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Electric Light Orchestra Cancel Final Concert Due to Jeff Lynne’s ‘Systemic Infection’

Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra canceled what was meant to be their final concert Sunday due to the frontman battling a "systemic infection."

While the group didn’t elaborate on the nature of Lynne’s health issue, he was unable to play guitar at recent U.K. shows in his hometown of Birmingham, England this past week due to a hand injury he sustained in an incident involving a taxi. After resurrecting in 2014 as Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra, the reformed, Rock Hall-inducted band staged their first gig back at Hyde Park. Rolling Stone ‘s Andy Greene wrote of the band’s farewell show at Madison Square Garden, “Time has been very kind to Jeff Lynne‘s wonderfully unique fusion of prog rock, orchestral music, disco, and pop.” He added that the tour is “a well-deserved victory lap for a true pop genius, and a gift for fans to take a ride on his spaceship one last time.”

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