BBC to mark 2012 Olympics with 'biggest ever free live music event'

Elbow commissioned to write BBC Olympic theme tune as plans for Proms, Shakespeare season and Radio 1 event revealedThe BBC will mark next year's Olympics with a star-studded Shakespeare season and three of the biggest music events of 2012 – along with a theme to its coverage of the London Games provided by the Mercury Music prize-winning band, Elbow.The corporation's contribution to the London 2012 Festival and Cultural Olympiad will span the Proms and the Radio 1 Hackney Weekend, billed as t...

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