London Olympics 2012

[Chloe O'brien]

It's scandalous the prices they are charging for tickets. It will all be bankers and corporate big wigs buying all the tickets. As Seb Coe says well they're the ones who funded the games so they should get to be the spectators but what about the working class people. Shouldn't they be trying to promote health and exercise to the public. If they were to give a load of the tickets to working class families it will have a positive impact on health and exercise of young people as they will witness young people taking part in sport, having fun and winning medals. The public are more likely to take an interest in sports and get active if they see at the events as some are unlikely to tune in to watch the games on tv.

[Perdita]

Girls Aloud are being lined up to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, reports suggest.

The 'Call The Shots' stars previously confirmed that they are to reform for a handful of one-off concerts in 2012 to mark their tenth anniversary as a band, but now Olympic organisers are said to be keen to sign the girls up for a performance at the Olympic Stadium in east London come July 2012.

"With the girls already planning to reform next year Olympic Officials are keen for them to open the games," a source told M Is For Music.

"They are the biggest British girl group in recent years and what better way for them to celebrate their tenth anniversary?"

Other acts rumoured to have been approached to perform at the opening ceremony include Muse, Coldplay and the Spice Girls.

DS

[alan45]

BBC1 viewers may have to search a little harder for their favourite programmes when the barrage of Olympics coverage begins this summer.
Shows such as EastEnders, Panorama and Songs Of Praise will be moved to BBC2 while the main channel focuses on the Games.
Other programmes, including The One Show and Casualty, will be ‘rested’, and medical drama Holby City could be moved to the second channel.
The corporation will clear BBC1’s schedules for most of the day in a bid to provide comprehensive coverage of the Games, which start in July.
Among the few BBC1 shows likely to be relatively unaffected are its news bulletins at 1pm, 6pm and 10pm and BBC Breakfast, which will run an edition dominated by the Games.
Last year the corporation’s Olympics chief Roger Mosey promised to ‘make sure that we don’t remove people’s favourite programmes’, adding there would be ‘sanctuaries’ for those who did not want to go ‘Olympic crazy’.

He also said that BBC2 in peak hours and BBC4 would not be ‘overrun by athletes’.
More details are slowly emerging about how that will happen, and although the broadcaster accepts that some viewers will be upset at losing programmes like The One Show, it believes the Olympics is such a one-off event for the nation that changing schedules is the right thing to do.
Radio 4 has already faced criticism from some of its listeners about the level of coverage it is giving to the Games, which are still months away.
Some complained to audience response programme Feedback, notably over the first episode in a series about sport and the British by Clare Balding, which looked at the Olympics.

One listener said they felt it was a ‘softening up’ raid for the ‘saturation bombing of the Olympics coverage’.

Others said there was enough sport on the other BBC radio networks without Radio 4 joining in, asking the station to give listeners a ‘break’ and cut sport until the games begin


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[Perdita]

Danny Boyle's playlist for the opening ceremony to the London 2012 Olympic Games has reportedly been leaked.

The longlist of 86 tracks was apparently revealed to be included in the director's planned event to open the games next month.

Queen, The Sex Pistols, Dizzee Rascal and The Beatles are just some of the artists used to celebrate the best of British music.

The pop and rock music will be joined by classical music and hymns, as well as themes to shows such as EastEnders and Doctor Who.

The leak reportedly came from a "music industry source", while an Olympics spokesman would not confirm the accuracy of the list, reports The Sun.

The likes of Sir Cliff Richard, Bee Gees, Spice Girls, Tom Jones and Elton John are among the artists not to feature in the playlist.

Boyle's 'countryside' themed opening ceremony model was unveiled to the public last week.

The 50-minute pre-show starts July 27 at 8.12pm and the ceremony kicks off properly at 9pm with the ringing of a massive bell.

Sir Paul McCartney will also perform during the closing section of the opening ceremony.

