"again in four years in Rio. Craven ended with a big, big thank you for the people of London and the United Kingdom. Following Sir Philip's speech, the Paralympics cauldron was extinguished, save for one petal. British Paralympians Eleanor Simmonds and Jonnie Peacock lit their torches with this last flame, and they in turn passed the flame on to performers who spread out onto the field of play, representing an eternal flame reaching all people. Coldplay and Rihanna returned to the stage with rapper Jay-Z to perform his collaboration ""Run This Town"", followed by a reprise of ""Paradise"" with new"
"U.K. Participating bands were invited by Coldplay to perform their 2008 single ""Viva La Vida"" simultaneously at 2.00pm to celebrate the end of the games. Artists taking the lead consisted of twelve major Arts Council funded public art projects one for each of 12 UK regions. Each project received £500,000 funding. Alongside the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the ""Paralympic Cultural Festival"" (or Unlimited Festival) brought hundreds of deaf and disabled artists together, and Unlimited featured 29 new commissions, including artist Sue Austin's film documenting her performances in a self-propelled underwater wheelchair, and Paul Cummins' 'English Flower Garden'. Ticketed events were held"
"they were awarded the Brit Award for Best British Group for the third time. The album was the best-selling rock album in the United Kingdom, selling 908,000 copies. The album's second single, ""Paradise"", was also the best-selling rock single in the UK, selling 410,000 copies. At the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards on 6 September, ""Paradise"" won the award for Best Rock Video. ""Mylo Xyloto"" has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Coldplay headlined the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012, where they performed alongside other artists including Rihanna and Jay-Z. To tie in"
"Accompanied by the Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf and Hearing Children and notable Britiah paralympians, the single was released to support the British Paralympic Association in preparation for the 2014 Winter Paralympics, along with the Paraorchestra and Kaos Signing Choir themselves. The Paraorchestra was awarded a Big Society Award in September 2013. The Paraorchestra began with 17 members, but plans to add more in the near future. Its members currently include Nicholas McCarthy, a one-handed pianist who graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2012, Clarence Adoo, a former jazz trumpet player who was paralysed below the shoulders after"
"at the closing ceremony of the Paralympic games. The Bandstand Marathon is organized by Taunton based arts organization Superact. The event sees amateur musicians perform in their local communities at the same time on the same day, and is a celebration of the U.K's diverse musical talent. In 2012, Superact partnered with Making Music to put on the event on a larger scale than had been possible in previous years. The Bandstand Marathon began in 2008 and was awarded the Inspire Mark to indicate it had been inspired by the spirit of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The events varied"
"arms over a backing track which uses a horn sample from Shirley Bassey's 'Jezahel', but to hear it blasting from the radio in the second decade of this century is beyond beautiful."" The song also serves as the theme tune to the British TV show ""The Last Leg"", which was originally a show that ran alongside the 2012 Paralympics, but later spun off as an independent show. The song was also used as the theme tune to Channel 4's coverage of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Harder Than"
"Olympics and 289 athletes from the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The floats were arranged by sport and travelled in alphabetical order. The head of the parade was a commissioned carnival group Kinetika and their independent musical group Kinetika Bloco made up of young people from South London, including students from Highshore Special Needs Secondary School. The group consisted of a Brazilian Style Bloco Orchestra, Acrobatic Trickers called the Catchy Shubby Elite, dancers and the theatre group Smoking Apples carrying two giant lion heads, each with the motifs of Team GB and Paralympics GB, going first. Medal winners were also included throughout"
"the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Spelbound performed to The Beatles ""A Day In The Life"" in a gymnastic interpretation of the lyrics to that song. They then performed a second routine on the closing ceremony whilst Ray Davies, lead singer of The Kinks sung Waterloo Sunset. The Closing Ceremony was watched by 26.3 million viewers in the UK. In May 2011 Spelbound returned to ""Britain's Got Talent"" as the star guest to perform a brand new routine based on a musical piece called Nostalgia by Yanni. During the rest of 2011, the group performed"
