He also performed the song on Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park in 2003, though the game was eventually rained out.

Christopher Marlowe's play Tamburlane the Great was first performed in London in 1587, three years after the formal opening of English-Ottoman trade relations when William Harborne sailed for Constantinople as agent of the Levant Company.

During the First World War, he and his wife performed many services for the public of Leicestershire, including opening up their home first as a VAD Hospital under the 5th Northern General Hospital, and later as a hospital for Naval Personnel.

In concert, Devo sometimes performed as their own opening act, pretending to be a Christian soft-rock group called " Dove ( the Band of Love )", which is an anagram for " Devo ".

On the season finale on November 17, 2006, the group performed as an opening act for Public Enemy.

Selections from Iberia have rarely been attempted on solo guitar but have been very effectively performed by guitar ensembles, such as the performance by John Williams and Julian Bream of Iberia's opening " Evocation.

A 2000 tour in which David Allan Coe performed as an opening act for Kid Rock was the subject of criticism from journalist Neil Strauss, who alleged that Coe's songs were racist.

Lumbar puncture is performed to measure the opening pressure, as well as to obtain cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF ) to exclude alternative diagnoses.

They performed their first concert together, opening for Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann with an attendance of over 11, 000 people at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 14.

Crow performed at the opening night of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, despite animal welfare experts urging her not to on account of alleged animal cruelty at the event.

The opening was performed by Khedive Ismail of Egypt and Sudan, and at Ismail's invitation French Empress Eugenie in the Imperial yacht Aigle, piloted by Napolean Coste who was bestowed by the Khedive the Order of the Medjidie ( Blue Flame of Service c 1955 ).

* In 1997 at the opening of the Sydney parliament the NSW Police Band performed a Hollywood theme medley with a solo oboe rendition of ' Send in the Clowns.

The opening credits musical theme is by an uncredited Irving Gertz, with a trumpet solo performed by Ray Anthony.

, performed by Maaya Sakamoto, is used for the series opening theme for the entire series, except the first episode in which no opening sequence is used.

The Vision of Escaflowne is the debut work of Maaya Sakamoto, who not only voiced the main character of Hitomi Kanzaki, but also performed the opening theme song " Yakusoku wa Iranai " and other songs from the series.

The playing of the song two years later during the seventh-inning stretch of the 1918 World Series, and thereafter during each game of the series is often noted as the first instance that the anthem was played at a baseball game, though evidence shows that the " Star-Spangled Banner " was performed as early as 1897 at opening day ceremonies in Philadelphia and then more regularly at the Polo Grounds in New York City beginning in 1898.

They were designed by Sir Herbert Baker and the opening ceremony was performed by Sir Stanley Jackson, who had suggested the inclusion of the words The Great Cricketer in the dedication.

Ono performed at the opening ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, wearing white, like many of the others who performed during the ceremony, to symbolize the snow that makes the Winter Olympics possible.

The Dublin games were also the first to have their own opening and closing ceremonies broadcast live, performed by President of Ireland Mary McAleese.

* The opening theme and other music for the 2008 PBS animated series Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns were produced by Carl Finch and composed, arranged, and performed by Finch and Brave Combo.

Because of the unusual length of the play ( over three hours ), prior to the opening a matinee company was also hired that performed twice a week and featured Kate Reid as Martha, Shepperd Strudwick as George, Avra Petrides as Honey and Bill Berger as Nick.

During the following years, Hackett performed a number of jumps from bridges and other structures ( including the Eiffel Tower ), building public interest in the sport, and opening the world's first permanent commercial bungee site ; the Kawarau Bridge Bungy at Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand.

The opening of the mouth ceremony, a key funerary ritual, performed for Tutankhamun by his successor Ay.

She played with style and a touch of the grand manner, and every piece she performed was especially effective in its closing measures.

Idle later performed the song as part of the 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony.

Men at Work performed " Down Under " at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, alongside Paul Hogan of Crocodile Dundee fame.

New Order performed at Hyde Park with Blur and The Specials to celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

* " Viva Las Vegas " – written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman ; performed by Big Johnson ( with Bunny Lebowski ) and by Shawn Colvin ( closing credits ).

The closing rendition of Tammy Wynette's " Stand by Your Man " was performed by American singer Lyle Lovett.

He performed at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

In his memoirs, Rimsky-Korsakov mentions an 1876 concert at which Borodin's " closing chorus " was performed, the first public performance of any music from Prince Igor identified by him:

On 12 August 2012, Queen performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Idle is an accomplished songwriter, having composed and performed many of the Pythons ' most famous comic pieces, including " Eric the Half-a-Bee ", " The Philosophers ' Song ", " Galaxy Song ", " Penis Song ( Not the Noel Coward Song )" and, probably his most recognised hit, " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ", which was written for the closing scene of the Monty Python film Life of Brian, and sung from the crosses during the mass crucifixion.

Idle performed the song at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 12 August 2012.

Since the bank's closing in 1841, the edifice has performed a variety of functions.

The 1981 Christmas special, " Whoops ", had two verses of lyrics written by Roy Clarke that were performed over the closing credits.

In 2012 he performed the Kinks song " Waterloo Sunset " in the closing ceremony of the London Olympics.

After finishing the first leg which included Latin America and the United States, Martin performed at the 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Turin.

Lauper began performing as a featured artist at gay pride events around the world ( as early as 1994, she had performed at the closing ceremonies for Gay Games IV in New York City ).

Russell Brand performed the song dressed as Willy Wonka at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

It took the form to new heights using the London Festival Orchestra, a loose affiliation of Decca's classical musicians given a fictitious name adding the term " London " to sound impressive, to provide an orchestral linking framework to the Moodies already written and performed songs, plus overture & conclusion sections on the album including backing up Graeme Edge's opening & closing poems recited by Pinder.

Several one-off shows were performed during the closing months of 2008, including a couple of Christmas charity shows.

After each band played a set of music, Betts, Allman and the Tolers performed a closing set of Allman Brothers music together.

They performed at the coveted Sunday night slot on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on 29 June, closing the show with the new song.

He performed it live at the closing ceremonies, which were televised globally.

On the second and last day of the show the A320 and the Spitfire performed a flypast as the closing act.