Jeff Lynne has had to pull out of what has been billed as his final ever UK performance due to ill health, shortly after cancelling a Co-Op Live gig. The ELO frontman is not expected to reschedule the BST Hyde Park gig and is "currently in the care of a team of doctors who have advised him that performing is simply not possible at this time,

Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) will no longer be performing at BST Hyde Park festival in London, organisers said. Musician Lynne, who was due to headline on Sunday, has pulled out on the advice of doctors following a “systemic infection”.

British rock band have cancelled their swansong show in London‘s Hyde Park after doctors advise Jeff Lynne not to play