Doobie Brothers, Steve Winwood and Dhani Harrison to support Jeff Lynne’s ELO at BST Hyde Park
The first three guest acts have been announced for a historic show this summer as Jeff Lynne’s ELO take to the Great Oak Stage at American Express presents BST Hyde Park for their final ever performance. ELO will be joined on Sunday, July 13, by Californian rock legends The Doobie Brothers, singer-songwriter and guitarist Steve Winwood and composer Dhani Harrison.
Tickets have already sold out for the show, which will see one of Britain’s best-loved bands put on a spectacular finale for Jeff Lynne’s ELO, which was founded 55 years ago in Birmingham.
“My return to touring began at Hyde Park in 2014”, said Jeff Lynne. “It seems like the perfect place to do our final show. We couldn’t be more excited to share this special night in London with our UK fans. As the song goes, ‘we’re gonna do it One More Time!’”
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The Doobie Brothers will bring classic rock and roll to Hyde Park with instantly recognisable hits including ‘Takin’ It to the Streets’, ‘What a Fool Believes’, ‘Listen to the Music’, ‘Black Water’ and ‘China Grove’.
Born out of Northern California’s chaotic, late 1960s musical stew, The Doobie Brothers’ self-titled debut album in 1971 went beyond just leather and motorcycles, revealing rootsy, introspective harmonies that saw the album endure for decades.
The Doobie Brothers will enter the Songwriters Hall of Fame this year and are already inductees of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They have won four Grammy Awards and sold more than 48 million records worldwide.
Multi-talented musician and Grammy winner Steve Winwood has sold more than 50 million records in the course of his five- decade career. His compositions include ‘Gimme Some Lovin’’, ‘Back In The High Life Again’, ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’ and ‘Arc Of A Diver’.
He famously sang and composed the original version of 'Higher Love', a song which became a posthumous hit for Whitney Houston in 2018 when producer Kygo remixed her cover version.
Grammy Award-winning composer and artist Dhani Harrison has enjoyed a career spanning the musical spectrum. Harrison released his debut album, IN///PARALLEL, in 2017 and was dubbed by Rolling Stone as a “psychedelia-tinged journey into modern-day disconnect”. His second solo album, INNERSTANDING, followed in 2023, featuring collaborations with the likes of Graham Coxon (Blur), Liela Moss (The Duke Spirit) and Mereki.
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