London Olympics 2012 Closing Ceremony: A Triumph Of British Music

London has bid farewell to the 2012 Olympic Games with a blazing tribute to 50 years of British music and culture.

The Olympic Flag is handed from Mayor of London, Boris Johnson to IOC President Jacques Rogge, who passes to Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes during the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

LONDON— London has bid farewell to the 2012 Olympic Games with a blazing tribute to 50 years of British music and culture.

The scene opened to a street party centered on a giant Union Jack representing the streets of London with prominent city landmarks like the London Eye.

Various performances helped warm up the show, including Madness singing “Our House,” the Queen’s Coldstream Guards marching to the tune of Blur’s “Park Life,” and ex-Kinks rock star Ray Davies singing “Waterloo Sunset.”