Fronted by writer-singer-guitarist Jeff Lynne, this PBS-aired concert gets off to a rousing start as petals from a spaceship dome open to reveal the eight-piece band launching into a 23-song set that (unfortunately) saddles listeners with a total of 7 songs (nearly one-third) off the ill-fated 15-years-after reunion album Zoom. The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits of any group in US chart history without ever having a number one single.ĮLO collected 19 CRIA, 21 RIAA and 38 BPI awards, and sold over 50 million records worldwide during the group's active period of recording and touring.I confess that when I looked at the listing of the opening tracks for this live ELO concert -"Do Ya," "Evil Woman," "Showdown," "Strange Magic," and "Livin' Thing"-I had a vague notion that I might know one or two, but (and this is the eerie part) as soon as I loaded this puppy up, every single one of these songs lying in the dormant "1970s AM Forgettable Light Rock" drawer of my brain were instantly recognizable. The group also scored 20 Top 20 UK hit singles, as well as 15 Top-20 hit singles in the US. From 1972 to 1986, ELO accumulated 27 Top-40 hit singles in both the UK and the US. By the mid-1970s, they had become one of the biggest-selling acts in music. They soon gained a cult following despite lukewarm reviews back in their native United Kingdom. The original ELO were billed in the United States as 'the.
After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.ĭespite early singles success in the United Kingdom, the band were initially more successful in the United States, billed as "The English guys with the big fiddles". Emulating The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the award-winning English rock band that formed in 1970, Ticket to the Moon, a ten-piece group present over two dozen of ELO’s hits music characterized by a fusion of Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements and futuristic iconography. The first is a four track excerpt from a show at Brunel University in.
ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. Celebrate the music of ELO with The Electric Light Orchestra Experience, the world’s top tribute to the influential ‘70s band. On September 14th, 2014 an extremely nervous Jeff Lynne walked onstage at London’s Hyde Park for his first major Electric Light Orchestra concert since the group folded in 1986. This DVD brings together three live concerts from the earlier part of the band s career.
You can find the list of Electric Light Orchestra tour dates here.Įlectric Light Orchestra are a British rock group from Birmingham, England, who released eleven studio albums between 19 and another album in 2001. Were delighted to have Jeff Lynnes legendary ELO performing on a festival stage for the first time in 28 years. Electric Light Orchestra concert tickets are on sale.
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