What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

March 2006

Find your Procoholic neighbours and have fun with the Procol fans' world atlas ... now showing 360 names and counting ... and add your own name, town, or favourite lyric. To show all the PH fans living nearby you might have to click a few times on the link that says 'Show rest of markers' under the Procol map.

The snag with bidding for Isle of Wight Festival tickets at this stage is that the Red Funnel ferries to the island are also sold out.

But if you still want to see Procol Harum play, you have a few more hours to place a silent bid in the special ticket auction in full confidence: here's why.

Procol's Josh Phillips has arranged for the winners of these IoW tickets to be taken out to the Isle in a vessel like the one pictured left. Thanks to Simon at SAL Marine Lymington, the lucky winners will be whisked out there (and back, afterwards) in a very fast inflatable like the Royal National Lifeboat Institute uses ... an eight-minute journey!

This of course makes the Festival experience even more special (thanks, Josh)

Added another illustrated newspaper article about the forthcoming Symphonic Procol gigs in Denmark, which are going to be enormous (thanks, Henrik)

March 29:

NB: regarding the auction for Procol tickets... please be aware that the timings indicated are in GMT ... UK time.

March 28:

Yes, the Isle of Wight Festival is completely sold out. But if you still want tickets to see Procol Harum play to many, many thousands, you should urgently visit this special auction BtP page ... which promises many other excellent bargains beside, and all in a worthy cause (thanks, Josh)

March 27:

On the eve of his new TV series in the UK, the Palers' Project's Derren Brown has just survived his third summons from the Broadcasting Regulator. Listen to a good radio feature on him by clicking here ... you can scroll RealPlayer forward to the Derren Brown segment, which runs from 28:45 to about 36:00.

Added pictures from the Ledreborg venue and started a page with press information (thanks, Jens)

Added an English version of the Ledreborg poster (.pdf file) (thanks, Jens)

This symphonic weekend at Ledreborg Castle is part of a series that sells out every year. Good that 20,000 people will hear the band! 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.

March 24: Eight weeks until Gary Brooker and Friends play Chelmsford Cathedral; Procol Harum play in fifteen weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

Added an interesting twin memoir of early Procol shows in the USA (thanks, Gil)

March 23:

Added a press release from Danish Radio that foretells the coming of Procol Harum, and of The Palers' Band, to Sjælland in the summer (thanks, Henrik)

Webmasters and journalists in Denmark continue to publicise Procol Harum in excited anticipation of the big orchestral shows in August: see here, here and here, for example (thanks, Henrik)

March 22:

Added another excellent high-profile festival gig for Procol Harum this summer (thanks, Chris)

March 21:

Just read the Amazon reviews! Fans in the USA can now order Robin Trower's excellent live DVD, previewed at BtP in December, from Amazon: please click this link to order, and BtP gets a fractional commission while you also get an excellent deal ... almost 7 USD off the list price (thanks, Cut-off) 

March 20:

Added an interesting setlist, with illustrations, from 1971 (thanks, Vebjorn)  

Find your Procoholic neighbours and have fun with the Procol fans' world atlas ... now showing 340 names and counting ... and add your own name and town. To show all the PH fans living nearby you might have to click a few times on the link that says 'Show 100 more markers' under the Procol map.

March 19:

Added a page of photos of an interesting Procol / Paramount celebration in Los Angeles (thanks, Larry)

Birth of BJ Wilson, 1947 (Wanda's 2006 tribute here)

Tidied up this late Old Testament Procol review, at the request of its author (thanks, Franc)

Added a very interesting commentary (including the real state of Procol Harum in 1977) on the article mentioned above (thanks again, Franc)

March 17: Nine weeks until Gary Brooker and Friends play Chelmsford Cathedral; Procol Harum play in sixteen weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

Added news of another castle gig for Gary Brooker (thanks, Chris)

March 16:

Added another newspaper article about the forthcoming Symphonic Procol gigs in Denmark, which are going to be enormous (thanks, Henrik)

There's an interesting review of A Salty Dog in the BtP pipeline. To prepare the ground for possible disagreement, please re-read this page!

Ides of March:

' ... a band with more than one era-defining track to their name ...'

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Added another cathedral concert for Gary Brooker (thanks, Chris)

Although you may have seen gossip about this gig before, it has in fact been confirmed only today.

Re-read the stories of Gary's previous church concerts: here, here and here

March 13:

March 12:

Added the third in a series of up-close pictures of The Paramounts on stage in December (thanks, Jill)

We understand that Procol Harum's symphonic weekend at Ledreborg Castle is part of a series that sells out every year. Good that 20,000 people will hear the band! So if you plan to go (there will be Palers' Revels too), you will need to book your Procol tickets without delay. More advice about this matter is here

March 11: Procol Harum play in eleven weeks' time at Lillehammer, Norway

Added a newspaper article about the forthcoming Symphonic Procol gigs in Denmark, which are going to be massive (thanks, Henrik)

March 10: Procol Harum play in seventeen weeks' time at Lulworth Castle

Have another look at Cameron Devlin's review, Charlie Allison's review, Richard Solly's review, Gilles Mauron's photos and Mirek Plodzik's review, to say nothing of the party souvenirs from Alan Garmonsway, from Unsteady Freddie, from Gilles Mauron, from Bengt Mjöberg, from Jill McMahon, from François Courvoisier's, from Martin Awsop, from Martin again, and from Jens Anders Ravnaas ...

This just in from John Rose in Chicago
I'll be celebrating Maf's 60th birthday (7 March 1946) and Robin's 61st birthday (9 March 1945) on this week's Hidden Treasures show, broadcast every Monday from 12–4 pm CST at http://uicradio.ws/ .  You can request your favourite songs by e-mailing rose60612@yahoo.com or calling 312-413-2191 during the show. I hope you can join me!

Added a running order, amended booking contacts, and an accommodation list to our page about the Lulworth Castle gig (thanks, Trudy)