Rumors resurface that the Rolling Stones will perform at 2012 Olympics
![The Rolling Stones at the exhibit opening of "Rolling Stones: 50" in London. Pictured from left to right: Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uXce-waf3bad2Uuq_vr4LLzj2G8Nf4FlLd-piMwGkgKFVMlyBzwHSs2FfEfTXZuVqbbfPcWs3Pru85ipqli6qMkT7bhK9nHAUpinx_VrBhgdhM-5d6DR5cje4ckmCIEDuIQ3RJGYybknGEBcgn93iJ9nnr7qIfaZszUGWw-7k1FcIa6LryYI7vkyyru_NsGP7bw6-O9M6_AMoHWJ4=s0-d "The Rolling Stones at the exhibit opening of "Rolling Stones: 50" in London. Pictured from left to right: Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger.")
Even though Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger denied that the Rolling Stones will be performing at the 2012 Olympics, several media outlets (including celebrity news TV show "The Insider") are now reporting that the Rolling Stones will be performing at the 2012 Olympics
closing ceremony on August 12 at Olympic Stadium in London. These are
persistent, unconfirmed rumors that won't go away until the event
happens.
As previously reported, Jagger said in a July 2012 interview with the London Evening Standard why the Rolling Stones declined an invitation to perform at the 2012 Olympics. Jagger commented: "We haven't played in a long time and we weren't really stage ready. It's a very big gig and it's very risk taking. I didn't think the band felt they were really ready to do it at this point."
Jagger also told the London Evening Standard that the Rolling Stones are planning to do some 50th anniversary concerts in the autumn of 2012. Further details about these shows are to be announced, but Jagger and the other members of the Rolling Stones have stated in interviews that the band will not do a full-scale tour in 2012.
The Rolling Stones have not performed a concert since 2007, at the end of the tour for "A Bigger Bang."
Speculation that the Rolling Stones will be performing that the 2012 Olympics was no doubt fueled because Jagger attended Olympic track-and-field games on August 6, 2012.
The 2012 Olympics closing ceremony, titled "A Symphony of British Music," will be two-and-a-half hours and feature about 4,100 performers (including dancers, backup singers and costumed extras), according to the Daily Telegraph. At least 80,000 people are expected to attend the event in person. Millions more will be watching on TV and on the Internet.
The event's major performers have been sworn to secrecy, and the event organizers will neither publicly confirm nor deny the accuracy of the many "leaked reports" and rumors about who is performing.
Several major British music stars have been mentioned in media reports as possible performers at the closing ceremony. So far, here is a list of the entertainers (in no particular order) who are rumored to be performing at the event:
As previously reported, Jagger said in a July 2012 interview with the London Evening Standard why the Rolling Stones declined an invitation to perform at the 2012 Olympics. Jagger commented: "We haven't played in a long time and we weren't really stage ready. It's a very big gig and it's very risk taking. I didn't think the band felt they were really ready to do it at this point."
Jagger also told the London Evening Standard that the Rolling Stones are planning to do some 50th anniversary concerts in the autumn of 2012. Further details about these shows are to be announced, but Jagger and the other members of the Rolling Stones have stated in interviews that the band will not do a full-scale tour in 2012.
The Rolling Stones have not performed a concert since 2007, at the end of the tour for "A Bigger Bang."
Speculation that the Rolling Stones will be performing that the 2012 Olympics was no doubt fueled because Jagger attended Olympic track-and-field games on August 6, 2012.
The 2012 Olympics closing ceremony, titled "A Symphony of British Music," will be two-and-a-half hours and feature about 4,100 performers (including dancers, backup singers and costumed extras), according to the Daily Telegraph. At least 80,000 people are expected to attend the event in person. Millions more will be watching on TV and on the Internet.
The event's major performers have been sworn to secrecy, and the event organizers will neither publicly confirm nor deny the accuracy of the many "leaked reports" and rumors about who is performing.
Several major British music stars have been mentioned in media reports as possible performers at the closing ceremony. So far, here is a list of the entertainers (in no particular order) who are rumored to be performing at the event:
- The Rolling Stones
- The Who
- Paul McCartney
- Elton John
- The Spice Girls
- Pink Floyd
- George Michael
- Adele
- One Direction
- Muse
- Queen guitarist Brian May
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Noel Gallagher
- Take That
- Kate Bush
- Paul Weller
- Annie Lennox
- Fatboy Slim
- Madness
- Pet Shop Boys
- Ray Davies
- Ed Sheeran
- Jessie J
- Tinie Tempah
- Madness
- Russell Brand
