Rory Gallagher live at Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan in late January, 1975, following his trip to Rotterdam to jam with the Stones (Image credit: Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) On the last day ...

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.