Lang Lang to Taylor Swift: the week in music – in pictures

Sunday, 06 Jan 2013

What's been going on in music this week, including rocking new year performances from some of the biggest stars in pop

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Week in Music: Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips crowd surfs at The Falls Music Festival — Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips crowd-surfs at the Falls music and arts festival on 30 December in Lorne, Australia Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Week in Music: MC Hammer and Psy perform at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve — MC Hammer and Psy perform at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest in Times Square, New York, on 31 December Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Week in Music: Howlin' Pelle Almqvist of The Hives performs at The Falls Music Festival — Howlin' Pelle Almqvist of the Hives performs at the Falls music and arts festival on 29 December in Lorne, Australia Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Week in Music: Taylor Swift performs at the celebrations in Times Square on New Years Eve — Taylor Swift performs at the celebrations in Times Square on New Year's Eve Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features

Week in Music: Angelique Kidjo performs at St. John's Archcathedral in Warsaw — Angélique Kidjo performs at St John's Archcathedral in Warsaw, Poland, on 28 December Photograph: Jacek Turczyk/EPA

Week in Music: Justin Young of The Vaccines at The Falls Music and Arts Festival — Justin Young of the Vaccines at the Falls music and arts festival on 30 December in Lorne, Australia Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Week in Music: Mariah Carey sings at the Gold Coast Convention Centre near Brisbane — Mariah Carey sings at the Gold Coast Convention Centre near Brisbane, Australia, on 1 January Photograph: Matt Roberts/EPA

Week in Music: Pianist Lang Lang gives a performance in China — Pianist Lang Lang gives a performance during the Chopin in My Mind concert in Hefei, China, on 2 January Photograph: Zhang Duan/Xinhua Press/Corbis

Week in Music: The New Year concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra — The new year concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the Austrian maestro Franz Welser-Moest. The concert was held in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna on 1 January Photograph: Ronald Zak/AP

Week in Music: Alex Trimble of Two Door Cinema Club — Alex Trimble of Two Door Cinema Club performs at the Falls music and arts festival in Lorne, Australia, on 31 December Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Week in Music: Trey Songz performs at UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans — Trey Songz performs at the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, US, on 28 December Photograph: Erika Goldring/Getty Images

Sunday, 06 Jan 2013

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