The show will take place in London on 13 July, 55 years after the original band formed in Birmingham.
Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra is set to say farewell with a final show next year at London's BST Hyde Park.
Festival organisers called the gig in 2025 a "final goodbye" from the band, which was founded in Birmingham in 1970 by Lynne and keyboardist Roy Wood.Richard Tandy, who had been the band’s bassist but became its keyboardist after Wood left,ELO split in 1986, but Lynne went on to reform the band as Jeff Lynne’s ELO, in 2014.
The band is known for fusing classical music, Beatles-style pop and futuristic rock visuals, with hits such as Livin' Thing, Mr Blue Sky, and Telephone Line. in the 1970s and 1980s.ELO had hits such as Livin' Thing, Mr Blue Sky, and Telephone Line in the 1970s and 1980s"It seems like the perfect place to do our final show.ELO's song One More Time features on the 2019 album From Out Of Nowhere.
Lynne was made an OBE in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to music, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015. Jim King, chief executive of European festivals at AEG Presents, said "Jeff Lynne's ELO are loved the world over” and “the live shows are nothing short of extraordinary”.The band are currently on a farewell US tour, which is set to end on Saturday in Inglewood, California.
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