When Jeff Lynne wrote “Can’t Get It Out of My Head,” he probably didn’t mean to be setting up some meta prophetic proclamation. But a few days shy of the 50th anniversary of that song coming out as a ...

For the first time in 35 years, American fans are being treated to a full-scale tour from the iconic 1970s prog-pop group Electric Light Orchestra. Today, the Jeff Lynne-led band has announced their ...

2010 is the 40th Anniversary of the Electric Light Orchestra. ELO was formed in 1970 by Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood from the ashes of The Move. Roy Wood soon left to form Wizzard and Jeff Lynne led ELO on ...

“We’re not lazy. It just seems like it,” quipped Jeff Lynne, explaining to an audience at Los Angeles’ Forum Sunday night (in the second of two shows there) that it had been 37 years between trips to ...

Jeff Lynne’s ELO—the reformed version of Jeff Lynne’s 1970s and 1980s prog-pop outfit Electric Light Orchestra—have canceled what was slated to be their final show ever. The performance had been ...

For nearly 50 years, British rock hero Jeff Lynne has performed strange magic. In the 1970s, his hit-making Electric Light Orchestra sounded like the post-Beatle Beatles. In the late '80s, he ...

In the 1970s, Electric Light Orchestra--led by singer/songwriter Jeff Lynne--was one of pop’s biggest selling acts. By the mid-80s, the band’s star had dimmed. ELO appears to have played Portland ...

It looks like Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra will soon be no more. The beloved classic rock band, which was formed in 1970, will embark on a final North American tour this summer/fall. The Over ...

Jeff Lynne’s ELO just finished a highly successful “sprint” across North America — it’s hard for me to call just 10 shows an actual “tour” — playing to packed arenas and receiving rave reviews from ...

When Jeff Lynne decided to pull the plug on Electric Light Orchestra, the 1970s chart-topping orchestral-rock band for which he was co-founder, vocalist and songwriter, the rest of the band still ...

An inevitability about rock music from the 1970s is that the bands and artists who made it will have to call a halt at some point. This year, many fine rock bands are doing just that. As the farewell ...

A gig by Jeff Lynne's ELO in Manchester was called off just before it was due to start. Fans said they were told the performance at the Co Op Live arena would not be going ahead not long before its ...