Editing Donovan (section)

===2000s===
[[File: Donovan -10Aug2007.jpg|thumb|Donovan before a show in [[Washington, D.C.]], on 10 August 2007]]
In 2000, Donovan narrated and played himself in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode [[The Deep South (Futurama)|"The Deep South"]] on 16 April with a parody of the song "Atlantis".{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

A new album, ''[[Beat Cafe]]'', on Appleseed Records in 2004, marked a return to the jazzy sound of his 1960s recordings and featured bassist [[Danny Thompson]] and drummer [[Jim Keltner]], with production by John Chelew ([[The Blind Boys of Alabama]]). At a series of ''Beat Cafe'' performances in New York, [[Richard Barone]] ([[The Bongos]]) joined Donovan to sing and read passages from [[Allen Ginsberg]]'s ''[[Howl (poem)|Howl]]''.

In May 2004, Donovan played "Sunshine Superman" at the wedding concert for the [[Frederik X|Crown Prince]] and [[Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark|Crown Princess of Denmark]]. He released his early demo tapes, ''Sixty Four'' and a re-recording of the ''Brother Sun, Sister Moon'' soundtrack on [[iTunes]]. A set of his Mickie Most albums was released on 9 May 2005. This EMI set has extra tracks including another song recorded with the Jeff Beck Group. In 2005, his autobiography ''The Hurdy Gurdy Man'' was published. In May/June 2005, Donovan toured the UK (Beat Cafe Tour) and Europe with Tom Mansi on double bass, former [[The Damned (band)|Damned]] drummer [[Rat Scabies]] and [[Flipron]] keyboard player, Joe Atkinson.

In 2006, Donovan played British festivals and two dates at Camden's [[The Jazz Cafe]], London.

In January 2007, Donovan played at the [[Kennedy Center]], in Washington, DC; at [[Alice Tully Hall]], in New York City; and at the [[Kodak Theatre]], in Los Angeles, in conjunction with a presentation by filmmaker [[David Lynch]] supporting the [[David Lynch Foundation]] for [[Transcendental Meditation in education|Consciousness-Based Education]] and world peace. The concert at the Kodak Theatre was filmed by [[Raven Productions]] and broadcast on [[public television]] as a [[pledge drive]]. Donovan's partnership with the David Lynch Foundation saw him performing concerts through October 2007, as well as giving presentations about Transcendental meditation. He appeared at [[Maharishi University of Management]] in [[Fairfield, Iowa]], in May 2007,<ref name=GGN0507>{{cite web|title=David Lynch Weekend draws crowds to Maharishi University of Management|url=http://www.pictures.globalgoodnews.com/archive/archive-2007/lynch-wkend/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202220128/http://pictures.globalgoodnews.com/archive/archive-2007/lynch-wkend/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2008|access-date=30 December 2013}}</ref> and toured the UK with Lynch in October 2007.<ref name=Independent1007>{{cite news|last=Rajan|first=Amol|title=Bring peace to schools by meditation, say Lynch and Donovan|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/bring-peace-to-schools-by-meditation-say-lynch-and-donovan-395234.html|access-date=30 December 2013|location=London|work=The Independent|date=24 October 2007}}</ref>

In March 2007, Donovan played two shows at the [[SXSW|South by Southwest]] music festival in [[Austin, Texas]]. He had planned a spring 2007 release of an album, along with a UK tour, but announced the tour was cancelled and the album delayed. He said was in good health and gave no reason for the cancellation.{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}}

In April 2007, Donovan presented a three-part series on [[Ravi Shankar]] for [[BBC Radio 2]]. In October 2007, he announced plans for the "Invincible Donovan University" focusing on Transcendental Meditation, to be near Glasgow or Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/2671-invincible-donovan-university|location=Edinburgh|work=The Journal|title=Invincible Donovan University|date=5 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820170130/http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/2671-invincible-donovan-university|archive-date=20 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In October 2007 the DVD ''The Donovan Concert—Live in LA'', filmed at the Kodak Theatre Los Angeles earlier that year, was released in the UK. On 6 October 2009, Donovan was honoured as a [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] Icon at the 2009 annual BMI London Awards.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=BMI Icon Donovan Honored in London|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/1264533/bmi-icon-donovan-honored-in-london|access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> The Icon designation is given to BMI songwriters who have had "a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/538885|title=Kris Kristofferson to be Honored as Icon at 57th Annual BMI Country Awards|date=30 June 2009 |publisher=bmi.com|access-date=15 September 2010}}</ref>