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40 Years Ago, ELO's Spaceship Reached Boston

On September 27, 1978, Electric Light Orchestra reached the Boston Garden on a tour that had begun in January in Honolulu and then circled the world. In America since June on that tour, Boston was the third last stop, with the Providence Civic Center the following night and the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine being the final show on September 29.

This was ELO's commercial zenith, the "Out of the Blue" double album had gone Platinum and three singles from the release made it into the U.S. Top 40 singles chart ("Turn to Stone," "Sweet Talkin' Woman," and "Mr. Blue Sky") with the first two getting inside the top 20.

Jeff Lynne, the singer, guitarist and production wizard who fronted the semi-classical Prog-Rock hit-making machine, was conjuring up some of the best work of his career, certainly until he reached the rarified orbits of Tom Petty and other various Wilburys many years later.

But the undisputed star of this tour was the incredible spaceship stage, from which the band entered and exited the concert. Conceived during a time when the band's success allowed the members the luxury of excess, the elaborate prop was seen as genius by fans and derided by haters as a closer approximation of a giant hamburger.

Via JeffLynnesongs.com a detailed description of the 'spaceship' stage follows. Incidently, this website is packed with incredible information for any Jeff Lynne or ELO fan!

The Spaceship Stage: One of the biggest stars of the show was the stage itself. Conceived by ELO's manager, Don Arden, this was a gigantic metal hamburger-shaped spaceship that opened up at the beginning of the show with lasers, fog machines and taped music of an excerpt of Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn) blasting out to the audience. As it opened, the band was raised from out of the floor on hydraulic risers. There the band played until the end of the show, when they walked off stage and it closed back up with more laser and fog theatrics and a repeat of the Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 excerpt once again blasting out to the audience. Jeff Lynne has commented in several interviews that he sometimes left the stage after the performance and rushed out to stand with the audience so he could watch it close. The set was designed by Michael Crisp and is reported to have cost half a million dollars to construct.

The magic of the stage was pulled off in a carefully choreographed sequence. The stage holes for ELO members to rise up were capped over and the equipment for ELO and the opening bands would be staged in rows by who was playing (with ELO naturally being in back). The bottom half of the saucer would be hidden in plain sight by simply not adding the plastic covers of the saucer, thus the framework was visible. The top half of the saucer with the lighting would be hoisted high enough and curtains provided if necessary to hide the top of the saucer, but leave the lighting visible so that it appeared as a normal lighting rig during the opening acts.

Before ELO came on stage, a curtain was lowered to completedly hide the stage. The road crew would move the band's equipment into position and remove the caps for the band elevators. Additional crew would add the plastic covers to create the bottom half of the saucer and the top half of the saucer was lowered to about 8 feet above the stage to allow the crew to add hoses from the top to the bottom for pumping in the show's smoke effects. Finally the top half of the saucer with the lighting was lowered into position to create the closed saucer. The curtain was then removed to reveal the spaceship and the show would begin.

Unfortunately, as much fun as this stage was for the audience, it caused a lot of havoc for the band. It was incredibly expensive to operate and transport. It used many technicians to construct, operate and deconstruct it for each show; and it required thirteen 18-wheelers to transport it from city to city. In fact, it was so expensive and time-consuming to use that it was mostly used at every other performance, with the non-spaceship parts of the tour using a regular stage at the venue (the 'spaceship did not appear in Providence or Portland).

All shows included a laser light show, regardless of whether the spaceship stage was used or not. The hydraulic lifts did not always work properly, which meant that sometimes the entire band would not be on stage when the show (including the taped song intros) began. Worst of all, it caused the music to suffer as the spaceship set was a very hot place in which to play. This caused the band's instruments to often go out of tune, particularly the cellos and violin. And the acoustics in the spaceship made it difficult for the band to hear themselves properly.

Regardless of whether the spaceship stage was used, the show always offered a heavy laser light show, incorportating an 80-channel light console and four krypton and argon laser units. They used two portable power units to generate 525,000 watts of light. The show was touted as being "four times brighter than the average rock show" at the time. These lights and lasers caused an incredible amount of heat for the band to perform under.

At one of the Wembley shows, Jeff Lynne was surprised after the show to go backstage and find Bob Dylan had been there watching the show. Bob was in London performing concerts at Earl's Court at the time and wanted to come by to catch the show. This was the first meeting of Jeff and Bob, who nearly 10 years later would be recording together for the Traveling Wilburys.

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The Electric Light Orchestra are one of the most successful British bands of all time. Formed after the break up of The Move in 1970 they pioneered the integration of orchestral instruments ... Read all The Electric Light Orchestra are one of the most successful British bands of all time. Formed after the break up of The Move in 1970 they pioneered the integration of orchestral instruments into pop music and released a series of groundbreaking and increasingly successful albums ... Read all The Electric Light Orchestra are one of the most successful British bands of all time. Formed after the break up of The Move in 1970 they pioneered the integration of orchestral instruments into pop music and released a series of groundbreaking and increasingly successful albums through the seventies that culminated in the multi-million selling Out Of The Blue. This c... Read all

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Why ELO’s ‘Out of the Blue’ Marked a Turning Point

With Out of the Blue , everything got more expansive for the Electric Light Orchestra – the songs, the concept, the shows and the issues.

The October 1977 follow-up to their first-ever platinum release would balloon into a double album, with a tour that found ELO emerging from a full-sized spaceship like the one featured on the cover. The music shared the same maximalist viewpoint, as mastermind Jeff Lynne threw himself into creating something better – well, certainly bigger – than 1976's A New World Record .

Oddly enough, its beginnings were decidedly small-scale: Lynne composed Out of the Blue in a remote chalet in the Swiss alps, where – after an early struggle with writer's block – everyday life tended to spark sweeping new creative ideas. "It was a time of total music for me," Lynne said in Electric Light Orchestra: Before and After , "and once I got rolling, the songs just kept on coming."

Initially, a gloomy dampness descended near Lake Geneva, and Lynne struggled to create the album. When the sun finally returned, so did his muse – and "Mr. Blue Sky" was born. "I suppose this is my most well-known song," Lynne told Rolling Stone in 2016. "I remember writing the words down. I was at a chalet in the mountains of Switzerland and it was all misty and cloudy all the way around. I didn't see any countryside for the first four days or so, and then everything cleared and there was this enormous view forever and the sky was blue."

"Starlight" was likewise celestially inspired, this time by the nighttime canopy over the mountains. Rain storms broke up a friendly game of soccer outside Munich's Musicland Studios where ELO were recording Out of the Blue ; that sparked the rest of "Concerto for a Rainy Day," which took up all of the Side Three.

He eventually emerged with something sonically similar to its predecessor, but Out of the Blue doesn't have the same tightly wound construction. Its high points – the hits "Turn to Stone" and "Sweet Talkin' Woman," in particular – were dizzyingly high, but its excesses were so emblematic of an indulgent era as to be definitive.

"'Turn to Stone' is one of my favorites I ever did. It's just so primary and simple, but yet very evocative," Lynne told Rolling Stone . "There's a part in the middle where I talk super fast. I just felt like it needed something simple in the middle of the song. I often used to put a funny little piece in a song, just in case I get bored with it. I'd go, 'Well, maybe this is going on too long. I'll think of something daft to put in there.'"

Watch Electric Light Orchestra Perform 'Mr. Blue Sky'

Unfortunately, this tendency toward overthinking could end up becoming too cute by at least half. The only-in-the-'70s "Concerto for a Rainy Day," for instance, included a staccato burst of strings that actually spelled out Morse code for "ELO." (Just when you think this 19-minute, four-song ride might be over, Lynne exclaims, " Here it comes again !" on the terrific "Summer and Lightning.") Ultimately, Out of the Blue loses considerable steam through the too art-rockish "The Whale," before stalling out completely for a spaghetti-western side road called "Wild West Hero."

Whatever their relative value to the project, these moments actually balanced out a growing worry from co-founding drummer Bev Bevan. ELO were emerging as something of a hit-song factory – the million-selling Out of the Blue matched A New World Record by again producing three Top 40 songs – and he became concerned that commerce might be overtaking the art. The mammoth resulting tour only exacerbated things.

"We tended to look at the charts a lot," Bevan told the Moscow Times in 1994. "That's the trouble, you get success and you want more. When we first started making albums, we never thought about what song is going to be a single. But by the Out of the Blue album, certainly we'd make an album and think, 'Which of these tracks are going to be singles, and let's make them the right length, and let's mix it so it's good for radio.'"

Even as this became their highest-charting U.S. album, Electric Light Orchestra set out for a set of worldwide dates between February and October 1978 that confirmed their new superstar status. They filled huge venues like Wembley, the Pontiac Silverdome, Philadelphia's Spectrum and Madison Square Garden, appearing in a wildly embellished setting that echoed Out of the Blue 's out-sized themes.

Each night, ELO took the stage to the musical accompaniment of Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. "The stage was basically a space ship, like a flying saucer," Bevan said in the 2012 documentary How the Brits Rocked America . "There's all of this dry ice, and lasers flashing – and then it would open, very, very slowly, and the band would come up on risers onto the stage. It was a spectacular opening to a show." ELO would remain there, inside the flying saucer's confining circle, until they departed – again to the accompaniment of Sinfonia da Requiem . Lynne, who admittedly enjoyed creating the albums more than performing them, was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with it all.

