Editing Hawkwind (section)

===1999–2007: Anniversaries, disputes and Voiceprint===
Hawkestra—a re-union event featuring appearances from past and present members—had originally been intended to coincide with the band's 30th anniversary and the release of the career spanning ''[[Epocheclipse|Epocheclipse – 30 Year Anthology]]'' set, but logistical problems delayed it until 21 October 2000. It took place at the [[Brixton Academy]] with about 20 members taking part in a more than 3-hour set, which was filmed and recorded. Guests included [[Samantha Fox]] who sang "Master of the Universe".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/10/25/hawkwind_foster_feature.shtml |title=Hawkwind: The Leader Speaks |website=Bbc.co.uk|date=25 October 2005 |access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref> However, arguments and disputes over financial recompense and musical input resulted in the prospect of the event being re-staged unlikely, and any album or DVD release being indefinitely shelved.<ref>Clerk, ''The Saga of Hawkwind'', Chapter 30: The Great Hawkestra Disaster.</ref>

The Hawkestra had set a template for Brock to assemble a core band of Tree, Brock, Richards, Davey, Chadwick and for the use of former members as guests on live shows and studio recordings. The 2000 Christmas Astoria show was recorded with contributions from House, Blake, Rizz, Moorcock, Jez Huggett and Keith Kniveton and released as ''[[Yule Ritual]]'' the following year. In 2001, Davey agreed to rejoin the band permanently, but only after the departure of Tree and Richards.<ref>Clerk, ''The Saga of Hawkwind'', p. 486.</ref>

Meanwhile, having rekindled relationships with old friends at the Hawkestra, Turner organised further Hawkestra gigs resulting in the formation of xhawkwind.com, a band consisting mainly of ex-Hawkwind members and playing old Hawkwind songs. An appearance at Guilfest in 2002 led to confusion as to whether this actually was Hawkwind, sufficiently irking Brock into taking legal action to prohibit Turner from trading under the name Hawkwind. Turner lost the case and the band began performing as [[Space Ritual (band)|Space Ritual]].<ref>Clerk, ''The Saga of Hawkwind'', Chapter 32: The Hawkwars.</ref>

An appearance at the Canterbury Sound Festival in August 2001, resulting in another live album ''[[Canterbury Fayre 2001]]'', saw guest appearances from Lloyd-Langton, House, Kniveton with [[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]] on "Silver Machine". The band organised the first of their own weekend festivals, named [[Hawkfest]], in Devon in the summer of 2002. Brown joined the band in 2002 for a winter tour which featured some [[Kingdom Come (Arthur Brown)|Kingdom Come]] songs and saw appearances from Blake and Lloyd-Langton, the Newcastle show being released on DVD as ''[[Out of the Shadows (Hawkwind video)|Out of the Shadows]]'' and the London show on CD as ''[[Spaced Out in London]]''.

A new album, ''[[Take Me to Your Leader (Hawkwind album)|Take Me to Your Leader]]'', was released in 2005. Recorded by the core band of Brock/Davey/Chadwick, contributors included new keyboardist [[Jason Stuart (musician)|Jason Stuart]], Arthur Brown, tabloid writer and TV personality [[Matthew Wright (television presenter)|Matthew Wright]], 1970s New Wave singer [[Lene Lovich]], Simon House and Jez Huggett. This was followed in 2006 by the CD/DVD ''[[Take Me to Your Future]]''.

The band were the subject of an hour-long television documentary titled ''Hawkwind: Do Not Panic'' that aired on [[BBC Four]] as part of the ''Originals'' series. It was broadcast on 30 March 2007 and repeated on 10 August 2007. Although Brock participated in its making, he did not appear in the programme; it is alleged that he requested all footage of himself be removed after he was denied any artistic control over the documentary.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/freakzone/tracklisting_20070204.shtml BBC 6 Music, Freakzone, 4 February 2007] – Nik Turner interview.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Cumming |first=Tim |title=Hawkwind: They're still feeling mean |url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2403301.ece |url-status=dead |journal=[[The Independent]] |date=30 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822221331/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/hawkwind-theyre-still-feeling-mean-442403.html |archive-date=22 August 2009 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> One of the documentary's opening narratives states that Brock declined to be interviewed for the programme because of Nik Turner's involvement, thus indicating that the two men had still not reconciled over the xhawkwind.com incident.

December 2006 saw the official departure of Alan Davey, who left to perform and record with two new bands: Gunslinger and Thunor. He was replaced by Mr Dibs, a long-standing member of the road crew. The band performed at their annual Hawkfest festival and headlined the US festival Nearfest and played gigs in PA and NY. At the end of 2007, [[Tim Blake]] once again joined the band filling the lead role playing keyboards and [[theremin]]. The band played five Christmas dates, the London show being released as an audio CD and video DVD under the title ''[[Knights of Space]]''.