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What was new at 'Beyond the Pale'

December 2010

New Year's Eve: Procol Harum play Copenhagen in a fortnight, , and Vejle again in three weeks

Added the seventh shipment of this year's stimulating puzzles

Added the daily hint (though it may not be the relevant hint for today's mystery, it will be informative eventually)

Have another scope of the fab prizes ... you need to sort them into order of desirability

December 30: RIP Dr Billy Taylor Procol Harum play Vejle in three weeks

Added the sixth release of this year's exciting puzzles

Added the daily hint (it may not be the relevant hint for today's investigation, but it will be handy eventually)

Nice bit of rock music news here!

December 29:

Added the fifth delivery of this year's pleasant puzzles

Added the daily hint (it may not be the relevant hint for today's matter, but it will be valuable eventually)

December 28: Procol Harum play Aalborg in three weeks

Added the fourth consignment of this year's agreeable puzzles

Added the daily hint (it may not be the relevant hint for today's query, but it will be functional eventually)

December 27:

Added the third instalment of this year's genial puzzles

Added the daily hint (it may not be the relevant hint for today's problem, but it will be practical eventually)

Time to ogle the fab prizes again ... you need to 'prioritise' them in order of desirability

Corrected a typo here (thanks, Anvil)

Boxing Day: Procol Harum play Aarhus again in four weeks

Added the second batch of this year's enthralling puzzles

Added the daily hint (it may not be the relevant hint for today's challenge, but it will be helpful eventually)

Christmas Day: Procol Harum play Copenhagen again in three weeks, and Aarhus in four

Happy Christmas!

Added the opening dose of this year's enjoyable puzzles

Added the daily hint (it may not be the relevant hint for today's question, but it will be useful eventually)

December 24: Procol Harum play Copenhagen in three weeks, and Vejle again in four weeks

Added a note on how to participate in this year's diverting Christmas puzzles

December 23: Procol Harum play Vejle in four weeks

Added some photographs from Procol Harum in Delaware (thanks, George)

Note: the one hour TV-programme of Procol Harum live at Ledreborg with the DNCO and Choir will be repeated on DR K (DR Culture) on 4 January around 22:25 pm (thanks, Jens H)

December 22:

Tickets ... reading-matter ... autographs ... antique vinyl ... 18 CDs and a DVD ...

Added a schedule of the fab prizes that you stand to win in this year's simple BtP Christmas puzzle-fest

Take a moment to revisit this Procol page, then read this new page about a London rock landmark ... the film is worth watching too (thanks, Anvil)

Regarding the upcoming concerts in Denmark in January, we have been informed that – though Danish showbiz practice labels a show 'sold out' when there are very few seats available, and none in pairs – people who are happy to sit separately may still find a few scattered seats at some of the shows, for the time being. See here for all the details (thanks, Jens H)

December 21: Procol Harum play Aalborg in four weeks

Added a review of No Stiletto Shoes in Southend at the weekend (thanks, Gudrun)

Added a 'sold out' notice to the seventh show of Procol Harum's forthcoming tour, in concert with The Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir, conducted by David Firman, as heard and seen on the Ledreborg DVD.

If you want to hear this splendid ensemble – about 13,300 people have booked seats already – the only show where tickets are still available is here

December 20:

Added a poster and booking details for the Procol Harum Project's gig in Copenhagen. This will be of special interest to fans who are attending the sold-out Procol Harum orchestral shows in that city: something very nice to do on the Saturday afternoon!

'... a stirring opener goosed along by Chris Copping’s pounding organ ...'

Added a preview piece about Procol Harum in Westbury NJ which reviews four Salvo remasters cursorily (thanks, Robert)

December 19: Happy Birthday Josh Phillips | Procol Harum play Aarhus again in five weeks

Added 'sold out' notices for most of Procol Harum's forthcoming tour, in concert with The Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir, conducted by David Firman, as heard and seen on the Ledreborg DVD.