"The BBC paid £40–50 million for the broadcast rights to the 2012 Olympic Games and showed around 5,800 hours of content over the 17 days of the Games, all of which was available in high definition. This is an increase on the amount of coverage shown at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing when half of the international feed, 2,500 hours, was broadcast. To accompany its coverage the BBC commissioned an anthem from the British band, Elbow, entitled ""First Steps"". A celebratory parade took place on 10 September 2012 to commemorate the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Great Britain at the"
"of disabled musicians, founded by Hazlewood and television director Claire Whalley in November 2011. Following their world debut at the Paralympic Closing Ceremony in 2012 alongside Coldplay, the BPO is pioneering a global movement to recognise and showcase disabled musicians with extraordinary abilities. Just as the Paralympics have achieved so effectively in sport, the British Paraorchestra began by shifting perceptions of disability by creating a visible platform for gifted disabled musicians to perform and excel at the highest level with the aim of intergrating talented players with impairments into mainstream performances. As the Company 'Paraorchestra and Friends' has evolved it"
"their performance of ""Strawberry Swing"" alongside the Paraorchestra, and concluded that the performance of ""Run This Town"" was ""weirdly appropriate"" when viewed in the context of the Games. 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, also known as The Festival of the Flame, was held on 9 September at the Olympic Stadium in London. Kim Gavin (who also directed the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics) served as director for the ceremony, while Stephen Daldry served as its executive producer. The ceremony was themed around festivals and the four seasons, and was set"
"Paralympics. The Paraorchestra made its first public appearance on 1 July 2012 during Hazlewood's music festival ""Orchestra in a Field"" at Glastonbury Abbey; the performance included its versions of ""Greensleeves"" and Maurice Ravel's ""Boléro"". The orchestra's style incorporates a large amount of improvisation, intended to allow the orchestra to feel a sense of ""collective ownership"" of their performances. In 2012, Hazlewood campaigned for the Paraorchestra to be included in the ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. He felt that their inclusion in this international event would be a unique opportunity for the Paraorchestra and that it could also"
"into the Olympic Stadium from the ArcelorMittal Orbit carrying the Paralympic torch. Fireworks signifed his arrival as he handed it to Dave Clark, member of the 2012 blind 5 a side football team. Clark then ran to the cauldron where he passed it to Margaret Maughan, Britain's first Gold medallist in the Paralympic Games, who lit the petals which rose to form the cauldron. Beverley Knight, Lizzie Emeh and Caroline Parker appeared on the Moon stage to close the Ceremony with a performance of I am What I am. A pyrotechnic display took place as the entire cast flooded the"
"able to have wheelchair lifts installed by the start of the Paralympics, the station finished their installation by early August 2012. The formal handover occurred during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, when Mayor of London Boris Johnson received the Paralympic Flag from Mayor of Beijing Guo Jinlong. This was followed by a cultural presentation by Britain, which was similar to its presentation during the Olympics' closing ceremony. It featured urban dance group ZooNation, the Royal Ballet, and Candoco, a physically integrated dance group, all dressed as London commuters and waiting for a bus by a"
"Two days later on 10 September, supermarket chain Sainsbury's and Channel 4 presented ""Sainsbury's Super Saturday"", a family event at Clapham Common. The event featured showcases of Paralympic sports, and a concert featuring pop music acts including Nicola Roberts, Olly Murs, The Wanted, Will Young, Pixie Lott, Dappy, Sugababes, The Saturdays, Chipmunk and Taio Cruz. Channel 4, the host broadcaster of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the United Kingdom, promoted its coverage of the Games with a multi-platform advertising campaign that included television adverts, online content, and billboard advertising, some of which carrying the tagline ""Thanks for the warm-up."" Overall,"
"the roles of Prospero and Miranda from ""The Tempest"". The ceremony also featured a performance by British electronic music group Orbital. The leading UK disabled theatre company Graeae played their version of the polio survivor Ian Dury's 1981 protest song 'Spasticus Autisticus'. The final bearers of the Paralympic flame represented several generations of Paralympic athletes. ""Future"" Paralympic athlete Joe Townsend, a Royal Marine who lost both of his legs after stepping on a land mine on duty in Afghanistan, delivered the flame to Olympic Stadium via a zipline from the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower. He passed the flame to long-time British"
