Video: Arctic Monkeys - London Olympic Games 2012

COVER SATURDAYS – August 4th, 2012

COVER SATURDAYS – August 4th, 2012 by teepoo Here's a video of Arctic Monkeys covering the Beatles "Come Together" from the Olympic games:

Arctic Monkey’s Perform @ Opening Cermony London 2012

Arctic Monkey’s Perform @ Opening Cermony London 2012 Arctic Monkeys - London Olympic Games 2012 Watch The Arctic Monkeys perform at the Olympic Games in London for the Opening Ceremony - 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' and the amazing 'Come Together' by The Beatles

Headliners: Arctic Monkeys Kick Off Olympics

Arctic Monkeys - London Olympic Games 2012
Stereogum : Danny Boyle directs the Olympics' opening ceremony, complete with Arctic Monkeys covering The Beatles. CoS : MMJ, Alabama Shakes, Conor Oberst take the stage together at the Newport Folk Festival. Slate : DJ Shadow is trying to monetize BitTorrent downloads, is still totally awesome. MusicThinkTank : Is Official.fm a musician's best friend? Hypebot : Who likes infographics? How about one [...]

Arctic Monkeys – “Come Together” (Beatles Cover)

Arctic Monkeys – “Come Together” (Beatles Cover) Last Friday, a few of us spent the end of our Friday afternoons attempting to watch choppy illegal streams of the BBC's Olympics coverage - exactly the sort of thing NBC was trying to prevent us from seeing. Those of us who succeeded in tuning in saw some perfectly ridiculous things during the Ceremony, which filmmaker Danny Boyle directed, my favorite being the cartoon punks on pogo shoes who bounced around during "Pretty Vacant" and "Firestarter." But the actual ceremony included a full-scale tribute to the entire history of British pop music, featuring performances from Paul McCartney, Dizzee Rascal, Frank [...]

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Arctic Monkeys - London Olympic Games 2012
If you didn't catch the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, you missed a pretty great performance by the Arctic Monkeys . The band played 2 songs: "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" as well as a cover of The Beatles'"Come Together", watch them both below.