That night, many big-name British rock bands and singers performed, including Pink Floyd, the band that has been disbanded for 20 years, Dizzee Rascal, the first person in the British urban rap genre, British female singer Emeli Sande and Arctic Monkeys (Arctic Monkeys) and so on. And there is also a scene that is destined to be remembered. Former Beatle Paul McCartney led tens of thousands of people to sing "Hey Jude". The strong sense of nostalgia made all the audience excited. The entire Olympic Games opening ceremony is undoubtedly a British rock event.
It must be mentioned that the "Toward the Future" in the third act of the opening ceremony played 20 minutes of rock music, including "Push the Button" by the Sugababes and the new wave band OMD "Enola Gay" by Rizzle Kicks, "When I Was a Youngster" by Rizzle Kicks, "Going Underground" by The Jam, and "My Generation" by The Who.
And then there were "Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones, "My Boy Lollipop" by Millie Small, "All Day and All of the Night" by The Kinks, The Beatles The band's "She Loves You", Mud's "Tiger Feet", Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Under Foot" to the Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" and other 20 wonderful works. Present.
Later, during the athlete ceremony, the conference also performed "Blue Monday" by New Order, "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay, and ""Viva La Vida" by The Chemical Brothers. Galvanize" and popular singer Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" and many other representative singles from the British pop music scene served as the background music for the night. After the athletes' entrance ceremony, the Arctic Monkeys made a wonderful appearance and performed their famous song "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and the Beatles' song "Come Together", and performed the traditional part of athletes releasing peace doves.
The most anticipated lighting session of the night was when seven young people passed the torch to each other and took over the torch from the other six torchbearers, lighting each "petal" given to each delegation. ", completing the key link of lighting the main torch. It must be mentioned that one day after the Olympic Opening Ceremony, the conference will release the 2012 London Opening Original Soundtrack "Isles of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games".