"I was reluctant to become a real rock star," he told Rolling Stone . "My favorite thing in the world was to work 14 hours a day in the studio. Everything else was peripheral to me, like having the record out and promoting it. ... I was a songwriter, singer and producer. Rock stars are different."

Listen to Electric Light Orchestra Perform 'Sweet Talkin' Woman'

In truth, the sheer spectacle of this period had begun to wear on the entire group, even as Lynne continued to play a more central role in everything they did.

"By that time, the stage production was so big that you didn't actually see the audience," Kelly Groucutt, the band's late former bassist and backup singer, told Martin Kinch in 1996. "They were so far away with that huge spaceship set that we had. That was sort of 50 feet across, and miles away from the audience. So, it was quite enjoyable to be thrust at that height, because it was probably about the biggest production on the road that was going on at that time – and everyone was impressed with it. But it was a pain in the butt, actually, to work in that spaceship."

As the tour continued, controversy loomed when a lawsuit by a disgruntled promoter revealed that ELO were selectively using taped material to replicate the densely arranged new songs. ("Anyone who knows anything," an ELO spokesman fired back, "knows that a lot of groups use tapes as part of their show.") There were other complications. The final two stops with the spaceship set, both in Montreal, were called off because of a disagreement over taxes with the government.

Electric Light Orchestra would never again attempt something so ambitious, either on the road or in the studio. Out of the Blue serves as both a pinnacle, and a turning point.

"I hated it when we were playing arenas," Lynne told the Los Angeles Times in 2015. "You wake up at 9 o'clock, have a horrible hot dog at the airport for breakfast, then do three flights to get where you're going. As soon as I was able to stop, I said, 'That's it.'"

The group already seemed to be winnowing around Lynne's vision. He dominated Out of the Blue as songwriter, producer, arranger, singer and guitarist. But now violinist Mik Kaminski was being used only sparingly, Melvyn Gale appeared on piano rather than cello for "Wild West Hero" and fellow cellist Hugh McDowell was nowhere to be found.

By the time Electric Light Orchestra returned with 1979's Discovery , Gale, Kaminsky and McDowell were gone. Secret Messages , released in 1983, marked the last album featuring the foursome of Bevan, Lynne, Groucutt and keyboardist Richard Tandy. Lynne became the lone Out of the Blue -era member featured on ELO's modern-era recordings, including 2001's Zoom (though Tandy guests on one track), 2012's Mr. Blue Sky (a set of re-recorded hits ), 2015's Alone in the Universe and 2019's From Out of Nowhere (which also features a single song appearance from Tandy).

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September 23, 1972 Grangemouth Stadium, Grangemouth, SCOT (Great Western Express Festival. ELO were billed but did not play)

September 29, 1972 Polytechnic Of Central London, London, ENG (Supported by Silverhead)

UK/Europe Tour (Winter/Spring 1973)

January 20, 1973 Northampton County Cricket Club, Northampton, ENG (with Holy Mackerel)

January 25, 1973 Heavy Steam Machine, Hanley, ENG

February 3, 1973 Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, DEN (supporting Deep Purple)

February 4, 1973 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, SWE (supporting Deep Purple)

February 5, 1973 Konserthus, Stockholm, SWE (supporting Deep Purple)

February 8, 1973 Fyns Forum, Odense, DEN (supporting Deep Purple)

February 9-10, 1973 KB Hallen, Copenhagen, DEN (supporting Deep Purple)

February 16, 1973 Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, ENG (Sandgate & Steve Gibbons Band)

February 21, 1973 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BEL

March 2, 1973 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG

March 3, 1973 Corn Exchange, Cambridge, ENG (with Elder Kindred)

March 9, 1973 Chelmsford Tech College, Chelmsford, ENG (with Blackfood Sue & Gary Moore Band)

March 10, 1973 Melody Rooms, Norwich, ENG

March 11, 1973 Locarno, Stevenage, ENG

March 13, 1973 Liverpool University, Liverpool, ENG

March 14, 1973 Town Hall, Birmingham, ENG

March 17, 1973 Winter Gardens, Malvern, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band & Sidewinder)

March 19, 1973 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, ENG

March 23, 1973 Rainbow, London, ENG (supported by Thin Lizzy)

March 24, 1973 Roundhouse, Dagenham, ENG

March 25, 1973 Civic Hall, Gravesend, ENG

March 30, 1973 Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band)

March 31, 1973 Gliderdrome, Boston, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band)

ELO 2 UK/Europe Tour (Winter/Spring 1973)

April 7, 1973 Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, ENG

April 8, 1973 Greyhound, Croydon, ENG

April 10, 1973 Town Hall, Watford, ENG (with Nick Pickett, Marc Bolan joined the band on Roll Over Beethoven)

April 19, 1973 BBC Studios, London, ENG

April 21, 1973 Palace Lido, Douglas, Isle Of Man (with Hawkwind)

April 23, 1973 Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth, ENG (with John Martyn & Hot Air)

April 27, 1973 Hastings Pier Ballroom, Hastings, ENG

May 20, 1973 Aston, ENG

May 25, 1973 Cirencester, ENG

Electric Light Orchestra II North American Tour (Summer 1973)

May 29, 1973 Burbank, CA (The Midnight Special TV show taping)

June 2, 1973 San Diego Stadium, San Diego, CA (with Wishbone Ash & Mason Profit)

June 3, 1973 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (with Return to Forever)

June 5, 1973 Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ (with Climax Blues Band)

June 8, 1973 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA (with Climax Blues Band & Captain Beyond)

June 9, 1973 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA (with Hot Tuna & Joe Walsh)

June 10, 1973 Los Angeles, CA (Dick Clark’s American Bandstand TV show taping)

June 11, 1973 Minneapolis, MN

June 12, 1973 Omaha, NB

June 13, 1973 Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, TN (with Procol Harum)

June 14, 1973 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL (with Lee Michaels & Bonnie Bramlett)

June 15, 1973 Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN (Afternoon show with Chuck Berry, Dr. Hook, Dr. John)

June 15, 1973 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO (Evening show with Climax Blues Band)

June 16, 1973 Massey Hall Toronto, ON (with Climax Blues Band)

June 17, 1973 Buffalo, NY

June 18, 1973 The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA

June 20, 1973 Ambler, PA (6th Annual Temple University Music Festival. Al Kooper's Blues Project opened. Some reports say that this a concert by The Move and not ELO)

June 21 or 22, 1973 New York City, NY (In Concert TV show taping)

June 22-23, 1973 Academy of Music, New York City, NY (22nd was cancelled, with Savoy Brown, Manfred Mann's Earth Band & Status Quo)

June 25, 1973 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD (cancelled with Quicksilver Messenger Service)

June 27, 1973 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI (with Quicksilver Messenger Service & Hall & Oates)

June 30, 1973 Cleveland, OH

July 1, 1973 Cincinatti, OH

July 4, 1973 Ontario Gardens, London, ON

July 6, 1973 Convention Center, Wildwood, NJ

July 7, 1973 Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL (with The Edgar Winter Group)

July 8, 1973 Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL (with The Edgar Winter Group)

July 9, 1973 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL

July 10, 1973 Wheeling Fieldhouse, Wheeling, IL (with All Star Frogs)

July 11, 1973 DuPage County Fairgrounds, Wheaton, IL

July 12, 1973 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA (with Frampton’s Camel & Arthur Lee)

July 13, 1973 PNE Forum, Vancouver, BC

July 14, 1973 Armory, Salem, OR

July 15, 1973 Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA (supported by Jr. Cadillac, Rube Tubin & Nancy Claire)

ELO 2 Follow-up UK Shows (Summer 1972)

July 19, 1973 City Hall, Truro, ENG

July 20, 1973 Queens Hall, Barnstaple, ENG

July 21, 1973 Guildhall, Plymouth, ENG

July 22, 1973 Torquay Pavilion, Torquay, ENG

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October 23, 1973 Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI (with Foghat, Robin Trower)

October 25, 1973 The Agora, Columbus, OH

October 26, 1973 Academy Of Music, Philadelphia, PA (cancelled and rescheduled for the December 15th)

October 26, 1973 Shubert Theater, Philadelphia, PA

October 28, 1973 Hunter College, Rochester, NY (supporting Lynyrd Skynyrd & Fleetwood Mac. This show was cancelled, at least in part, because the band Fleetwood Mac was not the real band but a fake put up by their manager during a dispute. When the ruse was uncovered, the rest of the fake Fleetwood Mac tour fell apart and this show was cancelled)

October 30, 1973 Constitution Hall, Washington, DC

November 2, 1973 Philharmonic Hall,, New York City, NY (This show may have been cancelled as a result of the discovery of the fake Fleetwood Mac)

November 2, 1973 The Forum, Montreal, QC (supporting The Edgar Winter Group)

November 3, 1973 Civic Arena, Ottawa, ON (supporting The Edgar Winter Group)

November 5, 1973 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON (supporting The Edgar Winter Group with James Montgomery Band)

November 7, 1973 Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (supporting Joe Walsh)

November 8, 1973 Milwaukee, WI

November 9, 1973 Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, WA (supporting Wishbone Ash)

November 10, 1973 Armory, Salem, OR (supporting Wishbone Ash)

November 11, 1973 Center Arena, Seattle, WA (supporting Wishbone Ash)

November 12, 1973 PNE Gardens, Vancouver, BC

November 14, 1973 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA (with Blue Öyster Cult)

November 16, 1973 Regis College, Denver, CO

November 17, 1973 Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA (with Elvin Bishop Band)

November 18, 1973 Feyline Fields, Tempe, AZ (with War, ZZ Top, Blue Öyster Cult, Hans Olsen)