"America in 2010. In 2012, the Band were privileged to be part of the Massed Bands of the Foot Guards Fanfare team, playing at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert in London, as well as part of the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. The Band is currently based at Wellington Barracks in London and provides the musical support for all major ceremonial events in London and Windsor. Like the Scots Guards, the Irish Guards also boast a distinctive national feature in their pipe band. Uniquely in the British Army, the Irish Guards ensemble is referred to as the ""Drums"
"for the group to play at the ""winners' parade"" taking shortly after the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. Enjoying the event's atmosphere and how their stage presence turned into a well-received performance, Tennant subsequently texted Cameron's staff pushing Cameron to use LGBT scientist Alan Turing's centenary year as impetus for the British government to formally pardon Turing. The formal pardon did, in fact, go through on 24 December 2013, with the related official paperwork signed by Queen Elizabeth II. Tennant has praised the group The Specials and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, highlighting the former's track ""Ghost Town"" and the latter's track"
"a live view of the Olympic rings 34 kilometres (21 miles) above the Earth, transmitted from one of the balloons launched three and a half hours earlier. The sky was then lit by searchlights piercing the smoke (another iconic London image) from the fireworks, the Orbit tower was illuminated. Paul McCartney and his band performed the closing section of ""The End"", and then ""Hey Jude"", with its chorus sung by the audience to close the ceremony at 00:46 BST. The eclectic programme of music was chosen to showcase almost exclusively British music with pieces representing the UK's four nations. It"
"2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as A Symphony of British Music, was held on 12 August 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London. The closing ceremony was created by Kim Gavin, Es Devlin, Stephen Daldry, David Arnold and Mark Fisher. The worldwide broadcast began at 21:00 BST () and finished on 13 August 2012 at 00:11, lasting three hours and eleven minutes. The stadium had been turned into a giant representation of the Union Flag, designed by Damien Hirst. Around 4,100 people partook in the ceremony; which reportedly cost £20"
"at the Southbank Centre, as part of the ""London 2012 Festival"", featuring the debut performance from the Paraorchestra. The place widely regarded as an inspiration for the modern Olympic games, Much Wenlock, also featured with a May Day event called ""M21: From the Medieval to the 21st Century"" in collaboration with DASH (Disability Arts in Shropshire); artists included Simon McKeown. The Unlimited commissions drew much mass-media and popular attention, as did the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony called Enlightenment, featuring Stephen Hawking. New musical works commissioned from 20 composers performed around the UK and at the Southbank Centre, London. Artists"
"range. Sainsbury's as official sponsors of the Paralympics also sold merchandise within their stores. ""Survival"", a single released by the English band Muse, was the official song of the Olympics. It was broadcast when the athletes entered the stadium and in the period before medal ceremonies; international broadcasters also played it while reporting on the Games. In August 2009, the Royal Mail commissioned artists and illustrators to create 30 stamps which were released in batches of 10 during 2009 to 2011. The choice of 30 stamps for the issue symbolises the fact that the Games take place during the 30th"
"2012 at a total length of four minutes and eight seconds. The video sees JLS walk around Wembley Stadium at night, interspersed with shots of children being inspired by sports. Olympic athletes Philips Idowu, Rebecca Adlington and Louis Smith also make an appearance carrying the British flag. Robert Copsey of ""Digital Spy"" gave the song a positive review stating: ""As charity singles stand, it ticks all the necessary boxes: a twinkly piano riff, light R&B beats and the words ""stronger"", ""wiser"" and, of course ""proud"" jammed in as many times as possible. As an exercise in schmaltzy midtempo balladry, it"
"British Paraorchestra The British Paraorchestra, based in Bristol, is an orchestra consisting entirely of musicians with disabilitiesthe first ever orchestra of its kind in the United Kingdom. The Paraorchestra was formed by conductor Charles Hazlewood in 2011 as a project to create a platform for the top disabled musicians, with the hope that its success would lead to better integration of the disabled into music and performing arts. The orchestra performed its first live show at Glastonbury Abbey in July 2012 (which was also the subject of a Channel 4 documentary), and received international attention when it played alongside Coldplay"
