Major music festival cancelled as headliner pulls out a day before event

BST Hyde Park festival has cancelled its last nighttime aft Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra pulled retired of the header slot.

Lynne, 77, was owed to play alongside his set connected Sunday but has been forced to retreat from the lawsuit pursuing a "systemic infection".

The London amusement was expected to beryllium a "final goodbye" from ELO pursuing their farewell US tour.

Organisers said connected Saturday that Lynne was "heartbroken" astatine being incapable to perform.

A connection read: "Jeff has been battling a systemic corruption and is presently successful the attraction of a squad of doctors who person advised him that performing is simply not imaginable astatine this clip nor volition helium beryllium capable to reschedule.

"The bequest of the set and his longtime fans are foremost successful Jeff's caput contiguous - and portion helium is truthful atrocious that helium cannot perform, helium knows that helium indispensable absorption connected his wellness and rehabilitation astatine this time."

They aboriginal confirmed the full of Sunday's lawsuit would beryllium cancelled.

"Ticket holders volition beryllium refunded and contacted straight by their summons cause with further details," different connection said.

Stevie Wonder played the festival connected Saturday - present its last lawsuit of 2025.

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US stone set The Doobie Brothers and blues stone vocalist Steve Winwood were among those who had been owed to execute to earlier ELO's header performance.

The cancellation comes aft the band, champion known for their deed Mr Blue Sky, pulled retired of a show owed to instrumentality spot astatine Manchester's Co-Op Live Arena connected Thursday.

ELO was formed successful Birmingham successful 1970 by Lynne, multi-instrumentalist Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan.

They archetypal divided successful 1986, earlier frontman Lynne resurrected the set successful 2014.