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What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

August 2010


August 31: Procol Harum return to Edmonton in ten weeks, and play Aalborg in twenty

Procol Harum in Los Angeles: public booking for the 14 November show opens on 24 September; so you can wait until then, or you can use 'Beyond the Pale' priority booking, which we plan to open a couple of days beforehand. Watch this space.

Added a page of photographs depicting Gary Brooker's recent French gig ... when he almost played Goin' Down Slow ...  (thanks, Paul)

Added a ticket here (thanks, Paul)

Routinely updated this page


August 30: RIP Bernie Andrews from the BBC (read this)

'After all, news is news!'

Added a page of Bad Krozingen pictures – some frankly a tad unspectacular, but one of special sartorial interest (taken at the request of the leader of The Shoes)
 


August 29: Happy Birthdays Chris Copping and Geoff Whitehorn (treat yourself to one of  Geoff's solo albums) Procol Harum play Los Angeles in eleven weeks and Leamington Spa in nine weeks

Added a page of text and pictures reporting on last week's concert of Procol Harum music and more in a French abbey  (thanks, Paul)


August 28: Procol Harum play Collingswood in ten weeks

Added another Procol Harum concert date here (thanks, Chris)

Booking news from 'Beyond the Pale' when we have it.


August 27:

Added another ticket to this collection (thanks, One-Eye)

Added some charming grandson news (thanks, Peter)


August 26: Procol Harum play Tallinn in twelve weeks

Added the artwork for the forthcoming Procol Harum live album, Spirit of Nřkken (thanks, Chris)

Please note that once this album becomes available (estimated date of arrival, 6 September) the present live album, One Eye to the Future, will remain on the download page for one month only.

To tell you it another way, One Eye to the Future has a limited shelf-life now, so if you haven't already got it – and would like it – don't delay, but download it now

Somewhat belatedly updated the Procol guest-list prize competition page with a winner's name (thanks, Bertha)


August 25:

Added a first page of Finnish Procol-shots  (thanks, Charlie)


August 24: Procol Harum return to Edmonton in eleven weeks

'... his guitar riffs can rightly be mentioned in the same breath as those of Jimi Hendrix ...'

Added a good newspaper review from Bad Krozingen (thanks, all; and Peter)


August 23:

Added another example to the Whiter Shade of Parlance page – look for the picture of Courtney Love (thanks, Sue)

Updated this long-dormant page (thanks, Anthony)


August 22:

' ...the highest accolade I can give the band is that they sounded like Procol Harum, which is exactly what I came to hear ...'

Added an illustrated review by an American music fan who drove for seven hours to be at Procol's opening US show of 2010 (thanks, Daniel)


Are you going to Copenhagen in January to hear Procol Harum play with the choir and orchestra from
the Ledreborg DVD? Let us know which show you have tickets for, by clicking here ...
 

The prize competition is now closed ... thanks all ... verdict soon.


August 21: Gary Brooker and Matthew Fisher both playing in churches today

Last day of the prize competition in which you can get your name(s) on the guest list for Procol Harum's only UK show this year, the first in their homeland since the Fortieth Anniversary celebrations (thanks, Chris in Leamington Spa)

Added a note about the meaning (or otherwise) of Beyond the Pale here (thanks, Teresa)

Added a note about a Procol-fan's new book (thanks, Jonas)
 


August 20:

Added a Procol Harum ticket here (thanks, One-Eye)

Added soundcheck information and a rival setlist here (thanks, Mac)

Don't forget the prize competition


August 19: Procol Harum play Tallinn in thirteen weeks

Added a prize competition page, giving you the opportunity to get your name (and a friend's) on the guest list for Procol Harum's only UK show this year, the first in their homeland since the Fortieth Anniversary celebrations (thanks, Chris in Leamington Spa)  


August 18:

'... every instrument sounded as clean as a whistle, every sung word hit you right in the face ...'

