The week in music: August 08 2008

Sure, Radiohead's Lollapalooza show looks impressive, but you can't hear Johnny Greenwood's mam shouting, "You'll have someone's eye out with those stage props" Photograph: Russel A. Daniels/AP

On the surface, James Cairns of the Haze appears to have a relaxed attitude to his appearance. But look at the neatly trimmed goatee, the deep V of his top, the perfect circle of the tambourine: this is a man for whom symmetry is everything Photograph: David Parry/PA

The Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant performing during the Montreux Jazz festival. They're not dancers, you know, they're his life coaches and they follow him everywhere he goes. Just ask Chris Lowe Photograph: Loona/PA

Jamie Lidell uses not one but two microphones at Lollapalooza. This guy is messing with the boundaries of kerazy Photograph: Russel A. Daniels/AP

Rick Astley is floored during this gig in Singapore. Or should we say, Rick-rolled! Photograph: Stefen Chow/Getty

The Police drummer Stewart Copeland has so many drums that he can perform a hi-hat solo just by looking vacantly at them Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Meatloaf does his best impression of an actual bat out of hell Photograph: Rick Nederstigt/Getty

Bez and Shaun Ryder of the Happy Mondays play a show in Scotland. Now, hands up who knows what any of the rest of them are called? Photograph: Brian Sweeney/Getty

Los Angeles, USA: Buddy Guy, far right, bides his time once he realises it's impossible to hold a microphone and play guitar at the same time Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP

Montreux, Switzerland: Seal holds a stern finger up to the crowd member screaming to hear Kiss from a Rose. They'll just have to sit through Crazy and 32 unknown Seal songs like everyone else Photograph: Loona/PA

Katie White of the Ting Tings performs onstage at Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park. You can tell a lot about a musician from their guitar. As you can tell from this picture, Katie White is an indie rock musician ... Photograph: Roger Kisby/Getty

... King Creosote, strums an acoustic guitar in casual wear, which makes him a folk musician ... Photograph: Brian Sweeney/Getty

... and Lenny Kravitz plays a shiny, gold electric guitar and wears big shades, which makes him an overrated musician Photograph: Stevo Vasiljevic/Reuters

120 Alphorn players join forces on the final day of the 7th International Alphorn festival in Switzerland. This is how you get an ASBO in Nendaz. It's the Swiss version of playing music through your mobile phone on the 38 bus to Victoria Photograph: Valerie Pinauda/EPA