![]() The irony is that Jeff owns the ELO name himself, yet the current style of name he's using is *usually* the type of band name that someone uses when they have partial or questionable ownership or rights to a name. ![]() (And they did make some strides to address this, with the eventual "Zoom Tour Live" DVD prominently stating "Featuring Jeff Lynne" on the cover). They were of course talking about Bevan's band. At that point it had only been a couple years since Bev Bevan had been touring around the US (and the world) as "ELO Part II." I was able to go to the "Zoom Tour Live" DVD taping in 2001, and when I told a friend I had gone and that it was the first ELO show in 15 years, they informed me I was wrong, and they had seen "ELO" a few years prior at a county fair. ![]() I think there was far more of an issue with confusion back when Lynne re-started ELO in 2001 with the "Zoom" album and (cancelled) tour. I actually think it's more because of the latter, because "ELO Part II" hasn't been used as a name since 1999, and "The Orchestra" doesn't get a lot of bookings. Also, from what I heard going back a number of years, Jeff was simply advised by representation to push his name out there more. I'm sure part of this was to let people know that this was *not* the previous off-shoot/tribute bands like "ELO Part II" or "The Orchestra", etc. Click to expand.When Jeff Lynne re-started ELO in 2014, he started in with the "Jeff Lynne's ELO" moniker both for touring and recording.
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