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=== 2000s === In 2000 Procol Harum received some attention after the song "In Held Twas in I" appeared on the band [[Transatlantic (band)|Transatlantic's]] debut album. Since 2001 the band, comprising Brooker, Fisher, [[Geoff Whitehorn]] (guitar), [[Matt Pegg]] (bass) and [[Mark Brzezicki]] (drums), has made several tours of mostly Europe, but also Japan and the US. A 2001 concert in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] was released on DVD in 2002. In 2003 the band released a new studio album, ''[[The Well's on Fire]]'' and appeared at the [[Progman Cometh]] festival in [[Seattle]]. Their concert in London on Friday 12 December 2003, with much of the material from that album, was released on DVD in 2004: ''Live at the Union Chapel''. Long-time organist Matthew Fisher left the band in June 2004 due to "unresolved matters", with former stand-in Josh Phillips taking his place on Hammond again, leaving Brooker as the only original performing member.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://procolharum.com/mf_line-up2004.htm |title=Procol Harum: line-up change 2004 |publisher=Procol Harum: Beyond the Pale |date=17 June 2004 |accessdate=8 August 2019 }}</ref> These matters were later revealed to have been a lawsuit filed by Fisher against Brooker and the band for songwriting credits and a share of royalties on "A Whiter Shade of Pale", which he won in December 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6196413.stm |title=Organist wins Procol Harum battle |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=20 December 2006 |accessdate=8 August 2019 }}</ref> The band resumed a limited touring schedule in 2005. In June 2006 they played at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 2006|Isle of Wight Festival]]. In August they played two outdoor concerts with the [[Danish National Chamber Orchestra|Danish Radio Orchestra]] at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark, which were tele-recorded. An hour-long edit of the show was broadcast on Christmas morning 2008 on Danish Channel DR2 and the full concert was issued on DVD on 11 May 2009 (with six extra tracks from a Danish television recording of the band from 1974). Later in 2006, they played in [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]] and Denmark, but with [[Geoff Dunn]] replacing Brzezicki on drums, because the latter's other band [[Casbah Club]] was touring with [[The Who]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.procolharum.com/procolgd.htm |title=Geoggrey Dunn |website=procolharum.com |access-date=27 December 2014}}</ref> Then Dunn ended up replacing Brzezicki permanently for the band's European tour in 2007. Recordings from the [[Italy|Italian]] concerts were later released as ''[[One Eye to the Future – Live in Italy 2007]]''. Procol Harum also played an orchestral concert in [[Sweden]] on 30 June. They performed with the Gävle Symphony Orchestra at the outdoor opera venue [[Dalhalla]], near [[Rättvik]]. On 20 and 21 July 2007 fans arranged the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the success of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and invited the band to play. This took the form of two concerts at St John's, Smith Square in London. 20 July saw Procol Harum play a mixture of songs from their early days through to the début of a couple of new songs, "Sister Mary" and "Missing Persons". The following night 'Gary Brooker and Guests' performed a mixture of obscure songs by Brooker–Reid that had either never been recorded, never been performed live before or were significantly different from the versions they recorded. Although there was no Procol Harum activity in 2008, their manager Chris Cooke, on the web site [https://web.archive.org/web/20151127071407/http://www.procolharum.com/ Beyond the Pale], announced plans for a live DVD and a new album in 2009, as well as festival concerts in Norway on 17 July and Finland on 23 July.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://procolharum.com/procolnews.htm |title=Procol Harum News |website=procolharum.com |access-date=27 December 2014}}</ref> Just before the latter concert, Brooker fell off a pile of road-side logs in [[Finland]] and broke several ribs. The show went ahead but he was unable to sing properly, and many of the songs were performed either as [[instrumental]]s or sung by others in the band. In October 2009 with Brooker fully recovered, the band performed four concerts – in [[Hagen]] (Germany), [[Drammen]] (Norway), [[Moscow]] and [[St Petersburg]]. ''All This and More'', a four-disc retrospective (three CDs and a DVD with historical notes) was released in the autumn of 2009, and Salvo also issued all of the band's previous albums as remastered CDs with extra tracks, some never previously heard.
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