Jeff Lynne’s ELO announce final tour

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jeff Lynne’s ELO have announced that their final tour will take them across North America later this year. Jeff Lynne, 76, was born in Birmingham, England in 1947 and formed the Electric Light Orchestra in 1970. open image in gallery Jeff Lynne performing with ELO at Glastonbury in 2016 The group, who were heavily influenced by The Beatles, are best known for Lynne-penned hits including “Mr Blue Sky”, “Evil Woman” and “Don’t Bring Me Down”. In a three-star review for The Independent, critic Jack Shepherd wrote that the show featured “a large orchestral backing and numerous supremely professional musicians”, open image in gallery Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra “Kicking things off with a trio of relatively upbeat numbers - ‘Evil Woman’, ‘Showdown’ and ‘All Over The World’ - it quickly became apparent that the rain, which is gradually growing heavier, has dampened some campers’ spirits, many scrambling for their anoraks, not quite taken by the relatively mute frontman,” he continued. ‘Telephone Line’ then rolls out more applause, while the upbeat double whammy of ‘Turn to Stone’ and ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ offer up more chances to dance, the second of which elicits the band’s biggest clap along.” The Over and Out Tour calls at: Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, CA - 24 August Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA - 27 August Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC - 28 August Moda Center in Portland, OR - 30 August Chase Center in San Francisco, CA - 1 September Enterprise Center in St Louis, MO - 6 September Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN - 7 September Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON - 9 September PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA - 10 September Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, OH - 13 September Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH - 14 September Madison Square Garden in New York, NY - 16 September Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA - 20 September TD Garden in Boston, MA - 23 September Capital One Arena in Washington, DC - 25 September United Center in Chicago, IL - 27 September Xcel Energy Center in St, Paul, MN - 30 September Ball Arena in Denver, CO - 2 October Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI - 9 October Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN - 11 October State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA - 12 October Moody Center in Austin, TX - 15 October Toyota Center in Houston, TX - 16 October American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX - 18 October Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ - 21 October Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA - 23 October Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA - 25 October