Jeff Lynne ’s Electric Light Orchestra ( ELO) have cancelled their planned farewell performance on Sunday (13 July) at BST Hyde Park, the band have confirmed. The rock band, best known for their hit song “Mr Blue Sky”, was due to perform on Thursday night (10 July) at Manchester’s Co-Op Live but cancelled at the last minute due to “illness”.

Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne has cancelled what had been billed as his final ever performance, due to ill health. Lynne was due to appear at the BST Hyde Park festival on Sunday night,

A two-week-long music festival in central London has cancelled its final night on Sunday after Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra pulled out of the headline slot.