{"id":30116,"date":"2024-08-12T18:02:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T18:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-aug-12-2012-queen-the-who-more-perform-at-the-closing-ceremony-of-the-london-olympics\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T18:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T18:02:26","slug":"on-this-day-aug-12-2012-queen-the-who-more-perform-at-the-closing-ceremony-of-the-london-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-aug-12-2012-queen-the-who-more-perform-at-the-closing-ceremony-of-the-london-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Aug. 12, 2012: Queen, The Who &amp; more perform at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-08-12\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On This Day, Aug. 12, 2012 &#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Queen<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Brian May<\/strong> and <strong>Roger Taylor<\/strong>, <strong>The Who<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>The Kinks<\/strong>\u2019 <strong>Ray Davies<\/strong> were among the artists who performed at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics, held at Olympic Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Queen\u2019s May and Taylor were joined by <strong>Jessie J<\/strong> to perform \u201cWe Will Rock You\u201d and Davies performed \u201cWaterloo Sunset.\u201d The Who closed the evening with a medley of three hits: &#8220;Baba O&#8217;Riley,&#8221; &#8220;See Me, Feel Me&#8221; and &#8220;My Generation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dubbed A Symphony of British Music, the evening also featured <strong>Pink Floyd<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Nick Mason<\/strong> and <strong>Genesis<\/strong>\u2019<strong> Mike Rutherford<\/strong>, who performed Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cWish You\u00a0Were Here&#8221; with <strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong>. 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