Organisers have updated fans about the status of Jeff Lynne‘s Electric Light Orchestra‘s upcoming gig at BST Hyde Park after they were forced to cancel a show last minute due to illness.
On Thursday (July 10), their gig at Manchester’s Co Op Live was axed just minutes before showtime, with the audience already seated in the venue. It was set to be the second-to-last show on the band’s ‘Over and Out’ farewell tour.
The only show remaining on the band’s itinerary is coming up this Sunday (July 13), where they will headline a massive show at London’s Hyde Park. However, the rocky start to the tour, coupled with the cancelled gig, sparked fears the sold-out show was in jeopardy.
As previously reported by Ultimate Classic Rock, the farewell tour got off to a rough start after Lynne was forced to perform with a broken hand earlier this month. Fans attending other gigs on the trek also took to social media to share concerns about his health.
One fan shared that the stage crew had to bring Lynne a chair as he appeared to be struggling, and that by the end of the concert, “the band had to sing Mr Blue Sky for him and his backing singers looked visibly shaken up”.
Taking to X/Twitter, one fan asked Hyde Park organisers for an update, saying their “main concern is Jeff Lynne’s health,” but adding that if they were going to cancel, they should do so “sooner rather than later”, unlike at the Manchester gig.
“As reported,” an official account replied, “Jeff Lynne was unwell and unable to perform on Thursday 10th July. We are advised that there are currently no concerns with regards to Sunday’s performance.”
Hi there, as reported Jeff Lynne was unwell and unable to perform on Thursday 10th July.
We are advised that there are currently no concerns with regards to Sunday’s performance.— BST Hyde Park (@BSTHydePark) July 11, 2025
Speaking about the landmark gig in a previous statement, Lynne looked back to his 2014 return to touring, which began at Hyde Park.
“It seems like the perfect place to do our final show,” he said. “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!’”
Support acts were later confirmed as The Doobie Brothers, Steve Winwood and Dhani Harrison, with the full host of artists set to join Lynne including W. H. Lung, Cats in Space, High Fade, Neckbreakers, Bobbie Dazzle and Bec O’Malley added to the bill.