November 19, 1973 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA (supporting Humble Pie with Foghat)

November 20, 1973 Burbank, CA (The Midnight Special TV show taping)

November 22, 1973 JJ's Ballroom, San Diego, CA

November 23-24, 1973 Winterland, San Francisco, CA (with Sha Na Na & James Montgomery Band)

November 25, 1973 Ellis Auditorium North Hall, Memphis, TN (cancelled, supporting Wishbone Ash)

November 26, 1973 Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA (cancelled, supporting Wishbone Ash)

November 28, 1973 Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA (possibly cancelled, supporting Wishbone Ash)

November 29, 1973 Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL (supporting Wishbone Ash)

November 30, 1973 Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL (possibly cancelled, supporting Wishbone Ash)

December 1, 1973 Paramount Theatre, Palm Beach, FL (cancelled)

December 2, 1973 Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL (supporting Wishbone Ash)

December 4, 1973 Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI (with B. B. King & Average White Band)

December 7, 1973 Public Hall, Cleveland, OH (with Beach Boys & Linda Rondstadt)

December 8, 1973 Mayser Center, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA

December 9, 1973 Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA (Elf, Nils Lofgren & Grin)

December 11, 1973 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA (with Johnny Winter & James Montgomery Band)

December 14, 1973 T. P. Warner Theatre, Washington DC (with Grin)

December 15, 1973 Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia, PA

December 16, 1973 Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ (with Return to Forever)

January 25, 1974 Golders Green Hippodrome, London, ENG (This concert was recorded by the BBC for radio broadcast)

February 1, 1974 Brunel University, Uxbridge, ENG (with Steve Gibbons Band)

February 2, 1974 Sheffield University, Sheffield, ENG

February 3, 1974 Coventry Theatre, Coventry, ENG (with Raymond Froggatt)

February 9, 1974 University of Kent, Canterbury, ENG

February 16, 1974 Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, ENG (with Raymond Froggatt)

February 17, 1974 Hippodrome, Birmingham, ENG (with Raymond Froggatt)

February 18, 1974 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, ENG (with Raymond Froggatt)

February 21, 1974 Civic Hall, Middlesbrough, ENG (with Raymond Froggatt)

February 22, 1974 Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, ENG

February 23, 1974 New Floral Hall, Southport, ENG (with Raymond Froggatt)

February 24, 1974 Apollo, Glasgow, ENG (with Raymond Froggatt)

February 26, 1974 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG (with Raymond Froggatt)

March 2, 1974 Central Hall, Chatham, ENG

March 4, 1974 Barcelona, SPA (unconfirmed)

March 5, 1974 Madrid, SPA (unconfirmed)

March 7, 1974 Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, ENG

March 8, 1974 Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, ENG

March 9, 1974 Leeds, ENG

March 10, 1974 Fairfield Hall, Croydon, ENG

March 12, 1974 Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, ENG

March 13, 1974 Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, WAL

March 15, 1974 Royal Holloway College, London, ENG

March 17, 1974 Empire Theatre, Liverpool, ENG

March 19, 1974 Guild Hall, Portsmouth, ENG

March 29, 1974 Michigan Palace, Detroit, MI

March 30, 1974 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON (with Al Stewart)

March 31, 1974 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (with Al Stewart)

April 1, 1974 Wagner College, Staten Island, NY

April 2, 1974 Philadelphia, PA (Mike Douglas TV show taping)

April 3, 1974 Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY (with Steely Dan)

April 4, 1974 Camden Community College, Camden, NJ

April 5, 1974 Wilkes College, Wilkes Barre, PA

April 6, 1974 Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY (with Renaissance)

April 7, 1974 Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY (with Pearl Alley)

April 9, 1974 Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA (supported by Spooky Tooth)

April 10, 1974 Joint In The Woods, Parsippany, NJ

April 11, 1974 Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY (with Renaissance)

April 12, 1974 East Wind Ballroom, Baltimore, MD

April 13, 1974 Veterens Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH

April 14, 1974 Louisville Convention Center, Louisville, KY (supporting If)

April 15, 1974 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL (with Suzi Quatro & If)

April 16-17, 1974 Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN (with Chi Coltrane)

April 18, 1974 Mary E. Sawyer Hall, La Crosse, WI (with REO Speedwagon)

April 19, 1974 Indiana University Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IN (supporting The Edgar Winter Group with The James Gang)

April 20, 1974 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (supported by Return to Forever)

April 21, 1974 J.F.K. Auditorium, Washington, DC

April 22-23, 1974 The Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA

April 25, 1974 Mother’s Music Emporium, Nashville, TN

April 26, 1974 Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, MO (with Suzi Quatro)

April 27, 1974 University of Kansas, Wichita, KS

April 28, 1974 Oklahoma City, OK

April 29, 1974 Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX

May 1, 1974 Community Center, Tucson, AZ

May 3, 1974 UCSB Robertson Gym, Santa Barbara, CA (with Elvin Bishop Band & Dan Hicks)

May 4, 1974 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA (with Elvin Bishop Band)

May 5, 1974 Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ (2 shows 7.30 & 11.00 with Elvin Bishop Band & Wizzard)

May 7, 1974 Burbank, CA (The Midnight Special TV show taping)

May 9, 1974 Warnors Theater, Fresno, CA

May 11, 1974 Ice Palace, Las Vegas, NV (with Maggie Bell)

May 12, 1974 Long Beach Auditorium, Long Beach, CA (with Maggie Bell, recorded for the The Night The Light Went On In Long Beach album)

May 16, 1974 Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT (with Elvin Bishop Band)

May 17, 1974 Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA

May 18, 1974 Kennedy Pavilion, Spokane, WA

May 19, 1974 Civic Auditorium, Sacramento, CA

May 23, 1974 Civic Center, El Paso, TX (with Steve Miller Band, James Cotton Band)

May 24, 1974 Aragon Ballroom, Dallas, TX

May 25, 1974 Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, FL (with Leon Russell, War, Dr. John & others)

May 27, 1974 St. Bernard Civic Center, New Orleans, LA (with Climax Blues Band & Sutherland Bros.)

May 29, 1974 Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI (with Three Dog Night)

European Tour

June 15, 1974 Winter Gardens, Malvern, ENG

June 22, 1974 Oxford University, Oxford, ENG

August 15, 1974 Bilzen, BEL (cancelled, "Jazz Bilzen" festival)

August 30, 1974 Saalbau Aarau, Aarau, SUI

September 25, 1974 Frankfurt, GER (with Black Oak Arkansas, Heavy Metal Kids)

September 27, 1974 Rhein-Neckar-Halle, Heidelberg, GER (The Great Music Circus, with Humble Pie, Rory Gallagher, Chapman And Whitney & Peter Frampton)

September 28, 1974 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, GER (The Great Music Circus, with Humble Pie, Rory Gallagher, Black Oak Arkansas, Chapman And Whitney The Johnny Rivers Boogie Band (feat. Rick Grech & Zoot Money), Peter Frampton, Bo Hansson & Geordie)

September 29, 1974 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, GER (with Humble Pie, Black Oak Arkansas, Johnny Rivers Boogie Band, Horselips, Chapman & Whitney, American Gypsy)

October 1, 1974 Théâtre 140, Brussels, BEL

October 4, 1974 Cologne, GER (Szene 74 TV show taping)

October 12, 1974 Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ (cancelled)

Eldorado Tour

November 2, 1974 William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ

November 3, 1974 State University of NY at Canton, Canton, NY

November 6, 1974 Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA (with UFO)

November 7, 1974 Philadelphia, PA (Mike Douglas TV Show Taping)

November 8, 1974 Avery Fisher Hall New York City, NY

November 9, 1974 Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ

November 10, 1974 Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

November 11, 1974 University of Western Ontario, London, ON

November 13, 1974 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

November 15, 1974 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

November 16, 1974 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

November 17, 1974 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

November 20, 1974 Long Beach Arena, Los Angeles, CA (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

November 21, 1974 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA (supporting Deep Purple)

November 22, 1974 Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ (with Hello People, 2 shows 7.30 & 11.30)

November 23, 1974 Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, AZ (with Hello People)

November 24, 1974 Community Center Exhibit Hall, Tucson, AZ (with Canned Heat)

November 26, 1974 Philadelphia, PA (Mike Douglas TV show taping, miming to Can't Get It Out Of My Head & Poor Boy (The Greenwood)

November 27, 1974 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA (with Canned Heat)

November 29, 1974 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

December 1, 1974 Cincinatti Gardens, Cincinnati, OH (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

December 2, 1974 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

December 3, 1974 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

December 5, 1974 International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

December 6, 1974 The Coliseum, Cleveland, OH (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

December 7, 1974 Palace Theater, Providence, RI (with Hello People)

December 9, 1974 Met Center, Bloomington, MN (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

December 11, 1974 MECCA Arena, Milwaukee, WI (supporting Deep Purple)

December 14, 1974 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

December 17, 1974 Scope Coliseum, Norfolk, VA (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

December 18, 1974 Civic Center, Baltimore, MD (supporting Deep Purple & Elf)

February 14, 1975 Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, ENG (supported by Chopyn)

February 15, 1975 York University, York, ENG (supported by Chopyn)

February 16, 1975 Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, ENG (supported by Chopyn)

February 17, 1975 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG (supported by Chopyn)

February 18, 1975 Sussex University, Brighton, ENG (supported by Chopyn)

February 20, 1975 City Hall, Sheffield, ENG (supported by Chopyn)

