Paralympics 2012 closing ceremony – music review

Olympic Stadium, LondonIt was hard not to approach the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games with some trepidation.The equivalent event at the Olympics had felt slightly underwhelming, perhaps because no spectacle could possibly live up to the athletic spectacles that had preceded it, partly because the air of mystery surrounding what was going to take place led people to expect a surprise that never actually came: if you'd listened to the wild talk of appearances by David Bowie and Kate Bush...

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