Organisers have up to date followers concerning the standing of Jeff Lynne‘s Electrical Gentle Orchestra‘s upcoming gig at BST Hyde Park after they have been pressured to cancel a present final minute as a consequence of sickness.
On Thursday (July 10), their gig at Manchester’s Co Op Dwell was axed simply minutes earlier than showtime, with the viewers already seated within the venue. It was set to be the second-to-last present on the band’s ‘Over and Out’ farewell tour.
The one present remaining on the band’s itinerary is arising this Sunday (July 13), the place they are going to headline an enormous present at London’s Hyde Park. Nevertheless, the rocky begin to the tour, coupled with the cancelled gig, sparked fears the sold-out present was in jeopardy.
As beforehand reported by Final Basic Rock, the farewell tour obtained off to a tough begin after Lynne was pressured to carry out with a damaged hand earlier this month. Followers attending different gigs on the trek additionally took to social media to share considerations about his well being.
One fan shared that the stage crew needed to carry Lynne a chair as he gave the impression to be struggling, and that by the tip of the live performance, “the band needed to sing Mr Blue Sky for him and his backing singers seemed visibly shaken up”.
Taking to X/Twitter, one fan requested Hyde Park organisers for an replace, saying their “predominant concern is Jeff Lynne’s well being,” however including that in the event that they have been going to cancel, they need to accomplish that “sooner quite than later”, in contrast to on the Manchester gig.
“As reported,” an official account replied, “Jeff Lynne was unwell and unable to carry out on Thursday tenth July. We’re suggested that there are at the moment no considerations almost about Sunday’s efficiency.”
Hello there, as reported Jeff Lynne was unwell and unable to carry out on Thursday tenth July.
We’re suggested that there are at the moment no considerations almost about Sunday’s efficiency.— BST Hyde Park (@BSTHydePark) July 11, 2025
Talking concerning the landmark gig in a earlier assertion, Lynne seemed again to his 2014 return to touring, which started at Hyde Park.
“It looks like the right place to do our ultimate present,” he stated. “We couldn’t be extra excited to share this particular evening in London with our UK followers. Because the track goes, ‘We’re gonna do it One Extra Time!’”
Help acts have been later confirmed as The Doobie Brothers, Steve Winwood and Dhani Harrison, with the full host of artists set to hitch Lynne together with W. H. Lung, Cats in Area, Excessive Fade, Neckbreakers, Bobbie Dazzle and Bec O’Malley added to the invoice.
