Electric Light Orchestra's Jeff Lynne announces band's final concert at Hyde Park following the death of keyboardist Richard Tandy Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Milly Veitch For Mailonline Published: 02:07, 21 October 2024 | Updated: 02:07, 21 October 2024 e-mail View comments Jeff Lynne has announced that Electric Light Orchestra will have their final concert at BST Hyde Park 2025. The musician, 76, co-founded the band with Roy Wood and Bev Bevan in Birmingham in 1970, and has said that their headliner slot next summer will be their last.
Speaking to The Times on Sunday, he said: 'My return to touring began at Hyde Park in 2014. 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!"' Jeff has been the longest serving member of the rock group, which has gone through many different incarnations over the years. Jeff Lynne has announced that Electric Light Orchestra will have their final concert at BST Hyde Park 2025 (pictured in 2017) The musician, 76, co-founded the band with Roy Wood and Bev Bevan in Birmingham in 1970, and has said that their headliner slot next summer will be their last (Bev, Hugh McDowell, Richard Tandy, Mike Edwards, Mik Kaminsky, Mike DeAlbuquerque and Jeff in 1973) He disbanded the band in 1986, with drummer Bev setting up ELO Part II, which later became known as the Orchestra. Following a brief.