Stars from the world of rock and roll have paid tribute to guitar legend Les Paul who has died aged 94.

A former drummer for US rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd was jailed on charges that he failed to properly register as a sex offender, authorities said.

Ian Copeland, the US rock music agent and entrepreneur who represented The Police, REM, Adam Ant, and other seminal rock groups that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s New Wave and Punk scenes, has died. He was 57.

Justin Timberlake says his second album could be influenced by southern rock bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers.

Bass guitarist Leon Wilkeson, one of the founding members of legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died yesterday, a spokesman for the band’s record label said.