What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

April 30:

Danish Radio P4 broadcast a full thirty minutes yesterday about Procol Harum's upcoming Ledreborg concerts and Palers' Revels in Denmark in August, featuring an interview with Paler Henrik Gøttrup: you can hear it on this link. Press the  P4 button and then the 'Middagskoncert' button. It is only in Danish, but it's still nice to hear Procol Harum music and people talking about the band and their fans (thanks Henrik).

The concert on Saturday 19 August is now sold out, but you can still book tickets for Sunday 20 August (only a few left, so please book NOW) – booking information is here.

Also, make sure to book your stay at the Palers' Basecamp hotel as soon as you have your travel plans ready.

Tickets for the BtP Palers' Revels on Saturday and Sunday 19 and 20 August will be on sale shortly. But do ensure you have a place at the main event, by booking your Ledreborg tickets today.

April 29: Procol Harum play in four weeks' time at Lillehammer, Norway; sixteen weeks until their two consecutive gigs at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark

Added another overseas concert date for Procol Harum (thanks, Chris)

Come back for more concert dates shortly!

April 28: Three weeks until Gary Brooker and Friends play Chelmsford Cathedral; Procol Harum play in ten weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

Added a second good page of images from the first-ever Trower / Wilson gig from 1967 (thanks, Larry)  

April 27:

' ... a dream-like state, or a parallel place ...'

Added another page of superstar esteem for A Whiter Shade of Pale (thanks, Robert)

The Isle of Wight festival was sold out before Procol Harum's involvement was confirmed. Procol management has secured a further 50 tickets for visitors to this website. To buy these you will need a password, which BtP will send you if you click this link (thanks, Chris!)

April 26:

Added a ninth page of screenshots taken from the broadcast of Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (thanks, Larry) 

Reports from Denmark tell us that 75% of the tickets for Procol Harum's Ledreborg concerts on 19 and 20 August have now been sold!

So if you plan to come to the concert(s) and the Palers' Revels you should book your tickets without delay. You can book through the venue's ticket agency www.biletnet.dk or at the BtP store. If you use the BtP shop, remember to fulfil your order by clicking the link that takes you back to the shop after you have paid using your PayPal account or your credit card.

Remember also to book your discounted room at the Base Camp hotel. Tickets for the Palers' Revels and invitation to join the Palers' Band will be announced soon.

April 25:

Added a Procol setlist from the end of the Old Testament (thanks, Verbjorn)

Find your Procoholic neighbours and have fun exploring the Procol fans' world atlas, which has amassed some 400 names since being launched at the end of last year: and add your own name, town, or favourite lyric. 

April 24:

Added a good page of images from the first-ever Trower / Wilson gig from 1967 (thanks, Larry)

April 23:

Added an eighth page of screenshots taken from the broadcast of Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (thanks, Larry) 

The Isle of Wight festival was sold out before Procol Harum's involvement was confirmed. Procol management has secured a further 50 tickets for visitors to this website. To buy these you will need a password, which BtP will send you if you click this link (thanks, Chris!)

Plenty of sales, in plenty of currencies, from the new BtP Shop ... where Procol fans can securely browse and order Procol Harum merchandise and CDs from The Palers' Project.

April 22: Procol Harum play in five weeks' time at Lillehammer, Norway; seventeen weeks until their two consecutive gigs at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark; H60B, BP!

Added a fascinating page: some pictures from Josh Phillips's scrapbook, and notes on an early collectable single he co-wrote (thanks, Josh)

April 21: Four weeks until Gary Brooker and Friends play Chelmsford Cathedral; Procol Harum play in eleven weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

80th birthday of HM The Queen in the UK: '... currently watching the Queen walking around Windsor live on the BBC to none other than A Whiter Shade of Pale in the background played by the band of the Coldstream Guards ...'  (thanks, Ian)

Added a seventh page of screenshots taken from the broadcast of Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (thanks, Larry)

Find your Procoholic neighbours and have fun with the Procol fans' world atlas ... now showing 390 names and counting ... and add your own name, town, or favourite lyric. 

April 20:

Added tickets for Procol's two Danish orchestral shows to The BtP shop: let BtP's Danish agent buy tickets on your behalf, saving you postage and translation-hassle (thanks, Thomas)

Added a link to the great Procol movie advert that is being disseminated in Denmark ... you see why it's urgent to get your Procol tickets before they sell out. (thanks, Henrik)

In that connection ... good numbers of fans, from Denmark and overseas, are booking their places at the Palers' Basecamp Hotel ... follow this link for all details about these nicely-discounted rooms for the Procol concerts in August; a Danish version of the page is here.

April 19:

Added a sixth page of screenshots taken from the broadcast of Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (thanks, Larry)

April 18:

Added a good, illustrated page about Gary Brooker's dilemma in the years after Procol Harum, when he was a pub landlord (thanks, Peter) 

April 17:

Added a completely new BtP Shop where you can securely browse and order Procol Harum merchandise and CDs from The Palers' Project.

