London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony
Follow our coverage of the spectacular curtain-raiser to the Games.
- And that's all folks. As Paul McCartney closes the show, the athletes are heading to bed, and so are we. Check out London24.com for more news from the ceremony and the Games.
Excellent torch ceremony from beginning to opening the games #OpeningCeremony #london2012
That ended up looking pretty sick! Impressed with that cauldron! #OpeningCeremony
Aww thats so nice that Doreen Lawrence is carrying the Olympic flag as well #OlympicCeremony2012
For the first time in Olympic history all participating teams will have female athletes #OpeningCeremony
'Welcome to London... to the 2012 Olympic Games. I've never been so proud to be British & a part of the Olympic movement' #OpeningCeremony- So the athletes have paraded, and now Arctic Monkeys are singing I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, while some fireworks go off.
Its a bit like eurovision: long list of countries you want to pay respect to... But really you're just waiting for blighty #openingceremony
Sensational #openingceremony to beat Beijing. We may not have had metronomic masses, but we had intricacy + a story. Take a bow #DannyBoyle!
RT if you think Danny Boyle, thousands of volunteers & all associated with “Isles of Wonder” did us proud tonight #OpeningCeremony
I'm loving the opening ceremony way more than I ever thought I would. Well done Mr Boyle! #openingceremony
RT @London2012: David Beckham drives a speedboat down the Thames carrying the #OlympicFlame #OpeningCeremony
RT @alisonpope: the torch is coming, the Torch is coming, the torch is coming!!! #OpeningCeremony #London2012- British scientist & Londoner Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web - good news for Frankie and June (and us!) #OpeningCeremony