The playlist is as follows:

Captain Algernon Drummond/William Johnson Cory - 'Eton Boating Song'
Elgar/AC Benson - 'Land of Hope and Glory'
The Jam - 'Going Underground'
Muse - 'Map of the Problematique'
Big Ben Chimes
Sex Pistols - 'God Save the Queen'
The Clash - 'London Calling'
Simon May - EastEnders Theme
The Shipping Forecast
Sir Hubert Parry/William Blake - 'Jerusalem'
Elgar - 'Nimrod'
Handel - 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba'
Eric Coates - 'Dambusters March'
Handel - 'Music for the Royal Fireworks'
Monty Norman - James Bond Theme
Mike Oldfield - 'Tubular Bells'
Mike Oldfield - 'In Dulci Jubilo'
Vangelis - 'Chariots of Fire'
BBC News 1954
Arthur Wood - The Archers Theme
Winifred Atwell - 'Black and White Rag'
Sugababes - 'Push the Button'
OMD - 'Enola Gay'
David Rose - 'The Stripper'
Lionel Bart - 'Food Glorious Food'
Irwin Kostal, Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman - 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'
Rizzle Kicks - 'When I Was a Youngster'
Eric Clapton - 'Wonderful Tonight'
Colin Tully - Gregory's Girl Theme
William Pitt - 'City Lights'
The Who - 'My Generation'
The Rolling Stones - 'Satisfaction'
Millie Small - 'My Boy Lollipop'
The Kinks - 'All Day and All of the Night'
The Beatles - 'She Loves You'
Mud - 'Tiger Feet'
Led Zeppelin - 'Trampled Under Foot'
The Specials - 'A Message to You Rudy'
David Bowie - 'Starman'
Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Sex Pistols - 'Pretty Vacant'
Duran Duran - 'The Reflex'
New Order - 'Blue Monday'
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - 'Relax'
Soul II Soul - 'Back To Life'
Happy Mondays - 'Step On'
Eurythmics - 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
The Verve - 'Bittersweet Symphony'
Prodigy - 'Firestarter'
Underworld - 'Born Slippy'
Jaan Kenbrovin, John William Kellette - 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles'
Blur - 'Song 2'
Dizzee Rascal - 'Bonkers'
Tigerstyle - 'Nacnha Onda Nei' (contains Michael Jackson - 'Billie Jean', Queen & David Bowie - 'Under Pressure' and Ilaiyaraaja - 'Naanthaan Ungappanda')
Arctic Monkeys - 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor'
Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse - 'Valerie'
Radiohead - 'Creep'
Muse - 'Uprising'
Kano & Mikey J - 'Random Antics'
Tinie Tempah - 'Pass Out'
MIA - 'Paper Planes'
Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida'
The Chemical Brothers - 'Galvanize'
Franz Ferdinand - 'Take Me Out'
Kaiser Chiefs - 'I Predict a Riot'
Roll Deep - 'Shake a Leg'
Adele - 'Rolling in the Deep'
Oasis - 'The Hindu Times'
Oasis - 'Wonderwall'
Emeli Sande - 'Heaven'
William Monk/Henry Francis - 'Abide With Me'
Pink Floyd - 'Eclipse'
The Beatles - 'The End'
The Beatles - 'Hey Jude'
David Bowie - 'Heroes'
Eric Spear - Coronation Street Theme
Ron Grainer - Doctor Who Theme
John Philip Sousa - Monty Python Theme/'The Liberty Bell'
David Bowie - 'Absolute Beginners'

[minggoy]

sure there's a lot of beautiful girl on olympics

[Katy]

What a show danny boyle put on last night.

am rooting for team gb and team ireland!

[Katy]

What a show danny boyle put on last night.

am rooting for team gb and team ireland!

[alan45]

Brillian Show. Well done to everyone involved. Such a surprise to see HMQ getting involved,

[tammyy2j]

Yes great opening show from Danny Boyle

Ireland best chance at some medals is in the boxing

[tammyy2j]

Michael Phelps got another gold medal fair play to him