February 21, 1975 Salford University, Salford, ENG (supported by Chopyn)

February 22, 1975 Leeds University, Leeds, ENG (supported by Chopyn)

February 24, 1975 Town Hall, Birmginham, ENG (supported by Chopyn. Jasper Carrott reportedly came on stage during this show)

February 25, 1975 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, ENG (supported by Chopyn)

February 28, 1975 Exeter University, Exeter, ENG (supported by Chopyn & Chick Corea)

March 7, 1975 Erlangen Stadthalle, Tübingen, GER (with Barclay James Harvest)

March 8, 1975 Tübingen Mensa Uni, Erlangen, GER (with Barclay James Harvest)

March 9, 1975 Stuttgart Gustav-Siegle-Haus, Stuttgart, GER (with Barclay James Harvest)

March 11, 1975 Freiburg Paulussaal, Berlin, GER (with Barclay James Harvest)

March 12, 1975 Offenbach Stadthalle, Hannover, GER (with Barclay James Harvest)

March 13, 1975 Hamburg Musikhalle, Hamburg, GER (with Barclay James Harvest. Some sources indicate that ELO may have cancelled this show and Barclay James Harvest played the gig alone)

March 14, 1975 Köln Satorius Saal, Cologne, GER (cancelled with Barclay James Harvest)

March 15, 1975 Aula der Uni, Saarbrücken, GER (cancelled with Barclay James Harvest)

March 16, 1975 Heidelberg Stadthalle, Heidelberg, GER (cancelled with Barclay James Harvest)

March 17, 1975 München Theater an der Brienner Straße, Munich, GER (cancelled with Barclay James Harvest)

March 20, 1975 Theatre de Liege a l'Emulation, Liege, BEL (cancelled with Barclay James Harvest)

March 21, 1975 Veendam Veenlust, Veendam, NED (cancelled with Barclay James Harvest)

March 22, 1975 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands (cancelled with Barclay James Harvest)

April 2, 1975 Palacio Municipal de Deportes, Barcelona, SPA (supported by Mike Nesmith)

April 4, 1975 Teatro Monumental, Madrid, SPA (supported by Mike Nesmith)

April 5, 1975 Palacio Deportes, Bilbao, SPA (supported by Mike Nesmith)

April 19, 1975 Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, NED (supported by Kayak)

April 20, 1975 Turfschip Breda, Breda, NED (supported by Kayak)

April 21, 1975 De Oosterpoort, Groningen, NED (supported by Chopyn)

April 23, 1975 Theater Carre, Amsterdam, NED (supported by Kayak)

June 28, 1975 Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY (with Pavlov's Dog)

June 29, 1975 Hara Arena, Dayton, OH (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 1, 1975 Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, MI (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 3, 1975 Place des Nations, Montreal, QC (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 4, 1975 Civic Centre, Ottawa, ON (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 5, 1975 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ (with Pavlov's Dog & Triumvirat)

July 6, 1975 Convention Hall, Wildwood, NJ (with Pavlov's Dog, Triumvirat & J. Michael)

July 8, 1975 Tower Theatre Upper Darby, PA (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 10, 1975 Civic Center, Asheville, NC (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 11, 1975 Charlotte, NC (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 12, 1975 Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, NC (with Pavlov's Dog & Triumvirat)

July 13, 1975 Washington, DC (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 14, 1975 Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN (with Pavlov's Dog & Slade)

July 15, 1975 Freedom Hall Civic Center, Johnson City, TN (with Slade & Pavlov's Dog)

July 17, 1975 Music Hall, Houston, TX (with Pavlov's Dog & Triumvirat)

July 18, 1975 Panther Hall, Fort Worth, TX (with Pavlov's Dog & Triumvirat)

July 19, 1975 Tulsa Fairgrounds Educational Building, Tulsa, OK (with Pavlov's Dog & Triumvirat)

July 20, 1975 Memorial Hall, Kansas City, MO (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 22, 1975 Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA (with Pavlov's Dog)

July 23, 1975 Chicago, IL

July 24, 1975 Hammond, IN

July 25, 1975 Grand Valley State College, Allendale, MI (with Pavlov's Dog & Triumvirat)

July 26, 1975 Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI (with Pavlov's Dog & Triumvirat)

July 28, 1975 The Ambassador, St. Louis, MO (with Triumvirat)

August 1, 1975 Civic Center, El Paso, TX (with El Chicano)

August 3, 1975 Stardust Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV (with Batdorf & Rodney)

Australia/New Zealand Tour

August ?, 1975 Regent Theatre, Dunedin, NZ

August ?, 1975 Town Hall, Christchurch, NZ

August ?, 1975 Town Hall, Wellington, NZ

August 28, 1975 Town Hall, Auckland, NZ

August 29, 1975 Brisbane, AUS

September 1, 1975 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, AUS

September 2, 1975 Festival Hall, Melbourne, AUS

September 5, 1975 Adelaide, AUS

September 6, 1975 Her Majesty’s Theatre, Perth, AUS

Face The Music Tour

European/UK Tour

November 22, 1975 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, GER (cancelled)

November 27, 1975 Strathclyde University, Glasgow, SCOT

November 28, 1975 Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, ENG

December 6, 1975 New Victoria Theatre, London, ENG (with Colosseum II)

December 8, 1975 Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, ENG (with Colosseum II)

January 17, 1976 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, ENG

February ?, 1976 Salt Lake City, UT

February 3, 1976 ?, USA

February 4, 1976 Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC (with Edgar Winter)

February 5, 1976 Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, WA (with Little Feat)

February 7, 1976 Lane County Fairgrounds, Eugene, OR (with Little Feat)

February 8, 1976 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (with Little Feat)

February 10, 1976 Selland Arena, Fresno, CA

February 12, 1976 Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA (with Little Feat)

February 13-14, 1976 Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (with Little Feat & Street Corner Symphony)

February 15, 1976 Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA (with Little Feat)

February 16-17, 1976 Convention Center, Anaheim, CA (with Little Feat)

February 18, 1976 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA

February 19, 1976 Phoenix Civic Plaza Exhibit Hall, Phoenix, AZ

February 20, 1976 UTEP Memorial Gym, El Paso, TX

February 22, 1976 The University Of New Mexico's Johnson Gym, Albuquerque, NM (with Kingfish)

February 23, 1976 Denver University Arena, Denver, CO (with Roxy Music)

February 24, 1976 Wichita State University Levitt Arena, Wichita, KS (with Journey & Roxy Music)

February 25, 1976 State Fair Arena, Oklahoma City, OK (supporting Bachman Turner Overdrive)

February 26, 1976 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (with Bachman Turner Overdrive)

February 27, 1976 Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium, La Crosse, WI (with Jay Boy Adams)

February 28, 1976 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL (with Starcastle)

February 29, 1976 Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN (with Raggs)

March 2, 1976 Civic Centre, Ottawa, ON (with Rush)

March 3, 1976 New Century Theatre, Buffalo, NY (cancelled and postponed until March 7th)

March 4, 1976 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI (with REO Speedwagon)

March 5, 1976 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH (with Journey & Elvin Bishop)

March 6, 1976 Memorial Gym, Kent, OH (with Pretty Things. Little Feat was originally scheduled to open this show, but cancelled)

March 7, 1976 New Century Theatre, Buffalo, NY (with Journey, rescheduled from the March 3)

March 8, 1976 Michigan State University Auditorium, Lansing, MI (with Journey)

March 9, 1976 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI (with Eric Carmen & Pretty Things. Little Feat was originally scheduled to open this show, but cancelled)

March 10, 1976 Sports Arena, Toledo, OH

March 11, 1976 Indiana State Fair Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN (with Roxy Music)

March 12, 1976 Veterans Memorial, Columbus, OH (with Roxy Music)

March 13, 1976 Louisville Gardens, Louisville, KY (with Roxy Music)

March 14, 1976 Civic Center, Charleston, WV (supported by Atlanta Rhythm Section & Be Bop Deluxe)

March 15, 1976 Allen County Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN (with Roxy Music)

March 16, 197 Industrial Mutual Association Auditorium, Flint, MI (with Roxy Music)

March 17, 1976 Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, PA (with Journey)

March 19, 1976 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA (with Journey)

March 20-21, 1976 Beacon Theater, New York City, NY (SuMagNa featured on backing vocals. with Journey)

March 23, 1976 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (with Journey & Wishbone Ash

March 24, 1976 Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA (with Journey)

March 26, 1976 Scope Arena, Norfolk, VA (with Journey & Robert Palmer)

March 27, 1976 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC (with Journey & Wet Willie)

March 28, 1976 Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC (with Journey & Robert Palmer)

March 29, 1976 Capital Centre, Landover, MD (with Journey & Wishbone Ash)

March 30-31, 1976 Birmingham Municipal Auditorium / Boutwell Auditorium, Birmingham, AL (with Journey 30th & Starbuck 31st)

April 1, 1976 West Palm Beach Auditorium, West Palm Beach, FL (with Journey)

April 2, 1976 Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL (with Journey)

April 3, 1976 Civic Center, Dothan, AL (with Journey)

April 4-5, 1976 Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA (with Starcastle)

April 6, 1976 Bayfront Center Auditorium, St. Petersburg, FL (with Starcastle)

April 8, 1976 Memphis, TN

April 9, 1976 Von Braun Civic Center Arena, Huntsville, AL (with Journey)

April 10, 1976 Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, LA (with Journey)

April 11, 1976 Warehouse, New Orleans, LA (with Crack The Sky & Jay Boy Adams)

