The week in music: December 8, 2008

A photographer captures the precise moment Ben 'the Verse' Mount of Pendulum is transported by a great white light during their Brixton Academy gig. Where did he end up? Nobody knows, he hasn't been seen since ... Photograph: William E Sharp/Retna Pictures

Britney Spears performs on Good Morning America earlier this week. If her recent X Factor appearance is anything to go by, the silhouette is the best bit Photograph: JPI Studios/Retna Pictures

Slipknot's Joey Jordison performing live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London, with what must be an extremely obstructive get-up for a drummer to be sporting Photograph: Retna Pictures/Retna Pictures

Coldplay kick off their UK tour at the Birmingham NIA. They'll have someone's eye out with those lasers ... Photograph: Jason Sheldon/PA

Dougie Payne of Travis performs at the St Andrew's day concert for Versus Cancer at the Glasgow Carling Academy. And you just can't make a joke about cancer, even if it is a crap one made in a picture caption Photograph: Martin McNeil/Getty

P Diddy hires a man to hold his umbrella, but Ricky Wilson goes one better. Performing at the Xfm Winter Wonderland gig at Brixton Academy, the Kaiser Chiefs singer employs someone to hold his trousers up Photograph: Phil Bourne/Retna Pictures

Munich, Germany: Kid Rock tells his roadies that next time he wants a bigger hoodie Photograph: Michael Malfer/Retna Pictures

Tina Turner performing at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, and really giving those veterans something to think about with her inspired choice of dancers Photograph: Retna Pictures/Retna Pictures

'1,2,3,4, I declare thumb war ...' John Mayer and BB King kill time while waiting to perform at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live Photograph: Landov/Retna Pictures

Taylor Swift tries to make it through a rendition of her song I'm Sorry at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live, but jet lag gets the better of her Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/REUTERS

Roisin Murphy regrets ticking the 'oversized' box when ordering those curtains from John Lewis for her performance at Brixton Academy Photograph: Mark Pinson/Retna Pictures

Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream performs as part of the NME Rock'N'Roll Riot Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London. The 'rock'n'roll' and 'riot' bits are just out of shot Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty Images

Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo makes it look so easy while performing at the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival. Actually, he doesn't at all, he's drenched in sweat and making it look very hard indeed Photograph: DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS