England’s Tom Daley during the diving 10m platform event at the Royal Pool, yesterday.

The Glasgow 2014 closing ceremony will be the perfect after party and an event which creative director David Zolkwer insists has not been influenced in any way by Scottish first minister Alex Salmond.

After 11 days of sport, the curtain will come down on the 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games at Hampden Park this evening.

The likes of Kylie Minogue, Lulu and Deacon Blue will be performing alongside more than 2,000 volunteers, while head of ceremonies Zolkwer promises there will also be a “couple of surprises” as the Games come to a close.

“The show is called ‘All Back To Ours’ and the title reflects the kind of personal, spontaneous, general ‘we don’t want this moment to end’ feel to the show,” he said.

“We are holding the party at Hampden, but it is really like we’ve inviting the world into our front room.

“In many ways, I think the last 11 days of sport was the actual party.”

Zolkwer said the closing ceremony will have “all the pomp without ever getting pompous about it” and insisted there has been no influence from first minister Salmond ahead of the referendum on independence set for September 14.

“There’s been no imposition, there has been no interference,” Zolkwer said.

“There has been nothing but support from all Games stake holders in these ceremonies. As a producer and a director, I’ve never felt any particular pressure to stick to any one specific agenda or narrative.

“Everyone will always recognise that great opening (and closing) ceremonies are great for everyone and that is the way I’ve been managed and treated and instructed from day one.

“So there has been absolutely no imposition from anyone, as far as I am concerned, in the closing ceremony.”

Unfortunately, the curtain looks set to come down in rather damp conditions as rain is forecast for today.

Zolkwer says the closing ceremony is planned around such an eventuality – “it’s a resilient show, it can take a bit of a battering”.

Bolt blazes to gold

• Usain Bolt landed his first Commonwealths gold medal by anchoring Jamaica to 4x100m glory at Hampden Park, last night.

The world’s fastest man ended his controversial stay in Glasgow by powering down the home straight to bring his team home in 37.58 seconds, a Games record.

England took a hugely impressive silver, their quartet producing three slick changeovers as they held off Trinidad, clocking 38.02 secs.