TODAY live-blogs the London Olympics closing ceremony
TODAY live-blogs the London Olympics closing ceremony
TODAY editors live-blogged the Olympics closing ceremony as it happened, curating the top tweets, Instagrams and Flickr photos.
2012 Summer Olympic Games
Our social media coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Views from the athletes themselves and our coverage. Curated by various news teams: NBC's Owned Television Stations, NBC News social media team, TODAY.com editorial team and the NBC News desk in London.
Sunday, Aug. 12: Closing ceremony
- As the games in London come to a close, we prepare for the next Summer Olympiad in 2016 in Rio. From all of us at NBC, thank you for following the story of social media throughout the 2012 Summer Olympics. See you in Sochi in 2014 and Rio in 2016!
The Olympic cauldron separates into 204 burning petals - one for each competing nation #closingceremonytwitpic.com/aiozbm
Just the best ever Olympics. I feel like i'm saying goodbye to a friend. #olympics
So sad the olympics is all over:( been the best 2 weeks of my life!thanks to everyone alonge the way especially@claireduffy78 +my family:'(
Final send off with the Who! #closingceremony
These were happy and glorious Games#ClosingCeremony #London2012
Some Beautiful moments at the closing Ceremony of the Olympics... I must say, a few 'interesting' choices musically... ;) x
#ClosingCeremony A message of thanks from Lord Sebastian Coe. A thank you to the people. "We lit up the flame, we lit up the world".
- To all the Olympians who came to London to compete - thank you - we witnessed moments that will live long in the memory #ClosingCeremony
- Goodnight to all the athletes at#Olympics who for 2 weeks showed us all what John Lennon sang"and the world will be as one" Peace on Earth
- When our time came, Britain, we did it right. Thank you#ClosingCeremony #London2012
One Direction sing What Makes You Beautiful live at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic games.twitvid.com/3YM1N- The whole cast unites in an embrace in front of Rio's unique skyline, while the Rio 2016 logo appears on stage#ClosingCeremony
British Fashion: Naomi Campbell & Kate Moss are wearing @WorldMcQueen for the London 2012 Olympic Closing Ce instagr.am/p/OPlwZJAlbZ/- Jessie J returned to the stage to perform Queen's classic "We Will Rock You."
- The show that never stops! Muse took the stage.
Ahhh love this Muse song!!! Incredible!!! What an amazing closing ceremony/concert!!!!!! Amazing!!- Back behind the scenes
@bearmann4 We're going out for the grand finale look for us! Sneakin back stage! #openingCeremonies#OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/XliSWsvY
The crowd singing along to musical performances ofGreat Britain's Top musical artists at the The London 2012 Olympic Games #ClosingCeremony
And yes I'm tweeting from opening ceremonies. Just gave my mom a shoutout on NBC, hope she sees it!
Just with the performers! @bearmann4#openingCeremonies #OpeningCeremony #london2012pic.twitter.com/3J9pQjO2- From one 90's favorite to another, Oasis entered the stage with their smash hit "Wonderwall."
- The moment so many were waiting for - Spice Girls! Olympians went wild for their performance of the 90's hit "Spice Up Your Life."
Spice Girls make a dazzling entrance to#closingceremony - in five London taxi cabs. LIVE:bbc.in/N7LrTh twitpic.com/aiogv0
Ok all of them. No lie. Lol
I honestly am going to die happier now that the#SPICEGIRLS have played at #LONDON2012 ... Dreams do come true!!! HAHA- The spice girls just made my Olympics complete! I just geeked out so bad being 5ft away while they sang!!
Spice it up!!!
Woo SPICE GIRLS!!!!! #ClosingCememony#LondonOlympics
A London party would not be complete without a Spice Girls performance! ZIG-a-ZIG-ah for #TeamUSA!pic.twitter.com/9FQ3TDrw
The stadium just erupted with the arrival of The Spice Girls #nbcolympics #closingceremony- Jessie J, Tinie Tempah and Taoi Cruz took the stage and performed their biggest hits.
Watching @jessiej @taiocruz @tinietempah <3 a="a" href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23ClosingCeremony" rel="external" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Search for this hashtag on Twitter.com">#ClosingCeremony
The performance torch was then passed to Fatboy Slim who performed on a gigantic octopus.
LOVE the giant octopus #closingceremomy
Russell Brand rode into the stadium atop a colorful bus as Willy Wonka and broke into a stellar performance of "I Am The Walrus" by The Beatles.
Russell Brand, entering as Willy Wonka, just introduced Fatboy Slim. #London2012 shakin' it down now!!pic.twitter.com/fVqFHof8
Russell Brand hands it off to Fat Boy Slim in a giant octopus #rockafellerskank #closingceremonypic.twitter.com/mGl9AtIV
There was more than just music in this show. A tight rope walker stunned onlookers - including an Olympian platform diver!
Annie Lenox brought the house down with her performance of "Little Bird." She entered the stadium aboard a ship.
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