Music is no stranger to change. Changes can occur with record label executives, producers, managers, and even band managers. It is no surprise for fans to read online or see on television that their favorite bands have broken up. It has happened with music groups from all musical genres; like the R&B group Destiny’s Child, the teenage girl group Dream, and the rock band Blink 182. In the music industry, this is common.

However, it is not very common for members of the same group to get back together and create a new group; still able to maintain the sound that made them popular the first go around.

Well, both of these scenarios are true for the band The Orchestra. On April 16 Fayetteville will get to witness this amazing groups talent when they come to the Crown Arena. The show is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m., and ticket prices range from $23 to $37.

Members of The Orchestra are made up the former rock band ELO and Electric Light Orchestra Part II. ELO was a British rock group that originated in the UK. The group released eleven studio albums and won numerous awards, including the international level. Although the group originated in the UK, the group reached more success in the United States. The group earned the nickname “The English guys with the big fiddles.” Although ELO separated, some of the members regrouped as The Orchestra. A name that “acknowledges each band member’s illustrious former membership with the Electric Light Orchestra and/or Electric Light Orchestra Part II.” Their new name also “forges ahead a future utilizing the spectacular symphonic rock sound for which they are unequalled.”

The Orchestra consist of six band members, their front man, Kelly Groucutt, suffered from a massive heart attack, that took his life. He was the seventh member. The Orchestra’s sound reaches back into the “70s and 80s with the Electric Light Orchestra,” and dates with the current sound they accomplished in 2001, while still with ELO Part II.

During their show, the band will perform songs from their latest album (2009) Anthology - 20 Years And Counting as well as their 2001 album No Rewind along with many of their other hits. The Orchestra recorded No Rewind over “a two-and-a-half year period, and are proud because no money was used to record the album from the recording studio.” Fans have stated that No Rewind is an album that you will want to Replay every time.”

Fans have been well receptive to the new group and their new sound. So, it is no coincidence that when The Orchestra comes to the Crown Arena on April 16, Fayetteville is scheduled to see a treat.

Photo: The Orchestra featuring the former members of ELO will perform at the Crown on April 16.