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2008/08/25

Leona Lewis, Jimmy Page Jam At Olympics Finale


สิงหาคม 25, 2008 , 11:30 AM ET
Berwin Song, Beijing


Jimmy Page, Leona Lewis and Placido Domingo joined Chinese performers including Wei Wei, Andy Lau and Karen Mok at the 2008 Beijing Olympics' closing ceremony last night (Aug. 24).Held at the National Stadium (a.k.a. the Bird's Nest), the ceremony was held before a capacity crowd of 91,000 and hundreds of Olympic athletes.Following the handover of the Olympic flag to Boris Johnson, mayor of 2012 Summer Olympics host city London, a red double-decker London bus entered the stadium. From the bus emerged singer Leona Lewis and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, who performed Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." The performance culminated with an appearance by international soccer star David Beckham.The ceremony continued with South Korean male vocalist Rain, Hong Kong female vocalist Kelly Chen and Chinese-American singer Wang Lee-Hom who jointly performed "Beijing, Beijing, Wo Ai Beijing (Beijing, Beijing, I Love Beijing)." Domingo then performed "Ai de Huoyan (The Flame of Love)," in Chinese and English, with Chinese soprano Song Zuying.

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