Olympics closing ceremony music: big acts, big hits, but no big gasps

The star-studded musical event didn't quite live up to the preceding fortnight - but then, perhaps nothing couldEven as Emeli Sandé kicked off the closing ceremony, rumours circulated about what the show would entail. Some of them seemed redolent of the spirit of wild optimism that the Olympics seem to have engendered in the UK.Had the organisers convinced Kate Bush to perform live, 33 years after her last solo gigs? Was the heavily-pregnant Adele really going to appear, a performance that woul...

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