The Closing Ceremony of the
London 2012 Summer Olympics will be on 12 August in the Olympic Stadium. The
worldwide broadcast will get under way at 21:00 BST and aim to finish by 23:45.
There will be an estimated global audience of 750 million. The ceremony will
include a handover to the next host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de
Janeiro. The Olympic Cauldron will be extinguished to signal the end of the
Games. It will be lit again in Sochi, Russia during the opening ceremony of the
2014 Winter Olympics. The overall budget for all four Olympic and Paralympics
ceremonies is £80 million, which is twice the original budget. With the opening
ceremony set to cost £27 million, the remainder will be shared across the other
three ceremonies.
Muse will be performing the official song of the 2012
Olympics, Survival. Other confirmed performers include Take That, The Who,
George Michael, The Spice Girls, and Ed Sheeran. Others have seen rehearsing
for the closing include Annie Lennox, Kate Bush, The Pet Shop Boys, Madness,
Kaiser Chiefs, One Direction and Brian May. All artist and Singers prepare for
Closing Ceremony on Sunday 12 August 2012 in Olympic Stadium London.
Taio Cruz and Tinie Tempah, and motormouth during the dress rehearsal for the London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony.
Suggs of Madness, George Michael
and Annie Lennox are some of the cast of British pop legends on the bill for
what promises to be a spectacular closing ceremony, seen here during the dress
rehearsal for the Olympics Closing Ceremony London 2012 on 12 August at Olympic
Stadium London.
Jessie J is doing rehearsal for
the Olympics Closing Ceremony London 2012 on 12 August at Olympic Stadium
London. Buy and Sell Olympic Closing Ceremony Tickets at London Olympic Games
2012.