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Electric Light Orchestra's frontman Jeff Lynne issues an update after the band were forced to cancel their show in Manchester


Thousands of fans were in attendance at the city's Co Op Arena for the show, but after waiting for Jeff to take to the stage, were told the performance would not go ahead as planned due to 'illness.'

At the time, a representative for the band told MailOnline: 'Unfortunately due to illness tonight's (Thursday 10th July 2025) scheduled performance of Jeff Lynne's ELO at the Co-Op Live will not going ahead. ELO are currently in the middle of their farewell tour, and Jeff revealed last year they're set to play their final show at BST Hyde Park 2025 on Sunday (pictured in 2015) ELO sold over 50 million records worldwide during their initial 13 year-run and Jeff, Richard, Roy and Bev were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.

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