Grand closing ceremony today

The 20th Commonwealth Games will come to an end tonight with a stupendous ceremony which will replicate the transformation of the games’ appearance from one culture to another, from Glasgow, Scotland to Gold Coast, Australia which is the host city for of the next Commonwealth Games to be held in 2018.

The Closing Ceremony will be festive and celebratory and the people of Glasgow consider the closing ceremony as an opportunity to thank all who were part of the Games, to revel in their success, and celebrate together for the last time. It will also replicate the meaning of friendships and will be the perfect stage to hand over to the next Commonwealth city, Gold Coast which won the bid when they beat Sri Lanka’s candidate city, Hambantota at St. Kitts.

The ceremony will be broadcast live from 9pm GMT, which is 1.30 am Sri Lanka time tomorrow, world-wide, with an expected viewership of over a billion. The 40,000 capacity Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow is ready to welcome pop stars including Australian artist Kylie Minogue, whose performance is said to represent the transfer of the games to Australia, while the rest of the lineup will showcase Scotland’s musical heritage. Among the Scottish artists who will perform in front of one of the biggest global audiences ever, will be Deacon Blue, Lulu and Dougie Maclean as well as up and coming Glasgow band Prides.

Glasgow hosted an amazing opening ceremony to mark the inauguration of the Games and it saw performances from Rod Stewart, Susan Boyle and John Barrowman. According to the organizers, the closing ceremony is also expected to be something to remember forever.