奧運閉幕式將現“英國音樂交響曲”

倫敦奧運會閉幕式將於當地時間本週日晚上九點在奧林匹克體育館開始，屆時將有8萬現場觀衆和9億全球觀衆觀賞這一盛典。雖然倫敦奧組委一直對閉幕式的內容嚴格保密，但仍有不少參演人員通過社交網站透露了一些內幕。據悉，本次奧運會閉幕式名爲“英國音樂交響曲”，表演曲目將橫跨不同音樂領域，“從埃爾加到阿黛爾”均有涉及。據坊間傳聞和歌手們的微博信息顯示，爲本屆奧運會演唱官方主題曲的繆斯樂隊、著名音樂人喬治•邁克、The Who樂隊、接招合唱團（Take That），以及瘋狂樂隊（Madness）均有可能參與閉幕式演出，連辣妹組合（Spice Girls）也有可能在此次演出中重聚。閉幕式中，除各國棋手外，所有運動員將不分國別同時出場，以此體現奧運會將世界各地的人們匯聚在一起。

London 2012 officials are keen to keep secret details of Sunday's Olympic closing ceremony, refusing to confirm announcements from Muse and George Michael that they will take part.

Former Wham! singer Michael announced his involvement on Twitter.

Muse, who performed the official track for the Olympics, told NME magazine they would be involved.

"We want to keep everything a secret, as with the opening ceremony," said a Locog spokesman.

"There's been rumors bandied about, particularly in the last 48 hours."

The ceremony, which begins at 2100 BST on Sunday, is likely to be watched by a capacity 80,000 crowd at the Olympic Stadium, with a global TV audience that could match the estimated 900m who watched the opening of the Games.

It will be called "A Symphony of British Music" and artistic director Kim Gavin said months ago the program would span music from "Elgar to Adele".

Michael tweeted on Tuesday: "Spending most of the next week rehearsing like crazy for the Olympic closing ceremony...

"Obviously a bit nervous not having played for nearly a year, but rehearsals sounding great so far!"

Singer Ed Sheeran told Australian radio recently that he was down to sing with Pink Floyd, prompting a swift denial from the band.

The Who, Madness, Take That and the Spice Girls are all rumored to be taking part.

The closing ceremony cast will be mainly made up of more than 4,000 local volunteers including around 400 children.

It will include a procession of the participating nations' flagbearers, followed by athletes appearing together rather than divided by nationality, symbolizing how the Games bring the world together.

Three flags - Greece, host nation Great Britain and Brazil, which holds the 2016 Olympics - will be raised and International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge will declare the London 2012 Olympic Games closed.

At the end of the ceremony the Olympic flame, which has been burning in the stadium since the Games opened on 27 July, is extinguished.