The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) performance scheduled for Sunday evening in London has been canceled due to frontman Jeff Lynne’s illness. This was to be the British band’s final performance from the seventies. There will be no replacement concert.
Lynne was supposed to close the BST Hyde Park Festival in London with his band. However, according to the festival organization, the musician is suffering from a “systemic infection,” which is an infection that is not limited to one area of the body.
According to the statement, Lynne is being treated by a team of doctors. “They have advised him that performing at this time is simply not possible and that he cannot reschedule his performance.”
The singer is “deeply saddened” but “knows that he must focus on his health and rehabilitation at this time.” A few days ago, he also had to cancel a performance in Manchester shortly before he was due to take the stage.
With the cancellation of ELO’s performance, BST Hyde Park Festival is canceling the entire Sunday program. As a result, Stevie Wonder will be the closer of the festival, which lasts approximately two weeks, on Saturday night.