La ceremonia de cierre de los Juegos Olímpicos Londres 2012 fue, al igual que el acto de la apertura, un gran catálogo de la música inglesa, aunque en el acto del 12 de agosto de 2012, la lista se concentró en el rock y en el pop.
La nómina de obras seleccionadas para el cierre pasó desde The Beatles hasta Muse, aunque no hubo presencia de clásicos como Elton John, Tom Jones y Cliff Richard. Ni siquiera The Rolling Stones.
Unas horas después del cierre de las competencias, el sello Universal anunció la salida de dos discos con las grabaciones de las canciones.
El cierre de la ceremonia estuvo a cargo de The Who, con tres canciones, entre ellas el clásico “My generation”.
Aquí, la lista oficial de los intérpretes y las obras presentadas en la fiesta de cierre:
- Urban Voices Collective – Because.
- Julian Lloyd Webber, LSO, Stomp feat. Timothy Spall– Salut d’Amour.
- Madness – Our House.
- Massed Bands Of The Household Division – Parklife.
- Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls.
- Ray Davies, Urban Voices Collective, LSO – Waterloo Sunset.
- Emeli Sandé – Read All About It.
- David Arnold – Parade Of Athletes.
- Elbow, LSO, Urban Voices Collective– Open Arms.
- Elbow, LSO, Urban Voices Collective – One Day Like This.
- Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God Remix).
- Toby Pitman, David Arnold, Pete Lockett, Rahda Meta, Prabhat Rao, Varun Verma, Bilwa Iyer, Urban Voices Collective, Eos Chater, Tania Davis, Elspeth Hanson, Gay-Yee Westerhoff – Here Comes The Sun.
- David Arnold – Medal Ceremony.
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Excerpt).
- John Lennon, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir – Imagine.
- George Michael – White Light.
- Kaiser Chiefs – Pinball Wizard.
- David Bowie – Fashion.
- Annie Lennox – Little Bird.
- Ed Sheeran, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford, Richard Jones, David Arnold – Wish You Were Here.
- Russell Brand, LSO – Pure Imagination.
- Russell Brand, Bond – I Am The Walrus.
- Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now.
- Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank.
- Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz – Medley: Price Tag / Written In The Stars / Dynamite.
- The Bee Gees featuring Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz – You Should Be Dancing.
- The Spice Girls – Medley: Wannabe / Spice Up Your Life.
- Eric Idle – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
- Muse – Survival.
- Queen– Queen Medley: Day-O / Brighton Rock.
- Queen and Jessie J We Will Rock You.
- The London Welsh Male Voice Choir, The London Welsh Rugby Club Choir, LSO – Olympic Anthem.
- LSO – Extinguishing The Flame.
- Take That – Rule The World.
- David Arnold – Spirit Of The Flame.
- The Who – Baba O’Riley.
- The Who – See Me Feel Me / Listen To Me.
- The Who – My Generation.