Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys performing on the opening night of their UK tour at Nottingham Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, United KingdomPhotograph: Ollie Millington/RedfernsGeri Halliwell launches her new Union Jack collection designed in collaboration with Next at Mercer Studios in LondonPhotograph: Mike Marsland/WireImageLana del Rey performing on French television programme Le Grand Journal in ParisPhotograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images
Joe Walsh, James McCartney, Marjorie Bach, Barbara Bach and Ringo Starr at the Viper Room in West Hollywood, California after a performance by McCartney, the son of Paul McCartneyPhotograph: MJ Kim/Getty ImagesRicky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs on stage at the O2 Academy in BirminghamPhotograph: Steve Thorne/RedfernsSinger Johnny Cash is seen with a stage hand during the taping of his TV show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The 120-year-old historic former church tabernacle has had the same stage since 1951 but is to be replaced with a newer, more durable performance surfacePhotograph: Handout/ReutersSnoop Dogg brings his ever tasteful live act to the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IndianaPhotograph: Theo Wargo/WireImageMadonna arrives for a news conference for Super Bowl XLVI's half-time show in IndianapolisPhotograph: Morry Gash/APPete Doherty performs on the opening night of the Antigel Festival at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, SwitzerlandPhotograph: The Image Gate/Getty ImagesSouth Korean boy band ZE:A also known as Children of the Empire perform during the MBC Music Festival in Seoul, South KoreaPhotograph: Lee Jin-man/APMexican singer Pedro Fernandez poses for a portrait in Mexico City. Fernandez is returning to the music scene with a new ranchera albumPhotograph: Eduardo Verdugo/APGiulia Tellarini, vocalist of Spanish band Giulia Y Los Tellarini performing in Warsaw, PolandPhotograph: Grzegorz Jakubowski/EPAVeteran jazz composer and producer Rashid Vally, 72, holds the first issue of Rolling Stone magazine's South African edition inside his music store in the centre of Johannesburg. The American title launched its latest international edition in South Africa in November, tackling a crowded media market that has not yet cashed in on the country's rich musical heritage spanning rock to pop and jazzPhotograph: Paballo Thekiso/AFP/Getty ImagesDave Lee Roth performs at the Van Halen Album Release Celebration at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CaliforniaPhotograph: Frazer Harrison/WireImageThe composer Ted Dicks, who has died aged 83, was best known for the comic songs Right, Said Fred and The Hole in the Ground. The producer George Martin, who commissioned them, praised both songs for their 'clever lyrics and quirky melodies, which hung together so neatly, leaving plenty of space for us to create a sound picture. All we had to do was add the right sound effects and musical arrangements.' Dicks also wrote television scripts and theme songs for films and television, including the cult children's series Catweazle
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