Opening ceremony

[juro]

Rickshaw ride for captains in World Cup opening ceremony - The Times of India

I see Bryan Adams will be performing at the opening ceremony and the captains will be taken on rickshaws (sorry but had to giggle when the article refered to them as tri-cycles - the image of the captains sitting on the back of little kids' tricycles will be hard for me to shake).

The article also mentions that the 1996 opening ceremony was an "unmitigated disaster". Can someone tell me what actually went wrong?

 

[Bun]

I think opening ceremonies are just a waste of money.

 

[gvenkat]

Waste of time and money and they are boring..

 

[_Ed_]

Bryan Adams.

 

[Turbinator]

Bryan Adams.

He couldn't make it into the Canadian squad, so this is the best alternative way he could contribute.

 

[juro]

Was Summer of 69 actually about his best cricket season? I remember the summer I scored 43...

 

[salman85]

Bryan is a good singer,but not the type you'd want in an opening ceremony.

Shakira should switch her loyalties to cricket.

 

[vcs]

Bryan is a good singer,but not the type you'd want in an opening ceremony.

Shakira should switch her loyalties to cricket.

Massively AWTA.

 

[salman85]

AWTA?

I'm still not familiar with cricketweb slang.

 

[Howe_zat]

Agree with the above.

Although in this case the phoenetic interpretation of "Oughtta" is also valid.

 

[marc71178]

Bryan Adams.

Only genuine Canadian at the World Cup isn't he?

 

[silentstriker]

Haha. Could imagine the thought process, "hey she was there for the football wc, we can outdo that!"


Probay forgot about the small manner of the few extra zeroes that the football people have available.

 

[Cevno]

Akon did well in the IPL ceremony.

 

[salman85]

Since the WC is being held in the subcontinent,they should have probably had some Bollywood superstars come in and perform a song instead of Bryan Adams.Though since most of them are 'affiliated' with the IPL,i'm not sure if ICC would have considered that option.

 

[Cevno]

Actually along with Bryan Adams there are bollywood singers,composers perfroming at the ceremony too as well as Bangladeshi singers.

Not sure about actors though or dance performances from them.

 

[DingDong]

bryan adams lol

why cant they get like a gucci mane or wack flocka and bring that mother down

 

[Spikey]

Sweet! I love Ryan Adams!

 

[smash84]

Sweet! I love Ryan Adams!

Is he Bryan Adams's father?

 

[silentstriker]

Since the WC is being held in the subcontinent,they should have probably had some Bollywood superstars come in and perform a song instead of Bryan Adams.

I think that probably would have made the most sense. Even though most (numerically) of cricket watchers will be from the subcontinent, English is the international language of cricket (and most other things), so for a global tournament, at least some segment needs to be in English IMO. It wouldn't make sense to have a ceremony where only really two or three countries understand what's going on.


Bryan Adams still odd though, surely they could find someone else.

 

[_Ed_]

I liked the lights being all green and red during the Bangladesh national anthem. That was cool.