This past New Year's Eve, an event planning company hosted a black-tie bash onboard that included live music, fireworks and a laser light show.

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We trap them in our homes, expose them to fireworks or force them to live with other animals they may intensely dislike.

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Tickets are already on sale for Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party, featuring live music stages, giant screens and the famous midnight fireworks.

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Four trucks drove into the middle of the stage and seemed to explode with fireworks, only they actually revealed a video of Mercury in a live concert from 1986 at Wembley Stadium.

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The countdown, featuring a fireworks display and performances by Burmese entertainers, was due to be broadcast live on television.

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The Scottish Chamber Orchestra then takes over on Sunday night for one of the biggest live concerts in the world, as many tens of thousands of people watch its fireworks concert at Edinburgh Castle.

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