Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg Performing at Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg are set to perform during the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The news was first reported by Variety, which notes the three acts all call Los Angeles, the site of the 2028 Summer Olympics, their home. It is typical that the closing ceremony of the Olympics features a nod of some sort to the next host city. The Chili Peppers, Eilish and Snoop also reflect the diverse music history of Los Angeles, both past and present. With the 2028 LA Olympic Games about three years and 11 months away, it wouldn’t be shocking that organizers are already trying to tentatively book certain acts for a show-stopping Opening and Closing Ceremony.
As far as how the performances will take place, Variety reports all three artists will be seen from LA in either a live or pre-taped capacity. (There was no indication on which artists would be live or pre-taped.) The location of the live performance is undisclosed for security reasons, and this decision was made even before the thwarted terrorist attack plot on Taylor Swift’s shows in Vienna this week.
The musical performances, however, will have a perfect “opening act,” if you will. Variety says Tom Cruise, who has been spotted taking in a number of events at the Paris Olympics, will take part in an epic stunt that will see the actor riding on a motorcycle throughout Paris. After that, there will be a cut to a prerecorded video package where Cruise will drop via parachute down next to the famous Hollywood sign.
Hopefully, the organizers of the 2028 LA Olympic Games were taking notes during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Their Opening Ceremony caused quite a stir, both for positive and negative reasons. Aside from the initial “Last Supper” controversy, which was later clarified to be a depiction of the Greek god Dionysus, the Opening Ceremony featured something for everyone, from references to the beheading of Marie Antionette to a triumphant performance of “Hymne A L’Amour” by Celine Dion to a plot line that led to a ménage à trois. (This is France, after all.)
Of course, considering how the Seine was utilized during the Opening Ceremony led to many jokes about how Los Angeles could cook up their own version. One X (formerly Twitter) user quipped, “For the LA Olympics, they should just parade everyone on the 405.” Sure, this would make LA’s notorious traffic somehow even worse, but it’s still a good joke, and we’re confident organizers will undoubtedly make the 2028 Summer Olympics special.
