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“Suddenly the sun shone and it was, ‘Wow!’”: How ELO’s Jeff Lynne created his masterpiece Mr. Blue Sky - and how a little joke at the end of the song was misheard by millions

Inside the making of a miniature pop symphony

MusicRadar

Sabrina Carpenter to headline BST Hyde Park 2025: How to get tickets

Grammy-nominated pop star is one of the biggest breakthroughs of the year

The Independent UK

Sabrina Carpenter to headline London's BST Hyde Park festival next summer

She joins the bill alongside previously announced headliners Olivia Rodrigo, Zach Bryan, Noah Kahan, Hugh Jackman and Jeff Lynne’s ELO

Evening Standard

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“I’m not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me”: The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear

Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

MusicRadar

“The sound wasn’t very good in there. And the electric risers didn’t work. You could see Jeff Lynne clambering out of a hole to get onstage”: Bev Bevan on the reality of life aboard ELO’s spaceship

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired

Louder

“The most exciting thing was, even though John was no longer on this planet, here he was in the studio with us”: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Jeff Lynne on how The Beatles made Free As A Bird

It’s 30 years since McCartney, Starr and George Harrison entered the studio together again to record The Beatles' reunion hit

Louder

American sensation Noah Kahan revealed as fourth BST Hyde Park headliner alongside Gracie Abrams

The Stick Season singer will share the headlining roster with country star Zach Bryan, Hugh Jackman, and Jeff Lynne’s ELO

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Hugh Jackman to headline BST Hyde Park 2025 – how to get tickets

Tony-winning Hollywood star will perform songs from a number of musicals, including ‘The Greatest Showman’ and ‘Les Miserables’

The Independent UK

Jeff Lynne's ELO announce more final ever dates

The Electric Orchestra have scheduled two more UK shows in addition to their final Hyde Park blow-out

Louder

London music festival line-ups 2025: All Points East, Mighty Hoopla, BST and more announce acts

Pop festival Mighty Hoopla in Brixton is also among events to have started announcing acts for 2025

Evening Standard

Jeff Lynne’s ELO announce farewell show in London

Final show at Hyde Park next July will be ‘special night in London with our UK fans’

The Guardian - UK

Jeff Lynne's ELO to play final concert at BST Hyde Park

Jeff Lynne's ELO have confirmed their last ever concert as part of the American Express presents BST Hyde Park concert series in London.

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Jeff Lynne's ELO announce final ever show

The Electric Light Orchestra are about to switch themselves off

Louder

ELO announce final gig at London’s Hyde Park: How to get tickets

‘Mr Blue Sky’ band are currently undertaking a last tour of the US

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Evening Standard

How to get tickets for Electric Light Orchestra final concert at London's Hyde Park

ELO’s co-founder Jeff Lynne says London ‘seems like the perfect place to do our final show’

MusicRadar

Unreleased Prince documentary said to fuel rumours that Prince’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps guitar solo was a cold dish of revenge served to Rolling Stone

The magazine had omitted him from its list of the greatest guitarists of all time

Louder

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

Louder

“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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Guitar World

The 50 greatest acoustic guitar songs of all time

As voted for by you, this list spans some of the most significant acoustic moments ever committed to tape – and features a controversial winner…

Louder

“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

Louder

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...

The Guardian - AU

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

Louder

"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

Louder

“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

Louder

"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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