"of ""Viva la Vida"". The Summer dancers and Candoco Dance Company danced on the two stages as other performers joined in the revelry. The main concert segment finished with Chris Martin leading the stadium in a big sing-along from the top of the sundial. The Paralympic flag was formally lowered by three members of the Ministry of Defence, while the British Paraorchestra performed the Paralympic anthem. The flag was then passed from the hands of the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to that of IPC president Philip Craven, who in turn formally handed the flag to Eduardo Paes, mayor of"
"honoured by the VH1 Rock Honors, where they played a brief set after tribute performances by several bands, namely the Foo Fighters, Incubus, the Flaming Lips, Tenacious D and Pearl Jam; four days later the group played a private show at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles for a party celebrating the launch of the music video game ""Rock Band 2"". The group took part in a concert to celebrate London's Olympics handover at The Mall outside Buckingham Palace in London on 24 August. The group returned to North America in October for another short tour, also playing a private"
"2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the 14th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that took place in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September 2012. These Paralympics were one of the largest multi-sport events ever held in the United Kingdom after the 2012 Summer Olympics, and until the date the largest Paralympics ever: 4,302 athletes from 164 National Paralympic Committees participated, with fourteen countries appearing in the Paralympics for the first"
"Wimbledon Ball (for six consecutive years), Queen's Club Ball, Pride of Britain Awards (2011 - 2013), the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, BBC Children In Need, The Jonathan Ross Show and Top Of The Pops New Years Day special supporting Jess Glynne and Radio 1's Live Lounge with Ella Eyre. At the latter event they debuted their ""Best of British"" set which went on to be performed extensively, including at major sponsor events around the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of London 2012. USO were part of the 50th year of Jamaican Independence celebrations in 2012, performing with the Jazz Jamaica All"
"2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony The 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony was held on 29 August 2012, starting at 20:30 BST and marking the official opening of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England. The show – named Enlightenment – had Jenny Sealey and Bradley Hemmings as its artistic directors, leading a team that included Jon Bausor as set designer and Moritz Junge as costume designer. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Games. The ceremony was performed in the Olympic stadium in London in front of a capacity audience of 80,000 people. Students from local schools who are part of"
"of ""The X Factor"", as well as an episode of ""Saturday Night Live"" in which the band was the musical guest. On 28 October, Coldplay performed the song before a studio audience on ""The Ellen DeGeneres Show"". ""Paradise"" became the anthem for the 2012 Summer Paralympics and was played twice during the closing ceremony, the latter performance featuring rapper Jay Z. In 2012, the song was played at the Sydney New Year's Eve Embrace Midnight fireworks display, on 31 December. Coldplay initially announced that the single's music video would be directed by Hype Williams but that version was scrapped after"
"Our Greatest Team Parade The Our Greatest Team Parade was a victory parade to celebrate the achievements of British athletes who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. It also recognised the contributions of all the other participants and workers involved in the games. It was held on Monday 10 September 2012 at 1:30pm. The parade took place the day after the closing ceremony of the Paralympics to ensure that the maximum number of athletes were able to participate and to avoid clashing with other commitments. The parade was organised by Mayor of London Boris Johnson in"
"2012 the track was played as athletes from Great Britain entered the Olympic Stadium during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, and after medal ceremonies during the Olympics. It was also used as the Great Britain Paralympic team entered the stadium during the opening ceremony on 29 August 2012. The same year, it was featured in the film ""The Perks of Being a Wallflower"". First heard on a pick-up truck radio by the main characters, the song is important to both ""flying through the tunnel"" scenes and played over the closing credits. In 2013, the song was featured in the"
"On 12 August 2012, Queen performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The performance at London's Olympic Stadium opened with a special remastered video clip of Mercury on stage performing his call and response routine during their 1986 concert at Wembley Stadium. Following this, May performed part of the ""Brighton Rock"" solo before being joined by Taylor and solo artist Jessie J for a performance of ""We Will Rock You"". On 20 September 2013, Queen + Adam Lambert performed at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Queen"