Today's newsstands are a riot of colour, fireworks and Paralympic euphoria. But the Independent also found room to show its musical sensibilities. Its front page leads with a nod to The Smiths, with the headline: "There is a flame that will never go out," underneath a giant picture of the Olympic flame. Inside, page 5 carries a three-star review of Coldplay's performance at the closing ceremony, summing up their contributions as: "By this final night of the Paralympics, Coldplay are all that are left: the bland, blunted version of our nation we first feared would be hurled at the world." Ouch. An excoriating review even Morrissey would be proud of.
