The week in music, November 21 2008

Elton John performs during his show The Red Piano at the NIA in Birmingham on Tuesday. That's 'E' for Entertainment! Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

Sting takes to the stage for five performances of Welcome to the Voice , and, thankfully, these guys are gonna stop him Photograph: Delalande Raymond/EMPICS Entertainment

Femi Kuti performs at the Royal Festival Hall on the opening night of the London Jazz festival last Friday Photograph: Howard Denner /Retna Pictures

Paul Gilbert performs at the Astoria 2 in London, and we ask you, is it ever a good sign when the guitarist has to protect his ears? Photograph: George Chin / Retna Pictures

Matthew Tuck from Bullet for My Valentine can expect a visit from local fire officers following this display at Alexandra Palace Photograph: Tom Watkins /Rex Features

Alanis Morissette attempts her own version of the moonwalk at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. She'll get a terrible crick in the neck if she's not careful Photograph: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Veteran rock singer Alice Cooper performs on stage in Hamburg on the first night of his German tour. Look at him go, crutch and all. No leg injury can stand in the way of rock'n'roll Photograph: Roland Magunia/AFP/Getty Images

US jazz singer-songwriter Lizz Wright performs during the 3rd Festival of Female Singers at the Lope de Vega theatre in Madrid, Spain, on Monday Photograph: Alberto Martin/EPA

DJ Ironik performs at the Royal Festival Hall on the second night of the London Jazz Festival. Only joking, it was the opening night. Just kidding, he played at the MySpace School Invasion at Harrogate grammar school Photograph: Gareth Davies/Getty Images

Damian Abraham of Canadian punk band Fucked Up during an unusually demure moment onstage at the Bodega Social Club in Nottingham Photograph: Geoff Kirby/EMPICS Entertainment

Welsh singer Tom Jones surprises the crowd at London's Southbank by busking to raise money for a cancer charity Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images

Steve Morse, guitarist with rock group Deep Purple, gets into the groove while onstage in Switzerland earlier this week Photograph: Matthias Waeckerlin/EPA