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French dense metallic set Gojira acceptable the net aflame with their 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony performance, which featured a headless Marie Antoinette.
2024 Olympics: All the Must-See Moments from the Opening Ceremony!
You could accidental Gojira started a caller French gyration astatine the 2024 Paris Summer Games.
As the first-ever dense metallic set to execute astatine an Olympic Opening Ceremony, the head-bangin' quartet delivered a fiery show of "Ah! Ça Ira," a opus popularized during the French Revolution, astatine the Conciergerie connected the banks of the Seine stream July 26.
Not lone did their amusement airy up the metropolis with pyrotechnics, it virtually turned heads erstwhile a performer dressed arsenic a decapitated Marie Antoinette popped up connected surface to sing along.
"Y'all the Olympics conscionable took disconnected Marie Antoinette's caput portion playing French metallic music?" 1 spectator wrote connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter. "This is the craziest s--t I've ever seen."
Meanwhile, different societal media idiosyncratic joked, "One happening astir the French, they're gonna punctual you they guillotined tf retired of marie antoinette successful the sanction of liberation."
And that was the full point, according to Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier.
"It was a precise bloody epoch of French history," helium told the New York Times of the French Revolution up of the Opening Ceremony, "so it was precise metal."
In fact, Joe—who performs successful the set alongside member Mario Duplantier, Christian Andreu and Jean-Michel Labadie—was insistent connected making a beardown impression.
Explaining however helium felt unit to correspond "the full metallic assemblage connected the satellite stage," the 47-year-old added that the show is meant to beryllium "in your face."
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But Gojira weren't the lone musicians who had the net buzzing. Lady Gaga channeled the Moulin Rouge with a sultry show of Zizi Jeanmaire's "Mon Truc En Plumes"—complete with pink, frilly pom-poms—while Céline Dion made a triumphant philharmonic comeback aft a yearslong conflict with stiff-person syndrome.
To adjacent retired the ceremony, the "My Heart Will Go On" vocalist belted retired Édith Piaf's "Hymne à L'Amour" from the balcony of the Eiffel Tower—a almighty infinitesimal that led NBC Olympics sum commentator Kelly Clarkson to break down successful tears connected camera.
"I'm truthful blessed to beryllium celebrating these astonishing athletes, with each their stories of sacrifice and determination, symptom and perseverance," Céline wrote connected Instagram aft the show. "All of you person been truthful focused connected your dream, and whether oregon not you instrumentality location a medal, I anticipation that being present means that it has travel existent for you!"
Keep speechmaking to spot each the jaw-dropping moments from the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony.
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Red, White and Blue
The Eiffel Tower and Opening Ceremony stands are illuminated with colour successful grant of the French flag.
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Burning Bright
The Olympic Cauldron takes formation aft being lit astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony.
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Iconic Night
Céline Dion closes retired the amusement with a almighty show atop the Eiffel Tower.
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Comeback Moment
The vocalist beautifully belted retired "Hymne A L'Amour" during her instrumentality to the stage.
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The GOATs
Serena Williams, Carl Lewis, Nadia Comaneci and Rafael Nadal light up the nighttime with the Olympic torch.
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Sporting Greats
French shot prima Zinedine Zidane passes the Olympic torch to Spanish tennis subordinate Rafael Nadal.
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Laser Focus
The Eiffel Tower lights up the night.
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Let the Games Begin
Athletes from astir the satellite stitchery successful beforehand of the Eiffel Tower for Opening Ceremony.
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Wave Your Banner
The enigma equine rider carries the Olympic emblem to the Place du Trocadero.
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Light Up the Night
The Parade of Nations question on the Seine river.
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The World Stage
Flags from countries competing successful the Olympics alert high.
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Sharing All the World
Pianist Sofiane Pamart and vocalist Juliette Armanet perform "Imagine" from a interval connected the Seine.
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Athletic Spirit
The Refugee Olympic Team—which is made up of 37 athletes representing millions worldwide who person been forcibly displaced—share a loving message.
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Play On
Musicians astatine the Opening Ceremony support adust successful their rainfall ponchos.
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Race to the Finish Line
The Olympic emblem is carried down the Seine connected a galloping metallic horse.
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Scenes From the Seine
Team Australia is all-smiles arsenic their vessel passes by the Eiffel Tower.
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Fanning the Flames
The masked torchbearer runs on the Musee d'Orsay during the Opening Ceremony.
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Can't Rain connected Their Parade
Despite the bedewed weather, Team Spain marches guardant to the Place du Trocadero.
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Smile for the Camera
Team Italy's emblem bearers Arianna Errigo and Gianmarco Tamberi drawback a selfie together.
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Heart of Paris
The Eiffel Tower is decorated with the Olympic rings.
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Hej!
Swedish athletes greet the assemblage during the Parade of Nations.
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Making Memories
Team Liberia captures each the sights and sounds from their boat.
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The City of Lights
The Eiffel Tower awaits the accomplishment of the world's athletes.
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Teamwork
Jordan's Rama Abo-Alrub and Saleh Elsharabaty bear their country's emblem together.
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Hometown Pride
The Bahamian emblem waves atop the country's vessel connected the Seine river.
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Ready for the Competition
Switzerland is acceptable to bring the vigor to this summer's Games.
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Here Come the Red, White and Blue
Team USA makes their debut connected the Seine.
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Raindrops Keep Falling connected Their Heads
But that didn't halt these rooftop dancers from turning retired a spectacular performance.
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When It Rains it Pours
Yet the Cabo Verde Olympic squad didn't fto it dim their joy.
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Fine Art
Reproductions of immoderate of the astir celebrated paintings from Paris' Louvre Museum decorate the River Seine.
Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics starting Friday, July 26, with the Opening Ceremony astatine 7:30 p.m. ET/PT connected NBC and Peacock.
