The London skyline — changing every year, yet always recognizable — is taking center stage inside the Olympic Stadium for the closing ceremony: Big Ben, Albert Hall, St. Paul's Cathedral. They're all being celebrated as the countdown begins to the musical extravaganza billed as a tour through British musical history.

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