Watch Phoenix, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and More Perform at Paris 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony

The Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony took place yesterday (August 11) in Paris, with performances by French bands Air, Phoenix, and Kavinsky. Along with playing hits like ‘Lisztomania’ and ‘1901’, Phoenix brought on a number of guests, including Air to perform ‘Playground Love’, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig for their collaborative single ‘Tonight’, Kavinsky and Belgian pop star Angèle for ‘Nightcall (from the Drive soundtrack), and Cambodian rapper VannDa for ‘If I Ever Feel Better’/’Funky Squaredance’. Check out videos of the performances below.

“We are infinitely happy to have had the chance to celebrate with all the athletes and the entire world at the Closing of the Olympic Games in our beloved city of Paris,” Phoenix said in a press statement. “It was a wonderful moment to have been invited to take the stage with our friends from France and around the world, honoring the French spirit and remaining true to our motto: Liberté, Égalité, Phoenix! We are thrilled to both pass the baton to the Paralympics athletes and to Los Angeles for the forthcoming 2028 games.”

Later in the ceremony, Paris handed off the Olympic flag to the next host city, Los Angeles. To mark the occasion, H.E.R. performed the US National Anthem at the Stade de France and Tom Cruise staged various stunts that ended with him turning the double Os of the Hollywood sign into the Olympic rings.

Local artists Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, H.E.R., and the Red Hot Chili Peppers then performed at the LA28 Handover Celebration. Taking the stage at Rosie’s Dog Beach in Long Beach in a series of pre-taped performances, Red Hot Chili Peppers played ‘Can’t Stop’, Eilish and her brother Finneas delivered a full-band rendition of ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’, and Snoop Dogg performed ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ and, with Dr. Dre, ‘The Next Episode’.

Other performances at the ceremony included Yseult coving ‘My Way’ and Benjamin Bernheim singing ‘Hymne à Apollon’ while Alain Roche played a vertically hanging piano.

Playground love de Air con Phoenix es lo único que necesito en mi vida en estos momentos #Paris2024 #CeremoniaDeClausura pic.twitter.com/xAhBr7aK7g

— Dan (@dan_Stereo) August 11, 2024

Phoenix + Air! Maravilla pic.twitter.com/uFn3yV8aY1

— CrisPérez (@pixelperro) August 11, 2024

olympics had phoenix at their closing ceremony indie sleaze is back in full force omg pic.twitter.com/61R3YD69HU

— tom hardy’s slutty blonde wig (@jewelbundrn) August 11, 2024

Red Hot Chili Peppers 🌶️ initiate LA Olympics 2028 celebration!🎸 pic.twitter.com/U3dzQEvFeH

— Luis Alejo⚖️ (@SupervisorAlejo) August 11, 2024

BILLIE PERFORMING BIRDS OF A FEATHER AT THE OLYMPICS pic.twitter.com/4RnchcKq0R

— emy (@emysbill) August 11, 2024

“There is a reason everyone is fascinated with everything LA.” – Anthony Kiedis

It wouldn’t be LA without the @ChiliPeppers. #LA28 is excited to have collaborated with the Red Hot Chili Peppers to drop an LA28 ‘A’ emblem that is an ode to the dynamic culture of the city and the… pic.twitter.com/gcTKJnGECL

— LA28 (@LA28) August 10, 2024

With the #Olympics coming to LA in 2028…

It only makes sense to have Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre perform to celebrate 🐐🐐 pic.twitter.com/1YOoC3LJZf

— Dr. Dre Radar (@dreradar_) August 11, 2024

yseult for what she’s been through and she’s still singing pic.twitter.com/pAPLF9OJdw

— jayden (@GRIT0DESAUDADE) August 12, 2024

Alain Roche plays suspended in the airs, with lyric singer Benjamin Bernheim.

They interpret the Delphic Hymn to Apollo, the oldest notated music of the Western canon, written by Athenaeus, son of Athenios. pic.twitter.com/SmVquZ39bL

— Leo Caesaris (@leo_caesaris) August 11, 2024