Top 10 destination bars

For when a pint in a local pub just isn’t enough, here are ten of the best ‘destination bars’. These places are attractions in their own right either for their sense of history, unique setting or simply having a real wow factor… Bar Four, Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool Fancy a Honey Can't Buy Me Love or Rocky Raspberry Racoon? You’ll find these and other Fab Four themed cocktails at the bar of the Beatles-inspired Hard Days Night Hotel in Liverpool. You might think this all might be a bit tacky, but the wood panelled walls, luxury leather arm chairs and Italian marble are pure class. Look out for the large artworks by Paul Ygartua who attended Liverpool Art College with John Lennon.  Find out more No Sign Wine Bar, Swansea A must for fans of Dylan Thomas, the No Sign Wine Bar was a favourite with the poet who used to drink here in the 1930s. It appears as the ‘Wine Vaults’ in his story The Followers and retains much of its period charm. As well as a vast selection of wines it also serves excellent ale.  Find out more Crown Bar, Belfast The Crown Bar is one of the original Victorian ‘Gin Palaces’, pubs decorated in lavish style where ordinary folks could experience some real luxury. So special, in fact, is the Crown Bar that, in 1978, it was purchased by the National Trust so it could be preserved for future generations. Look out for the jewel-like etched and stained glass, elaborate mosaic floors and the antique bell system once used for alerting staff.  Find out more Café Royal, Edinburgh Opened in 1863, Edinburgh’s Café Royal is a listed bar and restaurant whose period features make drinking here a treat. Sup a whisky and enjoy an oyster or two amid elaborate Victorian plasterwork, stained glass and unique Doulton ceramic murals which depict scenes from science and industry.  Find out more May Fair Hotel, London Dress in your best for a night at the glamorous bar of the May Fair Hotel. Over 40 cocktails are served in an atmosphere of chic sophistication. If you’re feeling flush, try a May Fair Martini at £250 per glass (made with Richard Hennessey cognac, vanilla infused sugar, almond essence, black cherry essence and Moet & Chandon).  Find out more Gordons Wine Bar, London London’s oldest wine bar was established in 1890 and, as you descend the stairs into its cellar-like interior, you’d be forgiven for thinking time hadn’t really moved on. Enjoy a glass of wine or two in this wonderful old building, home at one time to Samuel Pepys and later Rudyard Kipling. Flickering candles and wooden walls covered in historical newspaper cuttings and faded memorabilia add to the antique atmosphere.  Find out more Bar Ten, Glasgow Fitted out by Ben Kelly, designer of Manchester’s legendary Hacienda nightclub, in 1991, the original Glasgow style bar continues to be one of the coolest in the city. After the Hacienda closed in 1997, Bar Ten is one of the only places you can get a taste of Kelly’s timeless designs for nightlife spaces. The slick interior with black marble, tubular steel and industrial details is as cool and satisfying as the drinks.  Find out more Cloud 23, Manchester Soaring above Manchester, this upmarket bar on the 23rd floor of the Hilton Manchester Deansgate Hotel is all about the views. Order a classic cocktail and press you nose against one of the floor-to-ceiling windows for an unrivalled panorama over the city to the Pennines beyond.  Find out more St Pancras International Station Champagne Bar, London Sip on a glass of bubbly under the vast sweeping roof of St Pancras Station, London’s recently restored neo-gothic building. The Champagne Bar is the longest in Europe and has over 20 styles of Champagne to enjoy. See the trains pull in and out with drink in hand and admire one of the great marvels of the Victorian age.  Find out more Galvin at Windows, London Relax and drink in the unsurpassed views of the London skyline at this bar on the 28th floor of the London Hilton on Park Lane. From up here the River Thames is a dancing silvery ribbon. If anything can tear your away from the view, it’ll be the food in the Michelin-starred restaurant.  Find out more

Sheen Booed Off Stage During First Live Show

Troubled US actor Charlie Sheen was heckled, booed and eventually abandoned by the crowd in a chaotic start to a live show mini-tour - a month after being sacked from his hit TV show.Skip related content

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Sheen kicked off the My Violent Torpedo Of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option tour in Detroit on Saturday.

The former Two And A Half Men star had initially been greeted with rapturous applause from the 5,000 strong-audience, but fans reportedly began to walk out within 15 minutes.

"It was the worst thing I've ever seen in my entire life - the show was horrible." said audience member Jennifer Pyryt.

The show, to a packed house of 5,000 people, had started well with a spoof involving news clips of the actor's recent outbursts, and high-action excerpts from classic movies including Apocalypse Now, starring his father, Martin.

He later told the crowd the show was "an experiment", adding: "You paid your hard-earned money without knowing what this show was about."

After commenting several times on the fact that he was being booed, and getting increasingly tetchy as the stream of people walking out grew, Sheen said he would take a break while a video of a new Snoop Dogg track was played.

When the video finished, the lights came up, and it was clear that Sheen was not coming back on stage.

Fans walked out chanting "Refund!" and were quick to express their disappointment outside.

"I don't think it was put together very well," added Mary, 41, saying things were not helped when the unpredictable Sheen tried to make a joke about Detroit's reputation.

"If he had not mentioned Detroit as a crack town, or the stealing of cars .. he turned a lot of people off," she said.

Sheen was sacked last month from the hit TV series Two And A Half Men after criticising its producers in a series of rambling media outbursts which Warner Brothers called "dangerously self-destructive conduct."

The 45-year-old then became an Internet sensation after launching a Twitter feed which now has 3.4 million followers, and an online webstreamed show, Sheen's Korner.

At the same time he announced his plans for the live tour, which now has more than 20 scheduled dates over the next month, after tickets for the first gigs sold out within 18 minutes.

Sheen's next show is due on Sunday evening in Chicago.

Meanwhile, Charlie's father Martin Sheen has described his troubled son Charlie's struggle with addiction as a disease "as dangerous as cancer".

"Charlie is dealing with the most profound problems and addiction - there's no secret, his behaviour has been an example of that," the 70-year-old actor told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.

He added: "It's a rollercoaster ride that's been going on for some time. So we deal with it, every day."