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  The Best and Worst of London's Pop-Themed Olympics Closing Ceremony

  August 13, 2012 – Any teenage Anglophiles had their pop preferences justified last night during London's closing ceremony for the 2012 Olympics. NBC's "special correspondent" Ryan Seacrest had said the event would be "relaxed" and "fun," but that was an understatement. …
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  Olympics Bring Home the Gold for Ailing Music Business

  August 3, 2012 – The athletes haven't been the only ones achieving victory at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In a year when the only million-selling album in the U.S. actually came out last year, the music business has been getting a promotional boost out of the whole Olympic spectacle. See, the jocks and the punks aren't so different after all. It's like The Breakfast Club. Not that the music benefiting from Olympic exposure is necessarily punk. …
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  Paul McCartney's Olympics Payday: Around $1.50

  July 31, 2012 – Negotiating a fair price for something special is delicate work. The people who organized the performances at the opening of this year's London Olympics are masters, though, and each "na-na-na" of Paul McCartney's "Hey Jude" last Friday cost them mere pence. That's because artistic director Danny Boyle & Co. …
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  Everything You Need to Know About Music at the Olympics Opening Ceremony

  July 30, 2012 – Britain has played an outsize role in pop music history, so it was only fitting that pop music would feature prominently in the 2012 London Summer Olympics. For those who missed all or part of the Games' four-hour opening ceremony on Friday night, though, what might be remarkable is just how music-soaked the proceedings really were. …
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  Hot Chip Are Soundtracking Olympic Table Tennis

  July 25, 2012 – Muse aren't the only Brit band that can spruce up an Olympics event. Hot Chip may not have a propensity to go quite as epicas their fellow countrymen, but they've been tapped to provide the introductory soundtrack to the Summer Games' table tennis competition. …
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  Could the Olympics Boast Spice Girls and Oasis Reunions?

  July 20, 2012 – As the London Olympics draw nearer, excitement over the games' many musical events have been reaching new heights. …
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  Hear Chemical Brothers' Olympics Track 'Theme From Velodrome'

  July 17, 2012 – Daft Punk might get all the retroactive glory, but Chemical Brothers' head-busting approach to electronic dance music remains as clear an heir as any for the recent North American block-rockin' beats revolution. Ask anyone who's seen them live. …
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  Hear Muse's Appropriately Epic Olympics Theme 'Survival'

  June 27, 2012 – Muse's official 2012 Olympic Games theme "Survival" arrived today via BBC Radio. Shockingly (or not, given the Queen will probably be in attendance at some point), the five-minute song boasts none of the dubstep gewgaws we heard in the trailer for their forthcoming sixth record, The 2nd Law. …
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  London Olympics Are Killing Local Music Fests

  June 12, 2012 – Though it may seem like a boon, hosting the Olympics is a very expensive endeavor. Not only do the years leading up to the events require billions of dollars' worth of infrastructural preparation, but economists also say that tourism in general suffers during the games themselves (call it the "We're Staying Way the Hell Away From That Insanity on Our Summer Vacation" Syndrome). …
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  Blur Headlining Olympics 'Best of British' Show

  February 21, 2012 – Move over, Sir Paul. Sit down, Sir Mick. Sir Eric, would you please step away from the guitar? Organizers of the 2012 Olympic Games have booked a lineup billed as "Best of British" to play a concert in London's Hyde Park as part of the closing ceremony festivities, and it features a whole different generation of U.K. bands. …
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