The week in music - in pictures

Nicki Minaj performs at Le Zenith in Paris on 6 July Photograph: David Wolff - Patrick/Getty Images

Brian May performs with Adam Lambert in London on 11 July Photograph: Christie Goodwin/Getty Images

Jill Scott performs at the North Sea Jazz festival in Rotterdam on 6 July Photograph: Peter Van Breukelen/Getty Images

Madonna performs in Cologne, Germany, on 10 July Photograph: Peter Wafzig/Getty Images

Spoek Mathambo performs in New York on 12 July Photograph: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images

Festivalgoers brave the bad weather at day two of T in the Park in Kinross, Scotland, on 7 July Photograph: Ross Gilmore/Getty Images

Paul Hartmut Würdig AKA Sido performs at the Openair music festival in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, on 6 July Photograph: Ennio Leanza/EPA

Mary J Blige at Essence music festival in New Orleans on 7 July Photograph: Skip Bolen/WireImage

Sunshine at the Openair festival in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, on 7 July Photograph: Ennio Leanza/EPA

Kele Okereke of Bloc Party performs in Bilbao, Spain, on 12 July Photograph: Jordi Vidal/Getty Images

Kanye West in Atlantic City on 6 July Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Festivalgoers at Rock in Rio, near Madrid, on 7 July Photograph: Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images

Saint Saviour performs in Berlin on 7 July Photograph: Frank Hoensch/Getty Images

Machine Head perform at Roskilde festival in Denmark on 8 July Photograph: Torkil Adsersen/EPA