April 12, 1976 Memorial Gymnasium at Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA (with Journey)

April 13, 1976 Pavilion at Murray State University, Murray, KY (with Journey)

April 14, 1976 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO (with Journey & Golden Earring)

April 16, 1976 Convention Center, Dallas, TX (with Elvin Bishop & Journey)

April 17, 1976 Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX (with Rare Earth)

April 18, 1976 Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, TX (with Journey)

UK Tour (Cancelled)

May 7, 1976 Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich, ENG (cancelled)

May 8, 1976 New Victoria Theatre, London, ENG (cancelled)

May 10, 1976 Town Hall, Birmingham, ENG (cancelled)

May 11, 1976 New Theatre, Oxford, ENG (cancelled)

May 13, 1976 Empire Theatre, Liverpool, ENG (cancelled)

May 14, 1976 Victoria Hall, Hanley, ENG (cancelled)

May 15, 1976 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, ENG (cancelled)

May 16, 1976 Theatre Royal, Newcastle, ENG (cancelled)

May 17, 1976 Apollo, Glasgow, SCOT (cancelled)

May 18, 1976 City Hall, Hull, ENG (cancelled)

UK Tour (Rescheduled)

June 15, 1976 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG

June 17, 1976 Town Hall, Birmingham, ENG (with Steve Gibbons Band)

June 18, 1976 New Theatre, Oxford, ENG (with Steve Gibbons Band)

June 19, 1976 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, ENG (with Steve Gibbons Band)

June 20, 1976 New Victoria Theatre, London, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band)

June 22, 1976 Guildhall, Portsmouth, ENG (with Steve Gibbons Band)

June 24, 1976 Victoria Hall, Hanley, ENG (with Steve Gibbons Band)

June 26, 1976 Apollo, Glasgow, SCOT (with Steve Gibbons Band)

June 27, 1976 City Hall, Newcastle, ENG (with Steve Gibbons Band)

June 28, 1976 Empire Theatre, Liverpool, ENG

August 9-12, 1976 Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA (with Widowmaker)

August 14, 1976 Las Vegas, NV (with Widowmaker)

August 16, 1976 Balboa Stadium, San Diego, CA (ELO cancelled with Jethro Tull, Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher, Starcastle)

August 18, 1976 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA (supporting Jethro Tull, with Rory Gallagher & Camel)

August 21, 1976 Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AB (cancelled with Widowmaker)

August 23, 1976 Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, MB (with Widowmaker)

August 25, 1976 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO (with Widowmaker & Mahogany Rush)

August 26, 1976 Chicago, IL (with Widowmaker)

August 27, 1976 Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, Du Quoin, IL

August 28, 1976 Sports Arena, Toledo, OH (with Widowmaker & Mahogany Rush)

August 29, 1976 International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL (with Widowmaker)

August 30, 1976 Cleveland, OH (with Widowmaker)

August 31, 1976 ISU Union Auditorium, Normal, IL (with Widowmaker)

September 2, 1976 Westchester Premier Theatre, Tarrytown, NY (with Widowmaker)

September 3, 1976 Place des Nations, Montreal, QC (with Widowmaker)

September 4, 1976 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY (with Widowmaker)

September 6, 1976 Nelson Ledges Road Course, Garrettsville, OH (Nelson Ledges Freedom Festival, with Heart, Steve Miller Band, J. Geils Band, Elvin Bishop, Roy Buchanan & Widow Maker. Heart closed the festival after being flown in from out of state and started their show at 2AM)

September 8-9, 1976 Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, MI (with Widowmaker)

September 10, 1976 Indiana State University: Hulman Center, Terre Haute, IN (with Styx & Widowmaker)

September 11, 1976 New Century Theatre, Buffalo, NY (with Widowmaker)

September 12, 1976 Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY (with Orleans, Widowmaker was scheduled, but cancelled)

September 13, 1976 Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, MI (with Widowmaker)

September 14, 1976 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON (with Widowmaker)

November 8, 1976 Whiskey a Go Go, Los Angeles, CA

January 17, 1977 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ (with Steve Hillage & Journey)

January 19, 1977 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO (with Elvin Bishop Band)

January 21, 1977 Community Center, Tucson, AZ (with Journey)

January 22, 1977 County Coliseum, El Paso, TX (with Ambrosia)

January 23, 1977 University of New Mexico's Johnson Gym, Albuquerque, NM (with Steve Hillage)

January 25, 1977 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA (with Steve Hillage & Firefall)

January 26, 1977 Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV (with Steve Hillage)

January 27, 1977 Forum, Inglewood, CA (with Steve Hillage)

January 30, 1977 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA (with Steve Hillage & Firefall)

January 31, 1977 Forum, Inglewood, CA (with Steve Hillage)

February 4, 1977 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO (with Steve Hillage)

February 5, 1977 Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NB (with Steve Hillage)

February 6, 1977 Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK (with Steve Hillage)

February 11, 1977 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (with Steve Hillage)

February 12-13, 1977 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (with Steve Hillage)

February 15, 1977 Erie County Fieldhouse, Erie, PA (with Steve Hillage)

February 17, 1977 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA (with Journey & Steve Hillage)

February 18, 1977 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH (with Gentle Giant & Steve Hillage)

February 19, 1977 Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH (with Steve Hillage)

February 21-22, 1977 Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI (with Steve Hillage)

February 23, 1977 International Music Arena, Flint, MI (with Steve Hillage)

February 25, 1977 Exhibition Auditorium, Milwaukee, WI (with Steve Hillage)

February 26-28, 1977 Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL (with Steve Hillage)

March 10, 1977 Omni, Atlanta, GA (with Leo Sayer)

March 11, 1977 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL (with Elliott Murphy & Black Oak Arkansas)

March 12, 1977 Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, FL

March 13, 1977 Civic Center, Lakeland, FL (with Leo Sayer, Elliott Murphy & Black Oak Arkansas)

March 15, 1977 Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL

March 17, 1977 Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK

March 18, 1977 Moody Coliseum, Dallas, TX (with Elliott Murphy)

March 19, 1977 Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, LA

March 20, 1977 Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, LA (with Elliott Murphy)

March 21, 1977 Summit, Houston, TX (with Elliott Murphy)

March 23, 1977 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO (supported by Leo Sayer & Steve Hillage)

March 24, 1977 Roberts Stadium, Evansville, IN (with Journey)

March 25, 1977 Notre Dame Athletic and Convocation Center, South Bend, IN (with Elliott Murphy)

March 26, 1977 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY (with Sea Level, Elliott Murphy)

March 27, 1977 Civic Center, Charleston, WV (with Manfred Mann's Earth Band & Elliott Murphy)

March 28, 1977 St. John Arena, Columbus, OH (supported by The Outlaws. Elliott Murphy was scheduled to open this show as well, but cancelled)

March 30, 1977 Boston Garden, Boston, MA (with Piper)

April 1, 1977 Civic Center, Hartford, CT (with Starcastle)

April 2, 1977 Civic Centre, Ottawa, ON (with The Lavender Hill Mob)

April 4, 1977 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON (with The Lavender Hill Mob)

April 6, 1977 Forum, Montreal, QC (with The Lavender Hill Mob)

April 22, 1977 Forum, Inglewood, CA (with Steve Hillage)

Out Of The Blue Tour

January 25, 1978 Neal Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, HI

January 29, 1978 Western Springs, Auckland, NZ

February 1-2, 1978 Festival Hall, Brisbane, AUS (supported by Stars)

February 4, 1978 Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, AUS (supported by Stars)

February 7-9, 1978 Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, AUS (supported by Scandal)

February 10, 1978 Football Park, Adelaide, AUS (supported by Scandal)

February 16-17, 1978 Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, AUS

February 22, 1978 Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, JPN

February 23-24, 1978 Festival Hall, Osaka, JPN

February 25, 1978 Kyoto Kaikan, Kyoto, JPN

February 26, 1978 Kyuden Taiikukan, Fukuoka, JPN

February 28, 1978 Nagoyashi Kokaido, Nagoya, JPN

March 2, 1978 Sunpu Kaikan, Shizuoka, JPN

April 22, 1978 Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, SWE (supported by Trickster)

April 23, 1978 Scandinavium, Göteborg, SWE (supported by Trickster)

April 24, 1978 Malmø Isstadion, Malmø, SWE (supported by Trickster)

April 25, 1978 Ekeberghallen, Oslo, NOR (supported by Trickster)

April 27, 1978 Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, DEN (supported by Trickster)

April 29, 1978 Ostseehalle, Kiel, GER (supported by Trickster)

April 30, 1978 Halle 1 Dortmund, Dortmund, GER (supported by Trickster)

May 2, 1978 Stadthalle, Bremen, GER (supported by Trickster)

May 3, 1978 Eilenriedehalle, Hannover, GER (supported by Trickster)

May 4, 1978 Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg, GER (supported by Trickster)

May 6-7, 1978 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen/Rhein, GER (supported by Trickster)

May 8, 1978 Sporthalle, Köln, GER (supported by Trickster)

May 10, 1978 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, GER (supported by Trickster)

May 11, 1978 Messehalle, Nurnberg, GER (supported by Trickster)

May 12, 1978 Olympiahalle, Munich, GER (supported by Trickster)

May 13, 1978 Hallenstadion, Zurich, SUI (supported by Trickster)

May 15, 1978 Pavillon de Paris, Paris, FRA

May 16-17, 1978 Ahoy, Rotterdam, NED

May 18, 1978 Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, BEL (supported by Trickster)

June 2, 1978 Empire Pool, Wembley, ENG (charity show, performed before the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. supported by Trickster)

June 6, 1978 Bingley Hall, Stafford, ENG (supported by Trickster)

June 9-12 & 14-16, 1978 Empire Pool, Wembley, ENG

North American "The Big Night" Tour

June 30, 1978 Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NB (supported by Trickster)

July 1, 1978 Kiel Arena, St. Louis, MO (supported by Trickster)

July 2, 1978 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (supported by Trickster)

July 3, 1978 Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK (supported by Trickster)

July 5, 1978 Mid-south Coliseum, Memphis, TN (supported by Trickster)

July 6, 1978 Omni, Atlanta, GA (supported by Trickster)

July 8, 1978 Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center, Birmingham, AL

July 9, 1978 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY (supported by Trickster)

July 11, 1978 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC (supported by Trickster)

July 12, 1978 Civic Centre, Roanoke, VA (supported by Trickster)

July 15, 1978 Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH ("The World Series of Rock". [in order of appearance were Trickster, Journey, Foreigner, and Electric Light Orchestra

July 19, 1978 CNE Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, ON (supported by Meat Loaf & Trickster)

August 10, 1978 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL (supported by Trickster)

August 12-13, 1978 Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI (supported by Trickster & Heart)

August 14, 1978 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN (supported by Trickster)

August 15, 1978 Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI (supported by Trickster)

August 16, 1978 Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI (supported by Trickster)

August 17, 1978 Civic Centre, St. Paul, MN (supported by Trickster)

August 19, 1978 McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO (supported by Trickster)

August 23-24, 1978 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA (supported by Trickster)

August 26, 1978 Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, CA (supported by Trickster, Kingfish & Journey. Introduced by Tony Curtis)

August 29, 1978 Aladdin Theater for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, NV

September 1, 1978 Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX (supported by Trickster)

September 2, 1978 Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, LA (supported by Kingfish)

September 3, 1978 Summit, Houston, TX (supported by Kingfish)

September 4, 1978 LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA (supported by Kingfish)

September 5, 1978 Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center, Biloxi, MS (supported by Kingfish)

September 7, 1978 Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN (supported by Kingfish)

September 8, 1978 University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OH, (supported by Kingfish)

September 9, 1978 MTSU Murphy Center, Murfreesboro, TN (supported by Kingfish)

September 11, 1978 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY (supported by Kingfish)

September 12, 1978 Veterans' Coliseum, New Haven, CT (supported by Kingfish)

September 14-15, 1978 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (supported by Kingfish)

September 18-19, 1978 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (supported by Kingfish 18th & Trickster 19th)

September 22, 1978 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (supported by Trickster)

September 23, 1978 Capital Centre, Landover, MD (supported by Trickster)

September 25, 1978 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA (supported by Trickster)

September 27, 1978 Boston Garden, Boston, MA (supported by Trickster)

September 28, 1978 Civic Center, Providence, RI (supported by Trickster)

September 29, 1978 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME (supported by Kingfish)

September 30-October 1, 1978 Forum, Montreal, QC (supported by Trickster. Shows cancelled because of a tax disagreement between the promoters and the Canadian or Montreal government)

ELO Time Tour 1981

September 15, 1981 Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX (supported by The Michael Stanley Band)

September 16, 1981 Summit, Houston, TX (supported by The Michael Stanley Band)

September 17, 1981 Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX (supported by The Michael Stanley Band)

September 19, 1981 Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (supported by Ellen Foley)

September 20, 1981 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA (supported by Ellen Foley)

September 23, 1981 Forum, Los Angeles, CA (supported by Ellen Foley)

September 24, 1981 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA (supported by Ellen Foley)

September 27, 1981 McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO (supported by Ellen Foley)

October 1, 1981 Capital Centre, Landover, MD (supported by Ellen Foley, This show may have been cancelled due to poor ticket sales)

October 2, 1981 Spectrum Philadelphia, PA (supported by Ellen Foley)

October 3, 1981 Boston Garden Boston, MA (supported by Ellen Foley)

October 4, 1981 Broome County Arena, Binghamton, NY (supported by Ellen Foley)

October 6, 1981 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (supported by The Michael Stanley Band)

October 7, 1981 Civic Center, Hartford, CT (supported by Ellen Foley)

October 8, 1981 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ (supported by Ellen Foley)

October 10, 1981 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY (supported by Ellen Foley)

October 11, 1981 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH (supported by Ellen Foley)

October 12, 1981 Civic Center Auditorium, Charleston, WV (supported by Ellen Foley)

October 14, 1981 Civic Center, Roanoke, VA (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 15, 1981 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 16, 1981 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 17, 1981 Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD (supported by Hall & Oates) ?

October 17, 1981 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC (supported by Hall & Oates) ?

October 19, 1981 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 20, 1981 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 21, 1981 Omni, Atlanta, GA (supported by The Johnny Van Zant Band)

October 23, 1981 LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 24, 1981 Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, AL (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 25, 1981 Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 26, 1981 Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OK (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 28, 1981 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 29, 1981 Checkerdome, St. Louis, MO (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 30, 1981 Civic Auditorium Arena, Omaha, NE (supported by Hall & Oates)

October 31, 1981 Civic Center, St. Paul, MN (supported by Hall & Oates)

November 2, 1981 MECCA Arena, Milwaukee, WI (supported by Hall & Oates)

November 4, 1981 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI (supported by Hall & Oates)

November 5, 1981 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL (supported by Hall & Oates)

November 6, 1981 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH (supported by Hall & Oates)

November 7, 1981 Indiana University Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IN (supported by Hall & Oates)

December 1-2, 4-5 & 9-10, 1981 Wembley Arena, London, ENG (supported by Voyager)

December 12-15, 1981 NEC, Birmingham, ENG (supported by Voyager. With record weather in London on this night, ice and snow shut down most public transportation and power across London. Many could not make it to the show that night, so an additional night was hastily scheduled for December 15th to allow those ticket holders who missed to show to attend.

December 16, 1981 Royal Highland Showground, Ingliston, SCOT (supported by Voyager)

February 4, 1982 Drammenshallen, Drammen, NOR (unconfirmed, supported by After The Fire)

February 6, 1982 Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, SWE (unconfirmed, supported by After The Fire)

February 7, 1982 Bröndby Hallen, Copenhagen, DEN

February 10, 1982 Ahoy, Rotterdam, NED (supported by After The Fire)

February 11, 1982 Vorst Nationaal, Brussells, BEL (supported by Voyager)

February 13-14, 1982 Frankfurt Festhalle Messe, Frankfurt am Main, GER (supported by After The Fire, 14th unconfirmed)

February 15, 1982 Hall Rhenus, Strasbourg, FRA (unconfirmed, supported by After The Fire)

February 16, 1982 Parc des Expositions, Paris, FRA (unconfirmed, supported by After The Fire)

February 18, 1982 Palais des Sports de Lyon, Lyon, FRA (unconfirmed, supported by After The Fire)

February 19, 1982 Hallenstadion, Zürich, SUI (unconfirmed, supported by After The Fire)

February 20-21, 1982 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, GER (supported by After The Fire)

February 23, 1982 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, SWE (supported by After The Fire)

February 25, 1982 Stadthalle, Bremen, GER (supported by After The Fire. Pete King replaced Bev Bevan on drums for this performance)

February 26, 1982 Carl-Diem-Halle, Würzburg, GER (supported by After The Fire. Pete King replaced Bev Bevan on drums for this performance)

February 27, 1982 Eissporthalle Kassel, Kassel, GER (supported by After The Fire. Pete King replaced Bev Bevan on drums for this performance)

February 28, 1982 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, GER (supported by After The Fire. Pete King replaced Bev Bevan on drums for this performance)

March 2-3, 1982 Sporthalle, Köln, GER (supported by After The Fire. Pete King replaced Bev Bevan on drums for this performance)

March 4, 1982 Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, GER (supported by After The Fire. Pete King replaced Bev Bevan on drums for this performance)

March 5, 1982 Olympiahalle, Munich, GER (supported by After The Fire. Bev Bevan returned on this, the final night of the tour)

March 15, 1986 NEC, Birmingham, ENG (Heartbeat '86. The Steve Gibbons Band, The Fortunes, Roy Wood, UB40 and Ruby Turner, Applejacks, Robert Plant and Big Town Playboys, The Rockin' Berries, The Moody Blues, George Harrison and Friends)

July 5, 1986 Wembley Stadium, London, ENG (supporting Rod Stewart with Feargal Sharkey & Blow Monkeys)

July 9, 1986 Hippodrome de Vincennes, Paris, FRA (cancelled supporting Rod Stewart)

July 12, 1986 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, GER (supporting Rod Stewart)

July 13, 1986 Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, GER (supporting Rod Stewart)

September 14, 2014 Hyde Park, London, ENG

April 5, 2016 Echo Arena, Liverpool, ENG (supported by the Feeling)

April 7, 2016 Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, ENG (supported by the Feeling)

April 9, 2016 First Direct Arena, Leeds, ENG (supported by the Feeling)

April 10, 2016 Manchester Arena, Manchester, ENG (supported by the Feeling)

April 12, 2016 SSE Hydro, Glasgow, SCOT (supported by the Feeling)

April 14 2016 Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, ENG (supported by the Feeling)

April 16-17, 2016 Genting Arena, Birmingham, ENG (supported by the Feeling)

April 20, 22-23 & 26, 2016 O2 Arena, London, ENG (supported by the Feeling)

April 29, 2016 3Arena, Dublin, IRE (cancelled)

May 1, 2016 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, NED (supported by the Feeling)

May 3, 2016 Hallenstadion, Zurich, SUI (supported by the Feeling)

May 5, 2016 Koenig Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, GER (supported by the Feeling)

May 7, 2016 3Arena, Dublin, IRE (supported by the Shoos)

June 22, 2016 Manchester Arena, Manchester, ENG (supported by the Feeling)

June 24, 2016 Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, ENG (supported by the Feeling)

June 26, 2016 Worthy Farm, Pilton, ENG ( Glastonbury Festival 2016 )

September 9-11, 2016 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (supported by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins)

September 16 & 18, 2016 Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY (supported by Attacca Quartet)

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Jeff Lynne’s ELO Announce Their Final Tour

by Paul Cashmere on March 19, 2024

Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Lynne solo outing of his Electric Light Orchestra songs, has announced a final farewell tour.

At this stage it is a USA only tour. No Australian dates have been announced. Lynne only ever toured Australia twice with ELO in 1975 and 1978. ELO without Lynne toured Australia in 1998 as Electric Light Orchestra Part II. Part II featured co-founder Bev Bevan, former ELO bass player Kelly Groucutt and violin player Mik Kaminski.

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Here is what Electric Light Orchestra performed at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne in 1978:

Fire on High (from Face The Music, 1975) Night in the City (from Out of the Blue, 1977) Turn to Stone (from Out of the Blue, 1977) Eldorado Overture (from Eldorado, 1974) Can’t Get It Out of My Head (from Eldorado, 1974) Cello Solo Tightrope (from A New World Record, 1976) Telephone Line (from A New World Record, 1976) Rockaria! (from A New World Record, 1976) Violin Solo Strange Magic (from Face The Music, 1975) Showdown (from On The Third Day, 1973) Sweet Talkin’ Woman (from Out of the Blue, 1977) Evil Woman (from Face The Music, 1975) Mr. Blue Sky (from Out of the Blue, 1977) Do Ya (from A New World Record, 1976) Livin’ Thing (from A New World Record, 1976) Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (from On The Third Day, 1973) Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry cover) (from ELO 2, 1973)

This was the last full concert Jeff Lynne’s ELO did from 1 August 2019 in Pittsburgh:

Standin’ in the Rain (from Out of the Blue, 1977) Evil Woman (from Face The Music, 1975) All Over the World (from Xanadu soundtrack, 1980) Showdown (from On The Third Day, 1973) Do Ya (from A New World Record, 1976) When I Was a Boy (from Alone In In Universe, 2015) Livin’ Thing (from A New World Record, 1976) Handle With Care (The Traveling Wilburys cover) (with Dhani Harrison) Rockaria! (from A New World Record, 1976) Last Train to London (from Discovery, 1979) Eldorado Overture (from Eldorado, 1974) Can’t Get It Out of My Head (from Eldorado, 1974) 10538 Overture (from The Electric Light Orchestra, 1971) Shine a Little Love (from Discovery, 1979) Wild West Hero (from Out of the Blue, 1977) Sweet Talkin’ Woman (from Out of the Blue, 1977) Telephone Line (from A New World Record, 1976) Don’t Bring Me Down (from Discovery, 1979) Turn to Stone (from Out of the Blue, 1977) Mr. Blue Sky (from Out of the Blue, 1977)

Encore: Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry cover) (from ELO 2, 1973)

Jeff Lynne’s ELO farewell tour dates:

• 24th August 2024 – Palm Desert, CA – Acrisure Arena • 27th August 2024 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena • 28th August 2024 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena • 30th August 2024 – Portland, OR – Moda Center • 1st September 2024 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center • 6th September 2024 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center • 7th September 2024 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse • 9th September 2024 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena • 10th September 2024 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena • 13th September 2024 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center • 14th September 2024 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse • 16th September 2024 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden • 20th September 2024 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center • 23rd September 2024 – Boston, MA – TD Garden • 25th September 2024 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena • 27th September 2024 – Chicago, IL – United Center • 30th September 2024 – St, Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center • 2nd October 2024 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena • 9th October 2024 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena • 11th October 2024 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena • 12th October 2024 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena • 15th October 2024 – Austin, TX – Moody Center • 16th October 2024 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center • 18th October 2024 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center • 21st October 2024 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center • 23rd October 2024 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center • 25th October 2024 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum

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A beginner’s guide to: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)

From the ashes of the move, the electric light orchestra took the psychedelic sonic experiments of late 60s beatles and added lush orchestration, giving colour, pomp and spectacle to the 70s..

When the Idle Race’s Jeff Lynne and The Move ’s Roy Wood met on the 60’s Birmingham club circuit they formed an instant friendship. Taking their inspiration from the futuristic sounds of The Beatles’ ‘I Am The Walrus’, they shared a desire to explore the use of strings and orchestration in songs, something which was lacking in the late 60s colourful musical palette. So when Carl Wayne left The Move in Jan 1969, Wood saw an opportunity to invite Lynne to join with the focus on exploring this experimental new sound – far removed from the recognised “Move” sound. In July of the same year when Wood added cellos to the Lynne-penned, originally intended Move B-side ‘10352 Overture’ – which made it into the UK top 10 – the Electric Light Orchestra was born and The Move was no more.

The Electric Light Orchestra’s debut concert took place on 16 April 1972 at the Greyhound Pub in Croydon, Surrey with a line-up of Wood, Lynne, original Move drummer Bev Bevan, Bill Hunt (keyboards), Andy Craig (cello), Mike Edwards (cello), Wilfred Gibson (violin), Hugh McDowell (cello), and Richard Tandy (bass). But this line-up was not to last. Craig left very soon after this and only a few months post their self-titled debut album release that same year, Wood donned his platform boots and left to form Wizzard, taking Hunt and McDowell with him.

Supposed ructions with their manager Don Arden after a bad tour of Italy and complaints of the violins and cellos being drowned out by the electric instruments, had instigated the departure. Lynne was left to follow his muse and write and produce for the band, with Richard Tandy switching from bass to keyboards and Mike de Albuquerque and Colin Walker joining them on bass and cello respectively. Sound issues resolved, the new line-up played at Reading Festival. With this lush orchestral enhancement breathing new life into the band, they released the art rock The Electric Light Orchestra II in 1973, which produced their second UK top 10 single and their first US chart single – a cover of Chuck Berry’s ‘Roll Over Beethoven’.

This was followed in 1974 by On The Third Day, which showcased Lynne’s talent for melody as demonstrated on ‘Showdown’, a song written in Lynne’s parents’ living room in Birmingham. During the recording, Wilfrid Gibson was let go over a financial dispute and Colin Walker left citing touring pressures on his family life. Mik Kaminski joined on violin and original cellist Hugh McDowell came back from Wizzard, taking up the role that Walker had vacated.

As the albums increased so did the experimentation. Their fourth in 1974, Eldorado, A Symphony was a concept album about a daydreamer with added choir. The first single from it ‘Can’t’ Get It Out Of My Head’ was their first US top 10 hit and the album went gold. Mike de Albuquerque left during recording citing touring pressures on his family life. As a result, Lynne played most of the bass on the album. Kelly Groucutt took up this role shortly after the album’s release and Melvyn Gale replaced Edwards on cello at the start of 1975. The band hit the big time in the US playing tirelessly in the arenas and stadia. This kept them busy until the release of their next album the same year Face the Music which produced their third top 10 hit single ‘Evil Woman’. The US’ love affair with the band continued as the album’s opening instrumental track ‘Fire On High’ was adopted as the theme tune to the CBS Sports Spectacular programme.

By their sixth album, 1976’s platinum selling A New World Record, the band had hit their stride and were entering their purple patch. The album was their first in the UK top 10 and spawned a handful of hit singles most notably ‘Livin’ Thing’ and ‘Telephone Line’, which was written on an old out-of-tune upright piano. After another tour of the US they released the multi-platinum double album and arguably their best: Out of the Blue with the hits ‘Turn to Stone’, ‘Sweet Talkin’ Woman’, ‘Mr Blue Sky’ and ‘Wild West Hero’ being some of their most celebrated and iconic songs. The success of the album heralded a huge show-stopping world tour in 1978 comprising of space ships and laser shows. Billed as the Big Night in the US the gigs became the highest grossing live concert tour up to that point. They also set another record by selling out Wembley Stadium on eight consecutive nights.

In 1979 they released their eighth studio album Discovery (or Disco? Very! as it was known to fans). The album marked a transition for the band, both due to the change in musical direction (it’s heavy disco influence didn’t sit too well with their fans) and it lacked the resident strings trio of Kaminski, McDowell and Gale, whom Lynne deemed “superfluous to requirements” The biggest hit from it though ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ was decidedly rock fuelled. By the end of the year ELO had reached their commercial peak; selling out the biggest venues in the US and the UK and shifting millions of records. After turning down the headline slot at Knebworth (Led Zeppelin were more than worthy stand ins!) Lynne turned his hand to musicals, co-writing the soundtrack to Xanadu starring Olivia Newton John of Grease fame. The film was a box office flop but the soundtrack went double platinum. The album produced the hits ‘All Over The World’ and the title track which went to #1 in the UK, the band’s only single to reach the top spot.

