The Rolling Stones are due to perform at the opening ceremony of the Games on July 27, 2012, it is claimed and Jagger is said to be keen to include other members of the rock aristocracy.

 

He wants to be joined on stage by Bowie and John, as well as Phil Collins, Sting, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour, and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, who played during London's eight-minute section of the Handover at the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing earlier this year.

 

The concert would be trumpeted as featuring the greatest rock "supergroup" of all time and by 2012 their combined age would be 522.

 

A source told the News of the World: "Mick feels the Olympics coming to London is a huge honour - and wants to make his own gesture with the band.

 

"It's early stages but Page, Bowie, and Morrison are already involved, although no-one is quite sure yet how the show will play out in its entirety.

 

"The Olympics people hope to use the template of the American football Super Bowl half-time show, where an artist takes over the field on a giant stage.

 

"Having the Stones on side for a project like this is a huge deal."

 

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