BroadwayWorld

Mr. Blue Sky - A Tribute to Electric Light Orchestra at Chesterfield Ampitheater

Mr. Blue Sky creates all the majestic splendor that is the music of Electric Light Orchestra. With a Focus on the band’s hits from the 70s, 80s and latest records, and mixing in selective deep cuts, ...
BroadwayWorld

MR. BLUE SKY: THE STORY OF JEFF LYNNE AND ELO to Air on Palladia, Beg. 10/7

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Jeff Lynne--the creative force of ELECTRIC ...
The Cheat Sheet

Paul McCartney Felt ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ Was Based on 1 Beatles Song

ELO has genres numerous comparisons to The Beatles. According to a 2022 article from The Telegraph, Lynne discussed meeting Paul for the first time. “He said to me, ”Mr. Blue Sky?’ I know where you ...
Rolling Stone

Watch Jeff Lynne’s ELO Revive Rousing ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ on ‘Fallon’

Jeff Lynne‘s ELO stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday to perform a pair of tracks, including a web-exclusive rendition of Electric Light Orchestra‘s 1977 hit, “Mr. Blue Sky.” ...
BBC

Mr Blue Sky

A driving beat, infectious melody, bombastic production, gravitas, a developing structure, a universal theme (good weather) and a fire extinguisher. A vastly underrated timeless classic. Andy. Pilton ...
MusicRadar

“Suddenly the sun shone and it was, ‘Wow!’”: How ELO’s Jeff Lynne created his masterpiece Mr. Blue Sky - and how a little joke at the end of the song was misheard by ...

Jeff Lynne was sitting in a chalet in the foothills of the Swiss Alps when the inspiration for the song that became his biggest hit came to him. It was April 1977 and Lynne was using the chalet as a ...
Stereogum

Mayer Hawthorne Covers “Mr. Blue Sky”

Mayer Hawthorne, aka Andrew Mayer Cohen, is releasing his six-track Impressions covers EP online this week. It includes takes on songs by Jon Brion, The Isley Brothers, and Chromeo. All the songs have ...