Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chilli Peppers tipped to close Olympics

Superstars Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers will perform at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to entertainment magazine Variety.

According to an exclusive by Variety, citing "multiple sources", Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are expected to be part of the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday.

According to the magazine, the three artists will be seen from Los Angeles "in a mix of pre-taped and live performances".

Coordinating the event with the French producers of the closing ceremony is Ben Winston, who was responsible for the Grammy Awards and CBS's 2021 “Adele: One Night Only” special.

Earlier this week, information was leaked that movie star Tom Cruise was to engage in a death-defying stunt on the roof of the Stade de France.

The closing ceremony will be a much shorter affair and will take place, in more traditional fashion, at France's national stadium.

Artistic director Thomas Jolly has revealed it will combine "wonder" with "dystopia", suggesting some darker elements than the joyful and impertinent tone of the opening ceremony that drew a record audience of more than a billion worldwide.

The Paris Games closing ceremony continues the tradition of lush and star-studded events that were stopped temporarily by the Covid pandemic, causing the the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be postponed one year, while performances were done via screens and without public.

The Rio 2016 closing ceremony ended with a carnivalesque dancing party, while London closed its 2012 games with performances by artists such as the Pet Shop Boys, the Spice Girls, The Who and One Direction.

(with newswires)