Iconic 70s rock band announce ‘perfect’ final ever gig after bandmate’s death

Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) volition accidental farewell to touring with a amusement astatine London’s BST Hyde Park adjacent year.

Festival organisers called the gig successful July 2025 a ‘final goodbye’ from the band, which was founded successful Birmingham successful 1970 by Lynne and keyboardist Roy Wood.

Richard Tandy, who had been bassist but became the keyboardist aft the departure of Wood, died astatine the property of 76 earlier this year.

The set is presently connected a farewell US tour, Over And Out, which volition extremity connected Saturday October 26 astatine The Kia Forum successful Inglewood, California.

But they volition execute their last ever performance successful the UK successful what volition beryllium a circular infinitesimal for the Mr Blue Sky hitmakers.

‘My instrumentality to touring began astatine Hyde Park successful 2014,’ Jeff said. ‘It seems similar the cleanable spot to bash our last show.

‘We couldn’t beryllium much excited to stock this peculiar nighttime successful London with our UK fans. As the opus goes, ‘”we’re gonna bash it One More Time”.’

The band, who divided successful 1986, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame successful 2017.

ELO’s opus One More Time features connected the medium From Out Of Nowhere, which was released successful 2019 aft singer, multi-instrumentalist and grounds shaper Jeff reformed the set successful 2014.

Jim yet reformed the set successful the 2000s and Tandy was the lone subordinate to rejoin him successful the caller iteration of the group, making them the longest contributing members of ELO.

Jeff was made an OBE successful the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours database for services to music, and received a prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame successful 2015.

The radical is known for fusing classical music, Beatles-style popular and futuristic stone visuals, and for the hits Livin’ Thing, Mr Blue Sky, Telephone Line and Evil Woman crossed the ’70s and ’80s.

Between 1973 and 1986 the set sold implicit 50 cardinal records worldwide and earned 27 Top 40 songs connected the UK Singles Chart and 15 Top 20 songs connected the US Billboard Hot 100.

Jim King, main enforcement of European festivals astatine AEG Presents, said: ‘Jeff Lynne’s ELO are loved the satellite over.

‘The unrecorded shows are thing abbreviated of bonzer and a testament to the unthinkable catalogue of hits we’ve enjoyed for implicit 50 years.

‘Hosting their last show astatine BST Hyde Park is simply a existent honour, particularly 30 years aft their archetypal festival amusement successful the aforesaid park. We’re excited to beryllium portion of this peculiar infinitesimal successful euphony history.”

Jeff announced bandmate Tandy’s death successful a societal media station connected May 1, 2024.

‘It is with large sadness that I stock the quality of the passing of my long-time collaborator and beloved person Richard Tandy,’ helium said.

‘He was a singular instrumentalist & person and I’ll cherish the beingness of memories we had together. Sending each my emotion to Sheila & the Tandy family.’

ELO volition execute connected Sunday July 13 2025 astatine BST Hyde Park, with tickets connected merchantability from 9am connected Friday October 25.

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