Added a nice, illustrated review of Procol Harum in Bad Krozingen (thanks, Frans)


August 17:

Added Sunday's setlist from Dolina Charlotty (thanks, Mirek; thanks, Chris)

'Fifty years ago today, The Beatles made their Hamburg début at the Indra Club – where would we have been without them? The club is still there, and is a genuine landmark in rock history: on my everlasting pilgrimage for historic places of rock interest, I simply had to have my picture taken outside it earlier this month ...' (thanks, Henrik)
 


August 16:  This upload is page number 6,001 of unique Procol Harum-related postings from nearly thirteen years of BtP operation

Added a page containing some good Procol Harum concert notes (thanks, Evan)

Routinely updated this page


August 15: Procol Harum play Slupska

Added a ticket here, and some soundcheck pictures here (thanks, One-Eye and Dominique)

Added a note about the outcome of our prize competition to win a pair of free Procol Harum tickets (thanks, Rick; thanks Lollia)


August 14: RIP Richie Hayward Procol Harum play Slupska tomorrow

Added, to this page, a couple more Procol Harum concert dates: one here and one here (see also here, here, here and here) (thanks, Chris)

Marvellous that Procol Harum are revisiting Edmonton for a second time, for a fourth orchestral concert, being their third – and final – collaboration with the musicians they recorded their first live album with (now available with rehearsal tracks added)


August 13:

Added a Procol Hallowe'en concert date here (thanks, Chris)

Q: By the way guys, are you going to drip feed us a new gig a day?! (thanks, Charlie)
A: Is that how it seems? No, we are simply pursuing our common-sense policy of publishing only gigs that are confirmed at the time we update the page. We know there are tickets for other shows already on sale, and have no reason to doubt the bona fides of the promoters in question: as usual, however, we are not advertising such gigs until the band's management (with whom we confer daily on this matter) confirms that they really are contractually secure. Negotiations can fall through – as we've already seen this year, in fact. As soon as a gig is finalised, we'll have the details, and we'll pass them on to fans: the more the merrier.

Reminder: our prize competition ends when this Friday ends in the UK; if you want to win a pair of tickets to see and hear Procol Harum on 4 November in Harrisburg PA, check the link!


August 12: Procol Harum play Tallinn in fourteen weeks

Added a prize competition page, giving three readers the opportunity to win a pair of tickets apiece to see and hear Procol Harum on 4 November in Harrisburg PA. Thanks to Rick and the team there, who assure us, 'There isn't a bad seat in the house'.


August 11:

Added another Procol Harum concert date here (thanks, Chris)


August 10: RIP Jack Parnell

Added another Procol Harum concert date here (thanks, Chris)


August 9:

' ... I was a little disappointed that Robin Trower was not there to play lead guitar ...'

Added a selection of responses to a recent Procol article on the web


August 8: Procol Harum play Slupska in one week

Added some pictures of Procol Harum in Finland (thanks, Rainer)

Added picture of the backstage pass from last night's gig (thanks, John)


August 7:

Added the setlist from last night's excellent Procol Harum gig at Bad Krozingen ... where a broken bone onstage once again brought out fiery and fantastic playing


August 6: Procol Harum play Bad Krozingen tonight

' ... A Whiter Shade of Pale ranks right up there with the Beatles' songs Yesterday and Michelle ...'

Added an American newspaper article including some interview comments from Gary Brooker (thanks, Bradshaw)


August 5: Procol Harum play Bad Krozingen tomorrow and Tallinn in seven weeks

Added some programme material to this Danish page (thanks, Jim)

August 4:

Added a page of preliminary photographs that may be of assistance to fans planning to hear Procol Harum in in Bad Krozingen on Friday

Live Repent Walpurgis on Internet radio tonight? Bassist and composer Jack Vees (hear him here) will be a guest on an internet radio show doing some live performance; the station's website is here (which is where people can stream from) and the website is musicforinternets.com


August 3:

Added a second page of Procol/Bergamo soundcheck shots (thank you, Linda)
 

August 2:

Added a page of Procol/Bergamo soundcheck shots (thank you, Linda)
 

August 1:

Added a Longwood Gardens review by a Procol first-timer (thanks, Jenice)

Added another appearance by Procol Harum, 41 years ago today


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