CANNES, France - Irish band U2 rocked the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday with a short live set on the famous red carpet on their way into the main cinema for the premiere of a new film U2 3D.

One of the world's biggest rock acts, U2's gig attracted hundreds of fans who crammed around the VIP entrance to the Grand Theatre Lumiere to hear Bono belt out Vertigo and Where the Streets Have No Name.