Jeff Lynne's ELO - Mr Blue Sky (Live at Hyde Park)

Band: Jeff Lynne's ELO
Video: "Mr Blue Sky"
Album: "Live at Hyde Park"
Type: Video
Release date: September 2015
Label: Eagle Rock

Track List:
01. All Over the World
02. Evil Woman
03. Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
04. Showdown
05. Livin’ Thing
06. Strange Magic
07. 10538 Overture
08. Can’t Get It Out of My Head
09. Sweet Talkin’ Woman
10. Turn to Stone
11. Steppin’ Out
12. Handle With Care
13. Don’t Bring Me Down
14. Rock ‘n’ Roll Is King
15. Telephone Line
16. Mr. Blue Sky
17. Roll Over Beethoven

In September 2014, Jeff Lynne’s ELO headlined BBC Radio 2’s "Festival In A Day" in London’s famous Hyde Park. It was the first time in almost 30 years that the band had performed on a festival stage. The 50,000 tickets for the event had sold out in a matter of minutes and the fans sang along to hit after hit performed by Jeff Lynne and the band accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra.

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Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky

Band: Electric Light Orchestra
Video: "Mr. Blue Sky"
Type: Single (from the album "Out of the Blue")
B side: "One Summer Dream"
Released: January 1978
Format: 7" single
Recorded: 1977 Musicland Studios, Munich
Genre: Pop rock, art rock
Length: 5:06, 3:45 (Japanese 7")
Label: Jet
Writer: Jeff Lynne
Producer: Jeff Lynne

Wikipedia: "Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by English rock group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), featured on the band's seventh studio album Out of the Blue (1977). Written and produced by frontman Jeff Lynne, the song forms the fourth and final track of the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite, on side three of the original double LP. "Mr. Blue Sky" was the second single to be taken from Out of the Blue, peaking at number 6 in the UK Singles Chart[1] and number 35 in the United States.[2] The song was played as a wake-up call to astronaut Christopher Ferguson on Day 3 of STS-135, the final mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis.

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