Legendary 70s band reveal next summer’s London gig will be their final live show ever after bandmate’s death

LEGENDARY 70s set Electric Light Orchestra has revealed they volition play their past ever gig adjacent year.

The British stone set were formed successful Birmingham backmost successful the 1970 by songwriters Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan.

The radical are acceptable to header astatine BST Hyde Park 2025 adjacent summer.

American Express presents BST Hyde Park announced the archetypal stellar 2025 headliner, with Jeff's ELO gracing the celebrated Great Oak Stage on Sunday 13 July.

Tickets connected wide merchantability astatine 9am BST this Friday 25 October.

One of Britain’s champion loved bands, the radical marks their farewell, decades aft their founding successful Birmingham and the commencement of a travel that transformed music.

Currently completing their farewell US tour, ‘Over and Out’, the set volition onshore astatine BST Hyde Park for a last ‘goodbye’ successful summertime 2025.

“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 announcement comes 5 months aft the death of their keyboardist Richard Tandy.

Jeff told The Times connected Sunday: "My instrumentality to touring began astatine Hyde Park successful 2014. 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 set divided successful 1986, with drummer Bev mounting up a caller set which became known arsenic the Orchestra.

In 2000, Jeff re-formed the ELO set aft the radical reunited.

In May, Jeff paid an affectional tribute to his "dear friend" and bandmate Richard, who died aged 76.

Lynne said: "It is with large sadness that I stock the quality of the passing of my long-time collaborator and beloved person Richard Tandy.

"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."

Tandy joined ELO as a bassist successful 1972 earlier becoming the band's full-time keyboardist.

He archetypal met his aboriginal bandmate Bev Bevan arsenic pupils astatine the Moseley School in Birmingham.

He and Lynne were particularly close, reuniting successful 2012 for a unrecorded acceptable of ELO's top hits.

In 1985, Tandy formed the Tandy Morgan Band featuring Dave Morgan and Martin Smith.#

Recognised arsenic 1 of the astir iconic forces successful euphony history, successful caller years Jeff's ELO has delivered a critically acclaimed and chart-topping medium on with a sold retired tally of UK and European shows.

Jeff Lynne was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame past twelvemonth and the set was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame successful 2017. 

The set is synonymous for their epic shows and with a chiseled benignant that seamlessly and innovatively blends rock, popular and classical - proven astir precocious arsenic the set attack the extremity of their hugely palmy stint successful North America.

ELO has had much than 20 Top 40 Hits crossed the US and the UK, making Lynne's sweeping productions immoderate of the astir recognisable euphony of the past forty years and helping merchantability implicit 50 cardinal records worldwide.