Macca to Morrissey: the week in music - in pictures

Paul McCartney at the 12.12.12 concert benefiting the Robin Hood Relief Fund to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York on 12 December Photograph: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Clear Channel

Jennifer Lopez performs at Allphones Arena in Sydney on 14 December Photograph: Don Arnold/WireImage

Hundreds of fans of late Mexican singer Jenni Rivera participate in a vigil in Monterrey, Mexico, 11 December Photograph: Miguel Sierra/EPA

Taylor Swift leaves the stage after her performance at Z100's Jingle Ball 2012, in New York on 7 December Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty

Bruno Mars performs at iHeartRadio Live in New York on 11 December Photograph: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for iHeart Radio

Isaac Delahaye of Epica performs at the Corporation in Sheffield on 12 December Photograph: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns via Getty Images

Host Kristin Chenoweth, musicians Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum, and host Trace Adkins onstage at the 2012 American Country awards in Las Vegas on 10 December Photograph: Mark Davis/Getty Images

Jessy Wilson performs at the BET Music Matters Best of 2012 Showcase in New York on 11 December Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Members of Vande Mataram music society perform on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, India, in tribute to the legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar, who died on 11 December at the age of 92 Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Kevin Parker of Tame Impala performs at Enmore theatre in Sydney on 13 December Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

The Spice Girls (Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm) dance at the Viva Forever afterparty in London on 11 December Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images

Morrissey performs at Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand, on 14 December Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images