The handoff of the Summer season Olympic Video games from Paris to Los Angeles—the host metropolis of the 2028 Summer season Olympics—will reportedly characteristic Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, and the Crimson Sizzling Chili Peppers on Sunday, Aug. 11.
In accordance with Selection, all three artists shall be seen from Los Angeles in a mixture of pre-taped and stay performances to shut out the Olympics in a star-studded occasion. Ben Winston, who has beforehand produced the Grammy Awards and CBS’ 2021 “Adele: One Night time Solely” particular, is coordinating with French producers on the occasion, in keeping with the outlet.
All three artists have shut ties to the Californian metropolis. Eilish, one of many largest pop sensations of the previous decade, is a local whose 2021 live performance movie was titled “Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles.” Snoop Dogg, who has been a staple in Paris through the 2024 Olympic Video games, hails from Lengthy Seashore and is synonymous with West Coast rap. The Crimson Sizzling Chili Peppers emerged from L.A.’s punk scene within the Nineteen Eighties, and their 1999 hit “Californication” is an anthem for town.
The particular places of their performances haven’t been disclosed, as tensions have been excessive round stay music occasions following information of Taylor Swift allegedly receiving threats from suspects who deliberate a terror assault for her upcoming three-night stand in Vienna along with her “The Eras Tour.”
Not like the opening ceremony, which happened alongside the Seine River, the closing ceremony will transfer again into the Stade de France stadium, which served because the venue for quite a few Olympic occasions, together with Monitor and Discipline.
Along with the LA lineup, H.E.R. will carry out to shut out the Olympics. The 27-year-old Grammy winner is ready to sing the U.S. nationwide anthem.
It was additionally reported that Tom Cruise will carry out a stunt on the closing ceremony. The 62-year-old actor is predicted to execute a skydiving stunt earlier than a prerecorded section wherein he parachutes down subsequent to the long-lasting Hollywood signal. On the finish of Sunday’s closing ceremony, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will settle for the Olympic Torch. The Los Angeles Summer season Video games are scheduled to run from July 14 to July 30 in 2028.
The closing ceremony follows the star-studded opening ceremony in Paris, which featured performances by Woman Gaga and Céline Dion on July 26. Gaga, 38, sang “Mon Truc en Plumes,” whereas Dion, 56, carried out “Hymne à l’amour” from the Eiffel Tower in her first efficiency since revealing her stiff-person syndrome analysis in December 2022.