{"id":7192,"date":"2025-07-14T11:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=7192"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:46:22","slug":"jeff-lynne-shared-sad-health-update-hours-before-manchester-gig-cancelled-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=7192","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Lynne shared sad health update hours before Manchester gig cancelled last minute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When fans heard that Jeff Lynne was too ill to perform, their hearts sank \u2014 but what happened next was even worse The stage was lit, the cheers echoed through Co-op Live \u2014 but Jeff never appeared. Just hours before showtime, a vague health update sent shockwaves through the crowd. Thousands were quietly ushered out\u2026 but no one really knew what had happened backstage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some staff were seen in tears, and whispers spread of a panicked phone call behind the curtains\u2026 So what really happened that caused the biggest concert of the summer to collapse in an instant?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EXCLUSIVE: Fans of Jeff Lynne\u2019s ELO were left disappointed as thousands of ticketholders were booted from Co-op Live when the gig was cancelled last minute in Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article35536802.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/2_EXCL-JEFF.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Lynne shared sad health update hours before Manchester gig axed last minute\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeff Lynne shared a sad health update with fans in Manchester\u00a0just hours before ELO\u2019s concert was called off. ELO fans were booted out of Manchester\u2019s\u00a0Co-op\u00a0Live arena after the gig was cancelled just minutes before the band were due to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of ticketholders were left disappointed when they were informed that the performance would not be going ahead tonight. A fan who was at Wednesday night\u2019s gig exclusively told The\u00a0Mirror: \u201cAt the start of the set he came on and couldn\u2019t play the guitar because he has injured his hand. He sounded shaky to begin with but his singing and energy picked up and was great until the last 10 minutes of the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA chair was brought onto the stage and he had to sit down to sing the last few songs, he appeared to be unsteady on his feet at the end and was helped off the stage by staff. He really wasn\u2019t well, it was obvious to fans at the gig he wasn\u2019t himself and it is sad to see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article35536952.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Radio-2-In-Concert.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Lynne shared a sad health update with fans in Manchester\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeff Lynne shared a sad health update with fans in Manchester(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeff took to X to an announce that the show had been cancelled \u201cdue to illness\u201d and that Jeff was \u201cdevastated\u201d that he could not perform. \u201cUnfortunately due to illness, tonight\u2019s scheduled performance of Jeff Lynne\u2019s ELO at the Co-op Live will not be going ahead. Jeff is devastated he cannot perform this evening,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMore information will become available as soon as possible. For refunds please go to your point of purchase,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans soon took to social media to share their upset, with one writing: \u201cTonight\u2019s ELO concert cancelled at 8.10 pm. Jeff Lynne too ill. Devastated. Hope he\u2019s ok. Had tickets since December.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTHEY CANCELLED ELO TONIGHT BECAUSE JEFF IS ILL????? YOU CANT MAKE THIS UP WE\u2019RE ALL BEING BOOTED OUT,\u201d a second wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article35536956.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Music-Industry-Trusts-Award-2017-London.jpg\" alt=\"The Manchester gig was called off last minute due to Lynne's health crisis\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Manchester gig was called off last minute due to Lynne\u2019s health crisis(Image:\u00a0PA Archive\/PA Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJeff Lynne\u2019s ELO cancelling 12 MINUTES before they\u2019re due on stage. That\u2019s tragic,\u201d posted another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band performed their the first night of their Manchester leg last night, with Jeff revealing that he injured his hand while in London. \u201cI was in London and a taxi dashed off from where he was coming from and smashed my hand. It really hurt at the time. That\u2019s why I haven\u2019t got a guitar \u2013 I normally would have,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ticketholders for the Over and Out tour claimed they were informed the performance would not be going ahead just minutes before the band was due to take to the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerns were raised over how people could be refunded for their expenses, after also booking travel and accommodation. 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