Electric Light Orchestra and Showco
Electric Light Orchestra’s ambitious live productions brought together rock music, orchestration, and theatrical spectacle on a massive scale. Showco supplied the touring technology and experienced crew needed to help translate ELO’s elaborate sound and visual presentation from the studio to the concert stage.
This page brings together photographs, tour memorabilia, crew materials, recordings, and firsthand memories documenting ELO on the road with Showco—and the people behind the scenes who helped bring the production to life.
ELO-OUT OF THE BLUE TOUR-WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL - LONDON 6-1978-Courtesy of Robert Ellis/The Rock Library
ELO-OUT OF THE BLUE TOUR-WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL - LONDON 6-1978-Courtesy of Robert Ellis/The Rock Library
ELO-OUT OF THE BLUE TOUR-WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL - LONDON 6-1978-Courtesy of Robert Ellis/The Rock Library
ELO-OUT OF THE BLUE TOUR-WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL - LONDON 6-1978-Courtesy of Robert Ellis/The Rock Library
ELO 1991 STAGE PLOT
ELO 1991 SETLIST
ELO Part II 1991 tour patch from the Showco archive.
ELO Part II 1991 crew shirt, front view, from the Showco archive.
ELO Part II 1991 crew shirt, back view, from the Showco archive.
ELO Part II 1991 crew shirt, back view, from Mike Ponczek’s collection.
ELO Part II 1991 shirt from Mike Ponczek’s collection.
ELO Part II | 1990–1994
Showco supported ELO Part II during its early-1990s touring period, carrying forward a relationship connected to the larger Electric Light Orchestra touring history.
The Showco Archives collection includes extensive 1991 European and UK production material, including itineraries, schedules, setlists, stage plots, input documentation, system information, and contemporary press material — offering an unusually detailed look behind the scenes of the tour.
Have a memory, correction, crew story, or additional context? Use Add to the Story at the bottom of the page to help preserve the history.
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The Moscow Symphony w/ELO Part II
Article with alum Mike Ponczek
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May 1991
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w/The Moscow Symphony Orchestra
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