PROCOL HARUM

Gary Brooker a fait une chute le jour de son 67ème anniversaire (29 mai). Le groupe était alors en tournée en Afrique du Sud en compagnie de Ten CC et des Moody Blues. Les dernières dates sud-africaines ont, bien entendu, été annulées. Peu de détails ont pour l'instant été révélés quant aux origines de la chute :

British rockers Procol Harum have been forced to cancel the remainder of their dates in South Africa after frontman Gary Brooker injured himself. The fall came on Brooker’s 67th birthday (May 29). The band was part of the British Invasion Tour of South Africa along with the Moody Blues and 10cc.

Details on how or why Brooker fell are scarce, with a promoter only telling Times Live that the singer is healing. “Our thoughts are with Gary and the band during this difficult time,” Attie Van Wyk of Big Concerts said. “We are confident that he is receiving the very best medical attention and we wish him a speedy recovery.”

According to the fan website Beyond the Pale, the ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ hitmakers were scheduled to play in Cape Town on May 30 and Johannesburg on June 1. They’ll open a string of American dates on July 13 in Atlantic City, N.J. It’s not clear if Brooker’s injury will affect other shows.

Brooker founded Procol Harum pin 1966, and remained the band leader until they broke up in 1977. ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ was by far their biggest hit, reaching No. 5 in America and No. 1 in the U.K., but they also scored a lesser hit with ‘Conquistador’ in 1972. In 1991 the group reformed, and they have toured and recorded off and on since.

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Novum sera le titre du 13ème album de Procol Harum dix après la sortie de The Well's On Fire. Gary Brooker a fait équipe avec le parolier de Cream, Pete Brown pour la composition des morceaux.

Novum, the group's 13th studio album, will serve as the follow-up to 2003's The Well's On Fire, and comes as the band celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Singer Gary Brooker founded the band in the mid-1960s and he and the original group scored a big hit with their debut single A Whiter Shade Of Pale in 1967.

"Our last studio album was in 2003, and with 2017 being 50 years of Procol Harum, something special was needed, which has resulted in a new album of new songs with the band as we've stood for the past decade," Brooker tells WENN. "I believe it to be one of the finest Procol Harum albums ever."

The frontman teamed up with Cream lyricist Pete Brown for the songs on the new album.

Avec Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) à la flute traversière.

Tour 2017 :
3 March 2017 London,
6 May 2017 Edinburgh,
8 May 2017 Manchester,
10 May 2017 Liverpool,
11 May 2017 Birmingham,
13 May 2017 London, UK
14 May 2017 Nottingham,
16 May 2017 Bristol,

29 July Haapsalu,
2 September 2017 Tallinn,Estonia
3 September 2017 Verona,Italy

6 September 2017 Heerlen ,The Netherlands
7 September 2017 Zoetermeer,The Netherlands
9 September 2017 Berlin,
Germany
10 September 2017 Fulda,
Germany
11 September 2017 Nürnberg,
Germany
13 September 2017 Dresden,
Germany
14 September 2017 Halle (Saale),
Germany
15 September 2017 Mainz am Rhein,
Germany
16 September 2017 Stuttgart,
Germany
18 September 2017 Essen,
Germany
19 September 2017 Hamburg,
Germany
21 September 2017 Copenhagen,
Denmark
22 September 2017 Randers
Denmark
23 September 2017 Odense
Denmark
24 September 2017 Hengelo
Netherlands
1 October 2017 Helsinki,
Finland
2 October 2017 Tampere,
Finland
3 October 2017 Turku,
Finland


Matt Pegg
bass guitar

Geoff Whitehorn
lead guitar

Gary Brooker
piano and voice

Josh Phillips
Hammond organ

Geoff Dunn
percussion

Merci à Marcel !!!!!!!!!!!

Merci mon Marcel