The week in music

Global Gathering festival, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK: Etienne de Crécy fails to realise that Celebrity Squares is just no fun on your own. Or without Bob Monkhouse for that matter Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/Getty

Beiteddine and Baalbeck International festival, Beirut, Lebanon: Sure, Mika, a little pink brolly looks fantastic, but it's no good in a freak snowstorm, is it? Photograph: Issam Abdallah /Reuters

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis perform at the legendary 100 Club - weirdly, their parents dress in hoodies and Nike caps (NB: they almost certainly don't) Photograph: Lola Peach/Retna

Karl Hyde of Underworld at Fuji Rock festival in Japan. He thinks 'Super Hans from Peep Show'. We think 'fashion cues from the UK's finest bingo callers' Photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty

Pemberton Music festival 2008, Canada: Coldplay hope to beat Eddy Grant's notoriously spectacular light show ... Photograph: C Flanigan/Getty

... and lose! Eddy Grant (right) at the Womad festival in Wiltshire Photograph: Darren Coleman/Retna

Look at this picture and ask yourself whether the Cuban Brothers aren't just the Chuckle Brothers with colourful suits and a tan? This is from The Wickerman festival, Dumfries, Scotland Photograph: Duncan Bryceland/Retna

The Gossip singer Beth Ditto performs during the Incheon Pentaport Rock festival. Someone needs to explain carbon offsetting to the lighting guy Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA

Alicia Keys cut the legs off her backing singer's jeans just before this show in France. What can we say, the girl's into pranks ... Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA

Barcelona, Spain: Spanish singer Rosa Zaragoza (right) and singing choir Mama Landa Munde perform during the New Sounds festival in the cave of Salnitro at Collbato village. Tomorrow night, the Pigeon Detectives play Photograph: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters

Mathias Malzieu (left), singer of French group Dionysos, proves you can still rock the stage even while dressed as an accountant. This is from 33rd Paléo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland Photograph: Sandro Campardo/EPA

While playing in Australia, Tricky landed a lead role in Night of the Living Trip-Hop Artist. Eeeekkkk! No one can hide from the smoky snare-drum sound! Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty

LL Cool J delivers a bouquet of flowers during his performance as part of Nissan Live Sets in LA. Who will get them? Grabby hand number one, or grabby hand number two? There's only one way to find out ... fight! Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP

Japan's GOCOO + GoRo performing at Womad. Bashing big drums all day for a living? Why can't they get proper jobs (like writing 'hilarious' picture captions)? Photograph: Darren Coleman/Retna

Nyon, Switzerland: REM's Michael Stipe performs an intimate set to two deeply impressed purple tents during the 33rd Paléo festival (the tent on the left is saying how they haven't been as good since Life's Rich Pageant Photograph: Martial Trezzini/AP

Could that be Roisin Murphy in a state of despair at our terrible jokes? We'll be getting our coats then ... Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/Getty