Bassist Gerry McAvoy, who played with Gallagher for 20 years from 1971 to 1991, said: “Rory never constructed a set. On any tour, we’d have the first two songs ... was top of their wish ...

The late Irish blues and rock legend Rory Gallagher has been honored in his adopted city of Belfast with a statue.

Barry McGivern, of the Rory Gallagher Statue Project Trust, said the statue was a "fitting tribute". "Rory came up to Belfast in 1967 and it was a vibrant music scene," Mr McGivern told BBC News NI.