Synths replaced strings for the 1981 SC-FI concept album Time which topped the UK album charts for 2 weeks. A world tour followed with new synth members Louis Clark and Dave Morgan and Mik Kaminski called back into the fold. Lynne wanted to produce another double-album but this was deemed too costly by the record company CBS so Secret Messages was therefore a 1983 single disc release, which reached the top 5 in the UK but was dogged by rumours of the band splitting up. Drummer Bev Bevan had started playing for Black Sabbath and bassist Kelly Groucutt had left during the recording, leaving Lynne to again play the majority of the bass on the record. Bevan returned and due to contractual obligations, went into the studio again with Lynne and Tandy in 1985 to record Balance of Power released the following year. Only one track ‘Calling America’ made it into the top 30 in the UK with the rest of the singles failing to chart. Kaminski, Clark and Morgan re-joined the band with Martin Smith enlisted on bass. A few shows in the UK and the US, including one in Birmingham which saw George Harrison make a guest appearance for the encore led to their final gig for several years in Stuttgart where they supported Rod Stewart.

During the next two years Lynne turned his hand to record producing for the likes of Tom Petty and George Harrison as well as becoming a Travelling Wilbury alongside Petty, Harrison, Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan. The group officially disbanded in 1988 and with agreement from Lynne, Bevan formed ELO Part II in 1989. He released an album The Electric Light Orchestra Part II in 1990 and toured with Kaminski, Groucutt and McDowell in 1991. McDowell left after the tour and they recorded a second album Moment of Truth in 1994 and toured again. Bevan called it a day in 1999 and sold his share of the ELO name back to Lynne in 2000.

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A retrospective boxset called Flashback marked Lynne’s comeback to ELO in 2000 and a new album Zoom followed suit the next year. Though it was billed as an ELO album only Tandy from the original line-up was on it. The rest were guest appearances including former Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison. Lynne reformed the band with completely new members and announced a tour that was subsequently cancelled. The next decade saw re-issues and live DVD releases but no more performances. It wasn’t until November 2013 that Lynne and Tandy reunited again to perform, under the name Jeff Lynne and Friends at the “Children in Need Rocks” concert at Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, London. On the back of this and buoyed by Chris Evan’s Radio 2 breakfast show, they played as Jeff Lynne’s ELO at Radio 2’s “Festival in a Day” in Hyde Park the following year. All 50,000 tickets sold out in 15 mins. In November 2015 they released the album Alone In The Universe embarking on a world tour in 2017. That same year, the original members of the band – Wood, Lynne, Bevan and Tandy – were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Jeff Lynne’s ELO are still touring and have recently announced an extensive UK arena tour, which includes three nights at Birmingham Arena .

In 1995, Jeff Lynne produced The Beatles “Free as a Bird”, a studio re-working of John Lennon’s 1977 home demo recording:

“I came to the first session with George and we were late, which was a bad start. Ringo and Paul were already there. All four of us sat down at a table, the first time they’d all been together for about 20 years. They spent a long time talking about the old days, just reminiscing. I was thrilled to bits. It was what I always dreamed of”. (Rolling Stone)

Studio Albums – 13

Singles – 50

Highest chart position – #1 (Xanadu– 1980)

Best tracks

10352 Overture

The opening salvo from Lynne and Wood’s Beatles inspired sonic journey set out their stall very clearly. The first track to be released from the band’s debut album The Electric Light Orchestra, it wore its late 60s Beatles influences firmly on its sleeve. With psychedelic stereo panning, dramatic cellos and distorted vocal lines there was no question of where they had come from and where they were heading.

Livin’ Thing

Taken from their 1976 A New World Record Album, ‘Livin’ Thing’, with its pizzicato, mariachi string opening and Lynne’s perfect slice of a pop chorus, ticks all the feel good boxes and them some as well as demonstrating what great song craft sounds like. It is no wonder that Q voted it the #1 Guilty Pleasure in 2006. But why feel guilty about loving this?

Mr Blue Sky

Probably the most well known and recognised of all ELO tracks, the song was originally written in Switzerland, where Lynne was staying in a mountain-top chalet. “The sky was misty and cloudy for the first few days until it all suddenly lifted and then there was just blue sky.” Written as the finale of his ‘Concerto For A Rainy Day’ suite off their 1977 epic Out of The Blue album, the track still has universal appeal to young and old alike, again firmly ticking that feel good box with stomping piano and coruscating vocals. Interestingly the cowbell used on the track was credited as a “fire extinguisher” .

Wild West Hero

Again taken from their epic 1977 Out of The Blue album, this was the closing track and the third single release from it, reaching #6 in the UK charts in 1978. Supposedly written in four minutes the song saw Lynne as an aspiring gunslinger with his crescendoing choruses riding off into the sunset. It also had resident cellist Melvyn Gale supplying the Western style piano.

Don’t Bring Me Down

The only rock inspired single and another closing track (noticing a pattern here?) from the disco influenced 1979 album Discovery. The highest ELO single to chart in the US at #4, reaching #3 in the UK top 10. During the recording Lynne decided to fill a gap in the vocals with a made-up word “grooss”, which one of the engineers informed him sounded like the German word for “greetings”. However, when the band sang it live, the audience misheard it as “Bruce” which Lynne eventually took on board and sang as a replacement.

Notable Performances

1 – Greyhound Pub, Croydon, Surrey, April 16th 1972

On Sunday 16 April 1972, ELO played their first gig to an audience of 7 at the Greyhound Pub. Cellist Mike Edwards used an orange and a grapefruit to finger the strings as a gimmick whilst a music magazine wrote “Roy Wood has problems trying to play a large range of instruments, and often trips over various wires”.

2 – The Big Night, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, US, July 15th 1978

In the late 70’s ELO took the US by storm, peaking with a spectacular show in Cleveland to an audience of 62,000. Introduced as “The English guys with big fiddles” ELO brought their spaceship and lasers show to the American masses. With support from Journey and Foreigner, the concerts set a record for the highest grossing concert tour to date.

3 – The Heart Beat 86, NEC Birmingham, March 15th 1986

The Heart Beat 86 was a benefit concert held at the NEC on 15 March 1986, organised by ELO drummer Bev Bevan to raise money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The concert featured local bands perform including founding ELO member Roy Wood performing his Christmas hit ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’ and ELO performing ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’. The finale featured a surprise appearance from George Harrison playing ‘Johnny B. Goode’ and opened up a new chapter for Lynne as it signposted his route to becoming a Travelling Wilbury and go to record producer of the late 80s.

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Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)'s 1978 Concert History
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)'s 1978 Concert History. Electric Light Orchestra, often called "ELO," was formed by Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, and Bev Bevan in 1970. When Wood left in 1972, Richard Tandy joined and is often considered one of the original and consistent members of ELO, even though he was not technically a founder.
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ELO Tour Dates 1978 - Welcome to The ELO Network. 29th January 1978 Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand. 1st February 1978 Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia. 2nd February 1978 Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia. 4th February 1978 Randwick Race Course, Sydney, Australia.
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Electric Light Orchestra, were a symphonic rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne ...
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40 Years Ago, ELO's Spaceship Reached Boston. On September 27, 1978, Electric Light Orchestra reached the Boston Garden on a tour that had begun in January in Honolulu and then circled the world. In America since June on that tour, Boston was the third last stop, with the Providence Civic Center the following night and the Cumberland County ...
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Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley is a concert film by the Electric Light Orchestra.. In 1978 the band played the Wembley Arena for a record eight appearances. The opening night (a charity Gala event) was filmed in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the band were introduced by US actor Tony Curtis.. The stage was a huge flying saucer with hydraulic lifts, the 'roof' would ...
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The Electric Light Orchestra ... During an Australian tour in early 1978, Electric Light Orchestra were presented with 9 platinum awards for the albums Out of the Blue and New World Record. In 1979, the multi-platinum album Discovery was released, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart.
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Main Set Closers. 1. Roll Over Beethoven ( Chuck Berry cover) Play Video stats. 85. 2. Mr. Blue Sky. Play Video stats.
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Electric Light Orchestra: Live at Wembley: Directed by Mike Mansfield. With Tony Curtis, Electric Light Orchestra, Bev Bevan, Kelly Groucutt. The Electric Light Orchestra are one of the most successful British bands of all time. Formed after the break up of The Move in 1970 they pioneered the integration of orchestral instruments into pop music and released a series of groundbreaking and ...
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ELO II Birmingham Beatsters Family Tree September 23, 1972 Grangemouth Stadium, Grangemouth, SCOT (Great Western Express Festival. ELO were billed but did not play) September 29, 1972 Polytechnic Of Central London, London, ENG (Supported by Silverhead) 1973 ELO 2 UK/Europe Tour (Winter/Spring 1973) January 20, 1973 Northampton County Cricket Club, Northampton, ENG (with Holy Mackerel) January ...
Jeff Lynne's ELO Announce Their Final Tour
No Australian dates have been announced. Lynne only ever toured Australia twice with ELO in 1975 and 1978. ELO without Lynne toured Australia in 1998 as Electric Light Orchestra Part II.
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ELO Tour Dates 1977
ELO Tour Dates 1977 - Welcome to The ELO Network. 17th January 1977 Phoenix, AZ, USA. 17th February 1977 Madison Square Garden, USA. date unknown Ottawa, Canada. 6th April 1977 Montreal, Canada. 22nd April 1977 Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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25th February 1975 Wolverhampton, UK. 7th March 1975 Tubingen, Germany. 8th March 1975 Erlangen, Germany. 9th March 1975 Stuttgart, Germany. 11th March 1975 Berlin, Germany. 12th March 1975 Hannover, Germany.
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A beginner’s guide to: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)

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