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The week in music - in pictures

Week in music: 22nd Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas - Night 2
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California Photograph: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Week in music: BEACH BOYS
The Beach Boys in 1966. The band have announced that they are reuniting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band's inception Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Redferns
Week in music: Britney Spears And Jason Trawick
Britney Spears and Jason Trawick celebrating their engagement at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas Photograph: Denise Truscello/WireImage
Week in music: Katy B
Katy B photographed this week for the Observer's Faces of the Year Photograph: Andy Hall for the Observer
Week in music: Def Leppard And Steel Panther Perform At Wembley Arena
Lexxi Foxx, Stix Zadinia, Michael Starr and Satchel of Steel Panther on stage at Wembley Arena Photograph: Neil Lupin/Redferns
Week in music: The London International Horse Show at Olympia
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, feeds Lady Gaga the mascot of the Shetland Pony Club at the London International Horse Show Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA
Week in music: Duran Duran Perform At The O2 Arena In London
John Taylor and Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran performing at the O2 Arena in London Photograph: Christie Goodwin/Redferns
Week in music: Justin Bieber Visits Stamford Bridge
Justin Bieber shows off his keepie-uppie skills to Chelsea footballers Frank Lampard and Fernando Torres, and Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates at Stamford Bridge Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images
Week in music: Five Finger Death Punch In Concert
Ivan Moody of Five Finger Death Punch performs at the Compuware Arena in Plymouth, Michigan Photograph: Scott Legato/Getty Images
Week in music: FILE: Singer Etta James Terminally Il
Etta James poses for a portrait circa 1962. Doctors treating the blues singer, who has battled with leukemia over the past year, have now described her condition as incurable Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Week in music: Italy - Madonna - Concert in Rome
Madonna during a tour in Belgrade, Serbia. NBC announced that the singer-actress-directer will perform at half-time during the Super Bowl in February in a show 'imagined' by Cirque du Soleil Photograph: Simone Cecchetti/Corbis
Week in music: Little Mix
Little Mix and and their mentor Tulisa celebrate winning the X Factor. Little Mix are the first girl group to win the competition Photograph: Ken McKay/TalkbackThames/Rex Features
Week in music: Police raid against a punker's community in Banda Aceh
An Indonesian punk gestures before being arrested by police in Banda Aceh. A total of 65 arrested punks were sent for 'moral education' at a police school

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Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA
Week in music: The Saturdays in concert, Wembley Arena, London, Britain - 16 Dec 2011
Una Healy of The Saturdays performing at Wembley Arena Photograph: Rex Features/Rex Features
Week in music: Photo of Dobie GRAY
The American singer and songwriter Dobie Gray, who has died of cancer aged 71, was best known for his 1973 hit Drift Away, which sold more than a million copies and represented a perfect synthesis of soul, country and pop elements. He was held in special affection, however, by Britain's legion of Northern Soul fans, for whom his 1960s recordings provided a series of anthems

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Photograph: Steve Morley/Redferns
Week in music: Country Musician Billie Jo Spears
Country musician Billie Jo Spears who has died aged 74. Spears's 1975 recording of Blanket on the Ground, a wife's warm invitation to her husband to blow on old flames was a top 10 hit in Britain

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Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives
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