The Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony took place on Sunday (August 11), and it featured a number of performances by high-profile artists, beginning with France’s own , , and . In addition to playing their own hits, like “Lisztomania” and “1901,” Phoenix invited Air to play “Playground Love” and Kavinsky to perform “Nightcall” with help from them and French pop star . Phoenix also brought out VannDa for their song “Funky Squaredance” and ’s for their recent collaborative single “Tonight.
” See photos of their set, during which Olympians climbed onstage to dance along, inside Stade de France below. To signify the handover from Paris to 2028 host Los Angeles, performed the American national anthem at Stade de France while also playing guitar with a backing band. The camera then cut to Tom Cruise doing various stunts inside the stadium and, in pre-recorded segments, en route to the U.
S. to bring the Olympics to Los Angeles (to the of French anti-cult groups). From there, played “Can’t Stop” on a Los Angeles beach in front of a crowd, with singer Anthony Kiedis running around the stage with his shirt pulled over his head.
then sang “Birds of a Feather” next while standing atop a lifeguard box, joined by her brother and other musicians. Snoop Dogg emerged from behind a massive sphinx-like sand sculpture next to rap “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “The Next Episode,” the latter of which he was joined by Dr. Dre to perform.
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