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2014-09-12 11:04 Source£º
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Wine has always been helpful in encouraging people to take to the stage for a bit of karaoke, but with these labels they might actually be able to sing in tune.
Tuning up: The pitch-perfect wine bottles (Photo: Plymouth Arts Centre)
The labels on house wines at a restaurant in Plymouth, England, are allowing the bottles to double-up as tuning forks for wannabe singing sensations.
Each label has lines drawn at different levels of the wine, so when the drinker reaches the mark on the bottle and gives it a tap they hear the note they need to start their rendition of its corresponding karaoke classic.
The songs include such fan-favourites as Abba¡¯s Dancing Queen and Don McLean¡¯s American Pie.
The restaurant is situated at the Plymouth Arts Centre, which specially commissioned the labels from a local artistic duo, reports the Plymouth Herald.
¡°It¡¯s a bit of fun,¡± said Centre spokesperson Kate Foster. ¡°It¡¯s the second time we¡¯ve asked artists to design labels.
¡°The idea is to link what we do: art, film and food,¡± she continued.
Bosses at the centre say the series helps support local artists and the latest effort is sure drinkers to burst into song.
¡°We like to imagine (they) could be tempted to sing a tune, or may find themselves accidentally having one stuck in their head,¡± said executive director Kate Sparshatt.