Having last stopped off on these shores last year, Jeff Lynne’s downright legendary ELO have announced two Irish arena shows for October next year Rounding out a string of European dates, the band will play Dublin’s 3Arena and Belfast’s SSE Arena on Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26 respectively. Speaking about the tour, Lynne said, “Our audiences are amazing. It’s like they’re in the group. We can’t wait to play for them again.” Tickets for the shows – priced £68 for Belfast and €80.50 for Dublin, both including booking fees – go on sale this Friday, November 17 at…
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While Jeff Lynne sure knows how to make a bold statement by suggesting he is Alone in the Universe, tonight’s show and the previous string of dates in the UK that sold out in minutes certainly suggest otherwise. Apart from long time keyboardist and collaborator Richard Tandy, Lynne has an ensemble of relatively new but seasoned musicians to recreate and reinstate his cosmic vision of Electric Light Orchestra for his first tour in over 30 years. This particular gig at Dublin’s 3Arena was originally scheduled for the previous weekend but due to illness Jeff had to postpone and apologised fervently…