVD, which is to be recorded live at the end-of-tour Homecoming Concert in London on 12 December (thanks, Chris)

November 28: Procol Harum play London in a two weeks' time, and tonight in Freiberg, Germany: German tour poster

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's very recent gig in Munich (thanks, Englert)

Added another instance to the AWSoP-in-common-parlance page (search for 'Loh Keng Fatt') (thanks, Jonas)

November 27:

Added some pictures of Procol Harum at San Diego (thanks, One-Eye)

November 26: Procol Harum play tonight in Munich, Germany: German tour poster

Added the setlist from Bamberg, Germany (thanks, and Happy Birthday Andreas, thanks Jutta)

Added interesting info about what was played on the soundcheck here (thanks Jutta)

Last chance! Vote for two songs you'd like Procol Harum to play in Islington: cobwebbed classics, mythic masterpieces ... there's a checklist of Procol official titles here. We're closing the poll at teatime (in the UK) today. 

November 25: Procol Harum play tonight in Augsburg, Germany: German tour poster

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's recent gig at Erfurt, Germany (thanks, Mario)

Vote for what you'd like Procol Harum to play in Islington ... and please do vote for two songs ... many people so far seem to have missed the point.

November 24: Procol Harum play tonight in Bamberg, Germany: German tour poster

Procol Harum finish their 2003 tour in Islington on 12 December. What would you like to hear them play? BtP has arranged with Gary Brooker to send him a summary of fans' requests, so get thinking and send us an e-mail by the end of 26 November. This vote is open to everyone whether they can actually get to the gig or not!

Added the setlist (almost all of it) from Procol Harum in Dresden (thanks, Manfred)

November 23:

Added the epilogue to a fan's Japanese tour-diary (thanks, Steelhand)

November 22: RIP Greg Ridley Procol Harum play tonight in Erfurt, Germany: German tour poster

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's gig in Hannover last night (thanks, Jutta)

November 21: Procol Harum play London in three weeks' time, and tonight in Hannover, Germany : German tour poster

Added some performance pictures from Munster (thanks, Eckhardt)

November 20: RIP Michael Kamen Procol Harum play tonight in Halle, Germany: German tour poster

Added a thoughtful review of Procol Harum in Berlin, with a recommendation to Gary Brooker (thanks, Andreas)

November 19:

Added the setlist from Procol's recent Berlin concert (thanks, Helge)

November 18: Procol Harum play tonight in Dresden, Germany: German tour poster

Added some website details to help with booking for Procol's German tour: Dresden, Halle, Hannover, Erfurt, Bamberg, Augsburg, München, Freiburg, Mainz, Regensburg, Kaiserslautern, Tübingen, und Ulm (thanks, Jutta)

Added ticket-ordering data to the German information page (thanks, Jutta)

Added the setlist from the recent Muenster concert ... with an astonishing first encore! (thanks, Ulrich)

November 17: Procol Harum play tonight in Berlin, Germany: German tour poster

Added some nice pictures from this summer's Karlsruhe gig in Germany (thanks, Hans)

November 16: Procol Harum play tonight in Munster, Germany: German tour poster - if you go to any of these concerts: please writ to us with the setlist.

".... then Gary Brooker almost topped the lot with A Whiter Shade of Pale ... "

Added a good page about Gary's recent superstar gig in the RD Crusaders ... including Zoot Money, Gary Moore, Greg Lake, Roger Daltrey and many other rock luminaries. No, BtP was not there ... the £500 ticket-price may be part of the reason ... (thanks, Charlie)

November 15: Procol Harum play tonight in Unna, Germany: German tour poster

Added some useful information about The Hollies' recording of Brooker / Reid's Harlequin, and about Gary Brooker's US hit with the Hollies (thanks, James)

November 14: Procol Harum play London in four weeks' time, and tonight in Worpswede, Germany: German tour poster

Added the third Japanese concert to a fan's Far-Eastern tour diary (thanks, One-Eye)

November 13:

Added the Procol set from Esbjerg, Denmark (thanks, Henry)

November 12: Procol Harum play tonight in Esbjerg, Denmark

Added the setlist ... yet more surprises of omission and comission ... from last night's Procol concert in Vejle, Denmark (thanks, Thomas)

Procol Harum now embark on an extended tour of Germany. Have a look at this poster of dates (thanks, Ethan)

We hope that our German friends will send us the list of songs Procol play at each of these gigs - the actual songs, not the ones on Gary's lists! Wenn Sie vorhaben, zu einem dieser Konzerte zu gehen, könnten Sie uns bitte eine Liste der Songs schicken, die tatsächlich gespielt werden, im Gegensatz zu den vorher angekündigten.

November 11:

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's most recent Danish show – and delicious sound-check (thanks, Erik)

Also added the soundcheck data to the recent Swedish show – could this be an omen for the end-of-tour show at Islington?

November 10:

Added some good photographs from Procol's recent Copenhagen gig (thanks, Jacob)

Are you going to Procol's end-of-tour gig in Islington, London? If you have not got a ticket yet, send a mail to Allen 'Steel-hand' Edelist who has some spares

Maybe you'd like to share a room at the Palers' Basecamp hotel to reduce costs? If so, write a note of dates to BtP and we will put people in touch with each other.

November 9: Procol Harum play Aalborg tonight

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's concert at Helsingborg (thanks, Thomas)

November 8: Procol Harum play Helsingborg tonight

Added a sea-shanty among other small changes to last night's set list ... even better than before! (thanks, Thomas)

Added some photographs taken inside the Palers' Basecamp Hotel for the London gig on 12 December. Don't forget to let BtP know if you are staying there.

Maybe you'd like to share a room to reduce costs? If so, write a note of dates to BtP and we will put people in touch with each other.

November 7: RIP Bobby Hatfield, Righteous Brother Procol Harum play London in five weeks' time and in Helsingborg tomorrow

Added the setlist from last night's Procol Harum concert at Copenhagen (thanks, Thomas)

November 6:

Are you going to the Islington Concert? Here is information about the Palers' Basecamp hotel. BtP has negotiated an excellent discount, but the number of rooms is limited, so don't hesitate to do your bookings.

November 5:

Added some exterior images of London's Union Chapel where Procol Harum play their much-anticipated final gig of the year

Sorry not to be adding also the promised details of Palers' Basecamp hotel ... a bit of last-minute red-tape to be cleared. Please be patient!

Still there'll be more images of the Palers' Festival in July (thanks, Jan)

November 4:

Added the setlist for Procol Harum in Osaka, Japan (thanks, One-Eye)

November 3: Procol Harum play Osaka tonight

Added another page from a fan's Japanese tour-diary (thanks, One-Eye)

Added a picture of a guitar signed by Procol Harum (thanks, Billericay Dickie)

November 2:

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's second Japanese gig of the present millennium (thanks, One-Eye)

Added a pyromaniac picture from 1 November 2003 (for Jens) 

November 1:

Added the first two instalments (here and here) of a major fan's tour-diary as Procol Harum play Japan again for the first time in at least thirty years; also added a Tokyo setlist (thanks, One-Eye ... wonderful technology innit?)

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