The Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony occurred on Sunday (August 11), and it featured various performances by high-profile artists, starting with France’s personal Phoenix, Air, and Kavinsky. Along with enjoying their very own hits, like “Lisztomania” and “1901,” Phoenix invited Air to play “Playground Love” and Kavinsky to carry out “Nightcall” with assist from them and French pop star Angèle. Phoenix additionally introduced out VannDa for his or her tune “Funky Squaredance” and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig for his or her current collaborative single “Tonight.” See photographs of their set, throughout which Olympians climbed onstage to bop alongside, inside Stade de France under.
To indicate the handover from Paris to 2028 host Los Angeles, H.E.R. carried out the American nationwide anthem at Stade de France whereas additionally enjoying guitar with a backing band. The digicam then minimize to Tom Cruise doing numerous stunts contained in the stadium and, in pre-recorded segments, en path to the U.S. to deliver the Olympics to Los Angeles (to the dismay of French anti-cult teams).
From there, Red Hot Chili Peppers performed “Can’t Cease” on a Los Angeles seashore in entrance of a crowd, with singer Anthony Kiedis working across the stage together with his shirt pulled over his head. Billie Eilish then sang “Birds of a Feather” subsequent whereas standing atop a lifeguard field, joined by her brother Finneas and different musicians.
Snoop Dogg emerged from behind a large sphinx-like sand sculpture subsequent to rap “Drop It Like It’s Scorching” and “The Subsequent Episode,” the latter of which he was joined by Dr. Dre to carry out. Snoop had a constant presence all through this yr’s Olympics, too, from serving to carry the torch throughout the Paris 2024 opening ceremony to providing commentary on the Equestrian occasions.
Different performances throughout the Olympics closing ceremony included pianist Alain Roche, who performed piano whereas hanging suspended mid-air, and Yseult’s show-ending rendition of “Comme d’habitude,” the French tune that Frank Sinatra famously tailored into “My Manner.”
Afterwards, Phoenix shared the next assertion about their expertise: “We’re infinitely glad to have had the prospect to have fun with all of the athletes and the complete world on the Closing of the Olympic Video games in our beloved metropolis of Paris. It was a beautiful second to have been invited to take the stage with our buddies from France and world wide, honoring the French spirit and remaining true to our motto: Liberté, Égalité, Phoenix! We’re thrilled to each cross the baton to the Paralympics athletes and to Los Angeles for the forthcoming 2028 video games.”
