The Hallé – It’s A Livin’ Thing: The Music of Jeff Lynne’s ELO

Saturday 23 May 2026 7.30pm

Book Tickets: https://tickets.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/50418/50489

The Bridgewater Hall

Tickets £18.50 to £51.00

(All ticket prices include £3.25 booking fee)

Concessions and discounts available.

To book wheelchair seats or other access requirements please email supervisors@bridgewater-hall.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0161 907 9000

Event Timings Auditorium Doors: 7.00pm
Concert Start: 7.30pm
Interval: 8.20pm
Concert Finish: 9.25pm

Timings will be updated closer to the concert date. Please check the website on the afternoon of the performance for up-to-date information. All timings are approximate and are subject to change.

The Hallé – It’s A Livin’ Thing: The Music of Jeff Lynne’s ELO

Book Tickets: https://tickets.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/50418/50489

Produced in association with Avanti Arts and GRB Productions

Richard Balcombe conductor
Graham Bickley and Patrick Smythe vocalists

The programme includes: Standing in the Rain, Evil Woman, All Over the World, Diary of Horace Wimp, Last Train to London, Sweet Talkin’ Woman, Showdown, Telephone Line, Rockaria, Living Thing, Shine a Little Love, Turn to Stone, When I Was a Boy, Wild West Hero, Xanadu, Mr Blue Sky and more.

Experience the legendary Electric Light Orchestra’s unique fusion of rock, pop and classical music as you’ve never heard it before, in this live orchestral celebration of Jeff Lynne’s visionary music.

Formed in 1970 in Birmingham UK, the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) is a band that fuses pop music with classical overtones. Jeff Lynne, its creator and continuing driving force added violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwind to the standard rock line-up to “pick up where the Beatles left off…”

In the 13 years following their arrival on the music scene, they sold over 50 millions records worldwide, accumulated 27 Top 40 songs in the UK singles chart, and 15 in the US charts. In the summer of 2016, they played the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival, and in December, it was announced they had been elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2017.

Richard Balcombe and Graham Bickley have now produced a concert celebrating the unique aura of ELO, expanding the classic sound with a treatment that utilises a full symphony orchestra and band, with six singers.

Think sweeping strings, powerful brass, electrifying guitar riffs and a glorious wall of vocal sound – all celebrating some of ELO’s timeless hits.

Produced in association with Avanti Arts and GRB Productions.

Concert sponsor: Siemens

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