If you want to hear this splendid ensemble – about 13,000 people have booked seats already – the only shows where tickets are still available are here and here

Added a third page of pictures taken when Procol Harum played Royal Leamington Spa

December 18: Procol Harum play Copenhagen again in four weeks, and Aarhus in five

Added a note about the renown of Shine on Brightly (thanks, Jim)

Added a page of photographs of contemporary Southend, cradle of The Paramounts and Procol Harum (thanks, Unsteady Freddie)

December 17: RIP Don van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart Procol Harum play Copenhagen in four weeks, and Vejle again in five weeks

Added the first glimpse of a new Procol Harum record from Salvo Records (thanks, Chas)

December 16: Procol Harum play Vejle in five weeks

Added a page of Procol Edmonton photographs from News 880.com

December 15:

Added a review of Procol Harum's superb Westbury concert (thanks, Gary)

Added a useful venue-clarification here (thanks, John)

December 14: RIP Woolly Wolstenholme | Procol Harum play Aalborg in five weeks

Added a second page of iPhone impressions of the North American tour, from Procol Harum's drummer (thanks, Geoff)

December 13:

Added the setlist from last night's concert at Club Riga in Southend, the decade's final night of No Stiletto Shoes mayhem

December 12: Procol Harum play Aarhus again in six weeks

Added the setlist from last night's concert at Club Riga in Southend

December 11: Procol Harum play Copenhagen again in five weeks, and Aarhus in six

Added the setlist from last night's 29-song epic concert in Ewhurst, Surrey: it included A Whiter Shade of Pale with a verse that will never be performed anywhere again, and ended with something truly amazing

December 10: Procol Harum play Copenhagen in five weeks, and Vejle again in six weeks

Added a review of Procol Harum's superb Westbury concert (thanks, William)

December 9: Procol Harum play Vejle in six weeks

Added a second page of pictures taken when Procol Harum played Royal Leamington Spa

December 8:

' ...The streaming lights over Gary's head made him look, well, Biblical ...'

Added a review of Procol Harum at Snoqualmie Casino

December 7: Procol Harum play Aalborg in six weeks

Added a piece of preview journalism about Procol Harum's recent Delaware show (thanks, Billy from Philly)

Added two photographs to the same page (thanks, Lisa)

Wayne F – your e-mail is bouncing. Please write to Bristol again, from a different account.

December 6:

Added a translation into English of a somewhat conservative review of Procol Harum in Drammen, 2009 (thanks, Kari)

December 5: Procol Harum play Aarhus again in seven weeks

Added the setlist from Procol Harum's Wilmington orchestral show (thanks, Bob and Evan)

December 4: Procol Harum play Copenhagen again in six weeks, Aarhus in seven, and Wilmington tonight

Added some pictures of Procol Harum on stage at Longwood Gardens (thanks, Anthony)

December 3: Procol Harum play Copenhagen in six weeks, Wilmington tomorrow, and Vejle again in seven weeks

Added a page of photographs of Procol Harum at the Orpheum in Los Angeles (thanks, Gary)

December 2: Procol Harum play Vejle in seven weeks

Added some pictures from Procol Harum's recent Collingswood concert in the USA (thanks, One-Eye)

'As always Procol Harum is well treated in this tiny country of 5.5 million people,' writes one of our prime Danish correspondents. 'Radio and TV spots on national broadcasting promoting the concerts. And although many of cities they will play during the January odyssey of Denmark are comparatively small (50,000 and up), the venues are not small community houses but genuine concert halls (when the economy was exploding every major city had to have their own concert-hall). And still they seem to sell out ! If it weren’t for the fact that Denmark is no tax-haven, maybe the band should consider moving over here permanently.' Added a cutting and an English translation here (thanks, Henrik)

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December 1:

Added a page of pictures taken when Procol Harum played Royal Leamington Spa

avid Mitchell (not the novelist) entertains. The link should be active for about a week.

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