Music was the heartbeat of the $ 42.3 million Olympic opening ceremony spectacular . We ran a survey last year to ask whether the UK population thought that we 'd made an important contribution to world music . Former Beatle , Paul McCartney ended the night by playing `` Hey Jude '' NME : `` They 're tipping their hat towards the cult element of British rock ' n ' roll music '' and it's not just a matter of nostalgia for those who grew up in that era but also an indication of how much more popular this kind of music is now than ever before.
Music was the heartbeat of the $ 42.3 million Olympic opening ceremony spectacular . Former Beatle , Paul McCartney ended the night by playing `` Hey Jude '' NME : `` They 're tipping their hat towards the cult element of British rock ' n ' roll music '' and it's not just a matter of nostalgia for those who grew up in that era but also an indication of how much more popular this kind of music is now than ever before.