Some early adopters even had dedicated home controllers that let them easily turn up the music from outside by the pool.

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This is not to suggest the Bard of Hogwarts is up there with the Bard of Avon, only that her words turn into music coming out of the mouths of such performers as Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane and Miranda Richardson.

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The publican, who has now left the business, claimed a musician failed to turn up due to bad weather, but that the bar normally had live music on that night of the week.

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Up to 40, 000 music fans are expected to turn out for the festival which organisers hope will become an annual event.

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Who else could pull off wearing a meat dress to the Video Music Awards and then turn it into a statement about people standing up for what they believe in?

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