Harris has blamed the organising committee behind the Games, LOCOG - a private company - for under-paying professional musicians and even asking them to play the event for no money.

"Quite apart from the many artistes who have been asked to perform for free, there is a letter of engagement which has been put into wide circulation showing that the Olympics are offering £50 per act per hour for performances at the Dorney Lake (rowing) venue," Harris writes on the ...