Jeff Lynne decided to reform the Electric Light Orchestra after BBC DJ Chris Evans and the listeners of his show expressed their desire to see ELO play live again. Lynne recruited former ELO member Richard Tandy along with a new band and played a single concert in Hyde Park, London to a crowd of 50,000 in September 2014. After the success of the show, Lynne decided to produce another ELO album. The album Alone in the Universe was released in November 2015, and the band undertook the Alone in the Universe Tour to promote the record with a similar band from the Hyde Park Concert.
