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Spice Up Your Life - the Spice Girls perform during the Closing Ceremony

Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm make up the Spice Girls, the biggest-selling girl group of all time.

Jessie J performs at the Closing Ceremony

British singer Jessie J performs during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 12, 2012 in London, England.

Taio Cruz performs during the Closing Ceremony

London-born Taio Cruz is a BRIT Award-winning singer-songwriter. Here he sings 'Dynamite' from 2010.

Ricky Wilson sings The Who

Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs sings The Who's Pinball Wizard while inflatable silver pinballs bounce around the athletes.

Comedian Russell Brand in multi-coloured splendour

British comedian Russell Brand sings ‘Pure Imagination’ from Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. and The Beatles’ ‘I am the Walrus’, accompanied by string quartet Bond.

Dancer Darcy Bussell makes an eye-catching entrance

Prima ballerina Darcey Bussell descends into the Stadium on a flaming phoenix. As she lands on the centre stage, she's met by four male principal dancers from the Royal Ballet and over 200 ballerinas dancing en pointe to 'Spirit of the Flame', composed by David Arnold.

The Olympic spirit rises out of the Flame

The stems of the Olympic Cauldron open outwards as the outline of a flaming, 20m-wide phoenix rises out of it.

Seb Coe reflects on the London 2012 Games

Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee Seb Coe thanks all those involved in staging the Games, from those that constructed the venues, the volunteers who gave their time to the athletes  who came to take part, as IOC president Jacques Rogge looks on.

Explosion of light marks the end of a spectacular ceremony

Fireworks explode over the Stadium during the Closing Ceremony to mark the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games.