David Beckham, Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page express their Olympic joy
David Beckham, Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page have all revealed their excitement in taking part in the 2008 Olympic handover ceremony.
Rock legend Page and singer Lewis will perform a new version of Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love, and Beckham is expected to kick a football off the top of a red double decker bus.
Crowds will watch on screens from the 2012 party in the Mall, where gates open at midday.
The handover of the Olympics from Beijing to London, crowning the capital as official summer host city, is expected to take place some time after 2.30pm.
But this may be pushed back on the day as the closing ceremony could overrun.
Events are planned across the UK to mark the handover, with big screens in 32 locations and a variety of musical performances.
The celebration will link up with Notting Hill Carnival, with a screen in Emslie Horniman Pleasance Park showing the party in the Mall and closing ceremony in China.
A mass dance workshop is planned in Portsmouth, the Halle orchestra will give a free outdoor performance in Manchester and in Cumbria mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington will lead a group to scale Scafell Pike and fly the Olympic handover flag.
In The Mall, the stage show will begin around 3.15pm, with performances by acts including The Feeling, Katherine Jenkins, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and the cast of We Will Rock You.
Heather Small, whose song Proud has been used as part of the publicity campaign for London 2012, will also perform.
After the concert finishes at around 5pm, the Red Arrows will stage a spectacular fly past over Buckingham Palace.
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