Jeff Lynne Confirms Electric Light Orchestra’s Final Concert

Jeff Lynne has introduced when the Electric Light Orchestra will land the legendary spaceship.

First revived in 2001, ELO did not start persistently touring once more till 2014. Lynne introduced the group to the U.S. for the primary time in additional than 30 years with 10 dates in 2018, simply after the Electric Light Orchestra was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

They’ll depart the highway after a July 13, 2025, efficiency at Hyde Park in London – the identical web site the place the Electric Light Orchestra made their preliminary return to live performance levels some 10 years in the past.

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Tickets for the farewell present go on sale at 4AM ET on Friday, Oct. 25. Presales start at 5AM ET on Wednesday, Oct. 23; they’re open to subscribers of the AEG Presents e-newsletter.

“My return to touring began at Hyde Park in 2014. It seems like the perfect place to do our final show,” Lynne mentioned in an official assertion. “We couldn’t be more excited to share this special night in London with our U.K. fans. As the song goes, ‘We’re gonna do it one more time!'”

Watch ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ at Hyde Park in 2014

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The Electric Light Orchestra started in 1970 as an offshoot of the Move, and initially included Lynne’s fellow Move bandmate Roy Wood. They hit their industrial stride after Wood’s departure, reeling off a string of hits together with “Evil Woman,” “Turn to Stone” and “Strange Magic” earlier than grinding to a halt amid altering musical tastes within the mid-’80s.

Since Lynne’s revival of the group at Hyde Park, ELO has launched 2015’s Alone within the Universe and 2019’s From Out of Nowhere. Their Over and Out Tour began August in Palm Desert, California, and wraps within the U.S. on Saturday, Oct. 26, in Los Angeles.

Jeff Lynne’s ELO: Live in Hyde Park commemorated their return in 2015 with the entire efficiency and a documentary titled Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO. “I had all these negative thoughts before agreeing to play Hyde Park,” Lynne admitted again in 2016, “but the crowd just went bananas all the way through. They loved every minute of it. It was the best show I’d ever been involved with up until that point.”