Jeff Lynne’s ELO, the relaunched incarnation of the Electric Light Orchestra, will say goodbye to fans with a final concert at Hyde Park in London on July 13, 2025. The event is the first confirmed 2025 show of the annual BST Hyde Park festival series.
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More artists will be added to the bill in the coming weeks.
“My return to touring began at Hyde Park in 2014,” ELO frontman Jeff Lynne said in a statement. “It seems like the perfect place to do our final show. We couldn’t be more excited to share this special night in London with our UK fans. As the song goes, ‘we’re gonna do it One More Time!’”
Tickets for the concert go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 25, at 9 a.m. local time. Pre-sale tickets are available now for American Express card holders, while additional pre-sale tickets will go on sale Wednesday, October 23, at 10 a.m. local time.
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AEG Presents executive Jim King also issued a statement about ELO’s final concert, as reported by Billboard.com.
“Jeff Lynne’s ELO are loved the world over,” King said. “The live shows are nothing short of extraordinary and a testament to the incredible catalog of hits we’ve enjoyed for over 50 years. Hosting their final performance at BST Hyde Park is a true honor, especially 30 years after their first festival show in the same park. We’re excited to be part of this special moment in music history.”
About ELO’s Current North American Tour
ELO currently is winding down a North American leg of its Over and Out farewell trek. The band has four shows remaining on the tour. They’re scheduled for October 21 in Phoenix; October in Sacramento, California; and an October 25-26 stand at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.
The outing kicked off August 24 in Thousand Palms, California.
More About ELO
Lynne co-founded the Electric Light Orchestra with multi-instrumentalist Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan, all of whom had played together in the U.K. band The Move. After Wood exited the group during the making of ELO’s second album, ELO 2, in 1973, Lynne became the band’s sole leader and principal songwriter.
ELO issued scored a series of hit albums and songs throughout the 1970s and well into the ’80s. Among the group’s many popular tunes are “Evil Woman,” “Strange Magic,” “Livin’ Thing,” “Telephone Line,” “Turn to Stone,” “Mr. Blue Sky,” “Sweet Talkin’ Woman,” and “Don’t Bring Me Down.”
After ELO disbanded in 1986, Lynne joined the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys for several years. He also released his debut solo album, Armchair Theatre, in 1990.
Lynne relaunched the Electric Light Orchestra for the 2001 album Zoom. After putting out a second solo album, Long Wave, in 2012, he brought back his old group under the moniker Jeff Lynne’s ELO. Since then, the band has released two albums—Alone in the Universe (2015) and From Out of Nowhere (2019)
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