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is for Out of tune. It wasn’t just Plant’s guitar that was noticed, an off-key falsetto note by singer Simon Le Bon during their View To a Kill was dubbed: “The Bum Note Heard Round the World.” is for Princess Diana. She and her then husband Prince Charles opened the Wembley section of the concert. is for 32 minutes, the length of Elton John’s set – the longest on the day. It included Won’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me with George Michael. is for U2. The event made the band stars, especially the 14-minute rendition of Bad when Bono jumped off the stage to join the crowd and dance with a girl. is for Vexed. As well as the many technical difficulties at both gigs, Bob Dylan annoyed Geldof by asking on stage for some of the cash be used to pay mortgages of US farmers. is for The Who. Immediately after Roger Daltrey sang My Generation’s “Why don’t you all fade...” the last word, “Away” was cut off when a blown fuse caused the Wembley stage TV feed to temporarily fail. is for X-rated. When Mick Jagger ripped away a part of Tina Turner’s dress, leaving her in just a leotard during their duet on It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It). is for Paula Yates. Who stopped at a petrol station on the way to the gig to buy some flowers for Princess Diana. is for Frank Zappa. Who like Depeche Mode and Bruce Springsteen refused to play. Zappa later told Howard Stern the event “was the biggest cocaine money laundering scheme of all time!”.