Jeff Lynne’s ELO To Soar Through U.K.

Jeff Lynne’s ELO returns to its British Homeland in April. With stops including Liverpool, Leeds and London, tickets for most shows go up this week.

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It would be an understatement to say fans have been clamoring for a new ELO release, especially since Lynn performed a stunning headlining set at BBC Radio 2’s “Festival In A Day” in Hyde Park in 2014. ELO’s catalog is a tremendous collection of monster hits like “Mr. Blue Sky,” “Evil Woman,” “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head,” “Don’t Bring Me Down” and “Turn To Stone.” Heck, you’d probably have to search the far corners of the universe to find any intelligent life that hasn’t heard ELO.

Lynne’s ELO arrives with a new album. Alone In the Universe has made fans of the band very happy. Mojo gave the album four stars while Q praised the disc as “just about perfect.” As he did on previous ELO albums, Lynne served as producer, songwriter, arranger, lead singer and guitarist on Alone In The Universe.

Here’s the U.K. tour:

April 5 – Liverpool, England, Echo Arena Liverpool
April 7 – Nottingham, England, The Capital FM Arena Nottingham
April 9 – Leeds, England, First Direct Arena
April 10 – Manchester, England, Manchester Arena
April 12 – Glasgow, Scotland, The SSE Hydro
April 14 – Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Metro Radio Arena
April 16 – Birmingham, England, Genting Arena
April 17 – Birmingham, England, Genting Arena
April 20 – London, England, The O2 – London
April 22 – London, England, The O2 – London
April 29 – Dublin, Ireland, 3Arena

Presales for most dates begin Nov. 11 with general onsales starting Nov. 13. Click here for more information.