Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) will say their ‘final goodbye’ at London's BST Hyde Park

A performance at London's BST Hyde Park next summer will be the final show by Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The July 2025 show by the Mr Blue Sky outfit has been tagged a “final goodbye” from the band, which was founded in Birmingham in 1970 by Lynne and keyboardist Roy Wood.

Tickets go on sale this week, with fans expected to snap them up in a bid to see ELO - known around the globe for songs including Telephone Line, Living Thing and Evil Woman. Earlier this year Richard Tandy, who had been bassist but became the keyboardist after the departure of Wood, passed away at the age of 76.

ELO are currently on a farewell US tour, named Over And Out, which will end on Saturday (October 26) at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. And Lynne said he was keen to sign off in the UK next summer.

"My return to touring began at Hyde Park in 2014," he said. "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’."

The band shot to fame after the release of 10538 Overture in 1972, which charted in the UK top 10. A series of hits followed, with the band selling more than 50 million records around the world, before breaking up in 1986.

Lynne returned to the fray in 2000 for the release of the Flashback box set, before a new album, Zoom, in 2001, which included guest appearances by both Ringo Starr and George Harrison - who had previously played alongside Lynne in the Travelling Wilburys. Jeff Lynne's ELO - the final incarnation of the band - starting performing in 2014, with ELO inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.

Lynne was made an OBE in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to music, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015, and in 2016, they appeared on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival. Jim King, chief executive of European festivals at AEG Presents, said fans could expect a stunning show at Hyde Park.

"Jeff Lynne’s ELO are loved the world over," he said. "The live shows are nothing short of extraordinary and a testament to the incredible catalogue of hits we’ve enjoyed for over 50 years. Hosting their final performance at BST Hyde Park is a true honour, especially 30 years after their first festival show in the same park. We’re excited to be part of this special moment in music history."

Jeff Lynne's ELO will perform on Sunday, July 13, 2025 at BST Hyde Park, with tickets on sale from 9am on Friday, October 25.