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After reviewing hi-fi through five decades, here's why The Wombles remain my biggest musical influence

The furry litter-pickers were a supergroup of GOATs and heavily influential on my formative musical taste.

What Hi-Fi?

A new e-sports brand challenges Razer Kishi with 'Vagabond' mobile controller

The ELO Vagabond is an interesting-looking mobile controller at a premium price, but it is packed with tech to turn your mobile into a bonafide console on the go.

Windows Central

Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra have played the first show of their final US tour: setlist, pics, video

The first night of ELO's Over And Out Tour took place in Thousand Palms, CA

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Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Focus, Gryphon, Tim Bowness, Leprous, Yes, Saucerful Of Secrets, Jadis, ELO, Caligula's Horse, Azure and loads more...

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“The unions stopped playing however far through the song you were. So I got fed up with using strings and I was really glad when the synths came in”: How Jeff Lynne steered ELO through the 80s and beyond

After a decade of massive success, the bandleader faced an ever-increasing rate of change – but an exciting range of new challenges too

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"A perfect storm of obstacles and misfortunes": New England released one of the greatest AOR albums of all time, but their career was derailed by the Pope

With some top-drawer tunes, Paul Stanley producing and Kiss’s management behind them, New England seemed, and felt, poised for stardom. Cue bad luck and trouble

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“I was very pretentious. On the early albums I was writing things I thought I should write. But all I ever wanted to do was write pop songs”: how ELO conquered the planet with mini-symphonies and giant spaceships

UFOs, violins and killer songs – this the epic story of Electric Light Orchestra

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The story of Marillion's Marbles is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Yes, Steven Wilson, Richard Thompson, ELO, AIrbag, Moody Blues, Nordic Giants, Marjana Semkina and loads more...

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“They stuck me in contraptions to make sure he wouldn’t get decapitated”: Comic artist Mark Buckingham on being Peter Gabriel’s stunt double for Sledgehammer

Fables, Hellblazer and Miracleman creative’s prog journey includes ELO, Stackridge, IQ, Magenta, all the King Crimson he can buy… and The Wombles

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Richard Tandy, ELO keyboardist who shaped band’s futuristic sound, dies aged 76

Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne announces death of ‘remarkable musician and friend’ who played everything from the Minimoog to the Clavinet

The Guardian - AU

"He was a remarkable musician and friend." Jeff Lynne pays tribute to Electric Light Orchestra keyboard player Richard Tandy, who has died aged 76

Richard Tandy was the only ELO musician to feature with Jeff Lynne during all the phases of the band's career

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“We never did any TV-throwing – I’d rather nick ’em than throw ’em out the window”: Jeff Lynne recalls how easy it was for ELO to take over the 70s

From working with Roy Wood and hanging with the Beatles to finding that songs simply poured out of him, the bandleader still can’t believe his luck

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New vocalists lasted five minutes and founder members quit amid the chaos: 1984 was an awful year for Black Sabbath, and by its end they were almost obliterated

Molotov cocktails and member mayhem: The chaotic story of Black Sabbabth's worst year

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"I heard it for the first time at a dope dealer’s house one night": My 10 favourite British albums ever, by Status Quo's Francis Rossi

Francis Rossi reveals why the Rolling Stones annoy him, names the guitarist whose onstage farewell he copied, and reveals the band "who should have been drowned at birth"

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Jeff Lynne's ELO Announces Final Tour, 'The Over And Out Tour'

Experience the iconic sound of Jeff Lynne's ELO on their final North American tour, 'The Over and Out Tour,' featuring chart-topping hits and exclusive VIP...

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Jeff Lynne’s ELO announce final Over And Out tour, with 27 North American shows

And so, the end is near

The Times of India

Dhruv Muthe upsets K Raja Aravind in All India Grand Prix Chess Series

MUMBAI: Dhruv Muthe, with an Elo rating of 1539, registered a major upset when he shocked second seed American K Raja Aravind in the second round of the 360 One Wealth All India Grand Prix Chess Series at the Russian Centre for Science Culture on Wednesday.

Guitar World

“Denny was an outstanding vocalist and guitar player with a fine sense of humor”: Remembering Denny Laine – the guitarist who co-wrote Paul McCartney’s biggest ’70s hit

The former Moody Blues and Wings guitarist died in December 2023, aged 79, and left a legacy of tastefully crafted songs with a keen sense of melody, and an audience of millions

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“I picked up that sad song thing from Del Shannon and Roy Orbison. Sometimes sadness is the greatest thing to listen to… It’s like, ‘I’m happy now ’cos that’s exactly how I feel’”: Is the secret to Jeff Lynne’s success with ELO that simple?

It was a long lonely journey from being reviled to being adored – but for the Electric Light Orchestra maestro, it’s always been about variety

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"I was diagnosed with an ulcer on my 21st birthday. The doctor asked me: 'What's the problem, kid? Is there something or someone…' I said: 'Let me stop you right there. There is indeed someone'": the tumultuous story of Jellyfish

Power-pop princelings Jellyfish were the new Beatles, ELO and Queen all in one – until bad vibes and psychic turmoil snatched defeat from the jaws of victory

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Music doesn't get much more gorgeous than ELO's performance of Strange Magic on The Midnight Special

Join Jeff Lynne & Co. as they play a beautiful version of Strange Magic in April 1976

What Hi-Fi?

The best Guardians Of The Galaxy tracks to test your hi-fi system

Plenty here to challenge your set-up, and it fits perfectly onto both sides of a C60 cassette, too.

The Times of India

India's D Gukesh beats Magnus Carlsen's feat of youngest to reach Elo 2750

D Gukesh of Chennai touched Elo 2750 with two wins in the last two rounds of Turkish League on Thursday. With that, he broke Magnus Carlsen’s record of being the youngest to touch this level of FIDE rating.

The Independent UK

AI helped create 'last Beatles record,' Paul McCartney says

Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record."

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney to ‘reunite’ with John Lennon on ‘final Beatles song’ thanks to AI

McCartney will sing in new recording alongside Lennon, who died in 1980

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