Top 10 Music-Festival Moments

It's festival season! The second week in June marks the kickoff of a series of big-name music festivals, including the CMA Music Festival, the Isle of Wight Rock Festival and Bonnaroo. Here are 10 of the most famous — and infamous — moments in music-festival history.

U2 at Live Aid — 1985

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Was there a more fitting event to launch U2 onto the global stage than Live Aid? The young Bono must have been salivating over the combination of rock 'n' roll and Africa, though U2's performance lasted only 20 minutes and two songs. No matter — critics noted their arrival, and they haven't surrendered the spotlight since.

See pictures of 30 years of U2.

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