Silent Discos: Dance to music from your wireless headphones

HEADPHONE OR SILENT PARTIES

REGION: London

The holiday spirit in UK through Christmas and New Year's Eve is on the wish-list of most tourists. The three-hour extravaganza along the River Thames every year draws more than 2 lakh people, thousands of performers, fireworks show at the London Eye, midnight countdown alongside the chiming of Big Ben, and crowds singing 'Auld Lang Syne'.

INSIDER TIP: Best spots to view the entire celebrations are along the Victoria Embankment, Waterloo or Westminster Bridges.

SILENT DISCO: The latest trend to hit London is ' Silent Discos', where people dance to music being heard on wireless headphones.

Music is broadcasted via radio transmitters with the signal being picked up by wireless headphone receivers worn by people. Those without the headphones hear no music, giving the effect of a room full of people dancing to nothing.

Multiple DJs compete for listeners attention. Silent discos are popular as there are several genres playing at the same time.