关键字：英国 八卦 闭幕式 伦敦
闭幕式前的最后一天，英国卫报完全暴光伦敦8分钟表演流程：
Once the anthem has finished an animated title sequence bookended by the BBC World Service call sign of "This Is London" will be played on the screens as a red double-decker bus, Number 2012, arrives in the stadium.
Awaiting it on the far side of the track at a London bus stop next to a zebra crossing complete with Belisha beacons, will be the 36 dancers from the hip-hop troop Zoo Nation, the CanDoCo Contemporary Dance Company and the Royal Opera House, all of them sheltering under umbrellas.
The bus will make its way round the track to a score written by Sheppard that evokes Britain's musical heritage without abandoning the contemporary tone. Jerusalem, Greensleeves and excerpts from the shipping forecast read by Radio 4 regular Zeb Soanes interweave with three traditional sea shanties with harmonies based on the chimes of Big Ben.
Halfway round the track the bus will be joined by cycling gold medallists Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton and BMX star Shanaze Reade, dressed as a courier, a City gent and a London biker. Reade hopes to take part despite injuring her wrist when crashing out of the BMX final yesterday.
When the bus arrives at the stop a nine-year old Londoner, Tayyiba Dudhwala, will emerge to be handed a football by Erika Tham, a Chinese-Canadian chosen to represent the children of the world.
As the people in the queue dance beneath their brollies, the bus will begin a transformation, its roof opening like a Lotus flower to reveal a stage. As Sheppard's score reaches its climax singer Leona Lewis will emerge on a platform to perform an R&B aria.
Meanwhile, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page will emerge on a platform at the other end of the bus and strike out the opening chords of Whole Lotta Love. In order to meet the eight-minute limit the song has been curtailed by two and a half minutes, but to Page's delight now cuts straight to the solo.
As their duet climaxes, Beckham rises up on a third platform clutching the football flanked by a cellist and violinist in Team GB kit, and kicks the ball into the athletes packed in the centre field of the stadium. The bus departs transformed into an ersatz carnival float.
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