"It's going to give us a lot more info about how those particles get energised to provide this spectacular event, " Prof Madejski said.

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The young people will also visit key venues in Maritime Greenwich, enjoy a special boat trip and treasure hunt using a specially devised mobile phone app, take part in a large-scale dance extravaganza, Making Waves, and enjoy a conference opening event in the spectacular Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, a location for many celebrated movies including Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides.

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Boyle was speaking at the Whatsonstage.com awards on Sunday where his Olympic spectacular picked up the prize for theatre event of the year.

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The annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular hosts 500, 000 spectators, according to the event's website.

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Now comes the sober reality for a handful of companies involved in promoting his planned 50 sell-out concerts at London's O2 Arena, an event that had been billed as one of the most spectacular multimedia extravaganzas of all time.

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