The shop opens with some extremely good offers. Select your currency (Sterling, Euro or US Dollar) and choose the goodies you fancy! Create a account without obligation, so your address will be on file when there are new items to offer. Of course, your details will not be passed on to anybody.

Thanks from all of us to John Grayson, who ran the Procol merch for everyone's benefit for so long (thanks, John) 

April 16:

Added a fifth page of screenshots taken from the broadcast of Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (thanks, Larry) 

April 15: Procol Harum play in six weeks' time at Lillehammer, Norway;  eighteen weeks until their two consecutive gigs at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark

Isle of Wight Festival: yes, the festival is sold out, and regrettably the tickets were all gone before Procol Harum's involvement was confirmed. With this in mind, Procol management have secured a further 50 tickets for visitors to this website. To buy your tickets you will need a password, which BtP will send you if you click this link (thanks, Chris!)

Added a page about last week's second Shades Reunion in Southend (thanks, John) 

April 14: Five weeks until Gary Brooker and Friends play Chelmsford Cathedral; Procol Harum play in twelve weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

Added a fourth page of screenshots taken from the broadcast of Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (thanks, Larry) 

Find your Procoholic neighbours and have fun with the Procol fans' world atlas ... now showing 380 names and counting ... and add your own name, town, or favourite lyric. 

April 13:

'Repent is the poem. Walpurgis was the cut.'

Added an interview given by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid to an occasionally floundering US Radio presenter (thanks, Jill)

April 12:

Added a third page of screenshots taken from the broadcast of Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (thanks, Larry)

There has been a major disk-crash on the server that hosts BtP. As you see the site is now restored, but problems remain on the admin side.
We have brought you today's daily dose of Procol data by 'flying blind' ... until we can see 'backstage' fully, updates may remain a bit patchy.    

April 11:

Hotel booking for the Basecamp Copenhagen has got off to a pleasingly sprightly start; there will be very good Procoloid company there in August at the occasion of the Palers' Revels, and the huge Procol orchestral shows.

Added a page in Danish about the booking arrangements for Basecamp Copenhagen: Klik her for at læse en dansk-sproget version (thanks, Thomas)

April 10:

Added a page introducing the Palers' Basecamp hotel in Denmark, ideally placed for the Procol shows in August, and for the Palers' Revels. All are welcome! The room prices are heavily discounted for all Procol fans, and there is a special link to use for your booking.  

Booking is open now, 10 April 2006. We still have plenty of rooms, but please be aware that they will be allotted on a first-come first-served basis.

April 9:

Added the full text of a Keith Reid radio interview from 1974 in which the poet assesses Mick Grabham's contribution to the band and explains what Still There'll be More is about (thanks, Jill)

April 8: Procol Harum play in seven weeks' time at Lillehammer, Norway; nineteen weeks until their two consecutive gigs at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark

Added a page about a horse (thanks, Jesper)

Find your Procoholic neighbours and have fun with the Procol fans' world atlas ... now showing 370 names and counting ... and add your own name, town, or favourite lyric. 

April 7: Six weeks until Gary Brooker and Friends play Chelmsford Cathedral; Procol Harum play in thirteen weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

Non-terrorist should have stuck with Procol Harum! (thanks, Art) 

April 6:

Added the text of an interview given to the BBC by Gary Brooker in February 1996: includes the reasons for the enduring popularity of A Whiter Shade of Pale (thanks, Jill)

April 5: RIP Gene Pitney

Added ticket-scans for forthcoming concerts (thanks, Timespoon) here, here, here, here and here

Needless to say these tickets, for forthcoming concerts, are reproduced with some details omitted so they can't be used for purposes of forgery.

April 4:

Click all the links ... make sure you listen to the Procol rap mp3!

 

Jens is just back from Denmark where he visited the place where the Ledreborg concerts will be in August, the venue for the Palers' Revels, Base-Camp hotel and so on. We believe this has the potential to be the best Palers' event ever. Details will be posted at BtP in the coming days and weeks. But the most important right now is this: the Ledreborg concerts are probably the most-hyped gigs in Denmark this year. Danish radio talks about them several times every day, and play a lot of Procol Harum music. The gigs are heavily advertised in newspapers and they also run it on TV. So like every year before: these gigs will sell out early. So if you plan to go (and to the Palers' Revels too), you will need to book your Procol tickets without delay. More advice about this matter is here.

April 3:

Added a page tracking changes (in part apparently due to Matthew Fisher) to an article that formerly mis-reported the earliest activities of Procol Harum (thanks, Barry) 

April 2:

April Fools' Day: Procol Harum play in eight weeks' time at New York City, USA;  twenty weeks until their two consecutive gigs at Joshua Tree, CA

We are happy to add 15 US dates for 2006 and 7 Scandinavian dates (thanks, Crisps)

Added a good label-scan of a much-sought-after stereo item, now offered for sale to the highest bidder (thanks, AF)

According to the list of Procol Harum concerts  in 2006, this year seems to be filled with festivals. Here is another one (thanks, Czyrrxkpp)

Read what was new on this website in previous months