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.

I’m so flattered that the Gallagher family would ask this of me… [pauses]. I’m not going to take this to Des Moines, Iowa, though there’s every chance of a couple of Rory songs being ...