Jeff Lynne’s ELO have cancelled their final ever present.
The band have been because of play London’s Hyde Park on Sunday July 13, however the live performance was cancelled with 24 hours discover. There aren’t any plans to reschedule the present.
In a press release, the band mentioned: “Jeff Lynne is heartbroken to report that he will be unable to carry out at tomorrow’s BST Hyde Park present.
“Jeff has been battling a systemic an infection and is at present within the care of a staff of docs who’ve suggested him that performing is solely not attainable right now nor will he be capable to reschedule.
“The legacy of the band and his longtime followers are foremost in Jeff’s thoughts right now — and whereas he’s so sorry that he can not carry out, he is aware of that he should deal with his well being and rehabilitation right now.”
The band had beforehand cancelled their penultimate present at Manchester’s Co Op Stay on July 12 minutes earlier than showtime, with the viewers already of their seats.
Based on followers who attended the primary of the 2 scheduled reveals in Manchester, the 77-year-old Lynne, who reportedly broke his hand in a collision with a taxi earlier than the band’s remaining run of dates, struggled to carry out.
The Hyde Park present was because of deliver the curtain down on a profession that started 55 years in the past, after Lynne shaped Electrical Mild Orchestra (ELO) with The Transfer bandmate Roy Wooden.
After Wooden left ELO 1972 throughout periods for his or her second album, Lynne assumed management of the band. A run of profitable albums adopted, together with A New World Report (1976), Out Of The Blue (1977) and Time (1980).
Lynne disbanded ELO in 1986, briefly reuniting the band in 2000, releasing a brand new album, Zoom, their first in 14 years. They made a comeback underneath the title Jeff Lynne’s ELO in 2014. releasing a brand new album, Alone In The Universe in 2015. It was adopted by one other new album, From Out Of Nowhere, adopted in 2019.