Top 10 Music-Festival Moments

Can't make it to Texas to see one of the 1,700 bands performing at the 2010 SXSW festival? You can console yourself with this list of the 10 most famous — and infamous — moments in music-festival history.

Flaming Lips at SXSW — 2006

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The Flaming Lips don't play shows — they put on spectacles. The alt-rockers embrace eccentricity in their live performances: they've rolled around in giant spheres, constructed a giant UFO, even dressed concertgoers up in animal costumes and Santa hats and had them dance around onstage. Psychedelic! Their secret show during Austin's 2006 SXSW (South by Southwest) was no less groovy. The Lips covered Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," duetted with female rapper Peaches and let two fans get engaged onstage. Well, marriage is supposed to be a trip, right?

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