Marianne Faithfull has revealed that her ex-boyfriend killed iconic rock singer Jim Morrison 43 years ago after giving The Doors’ frontman a fatal batch of heroin.

Ray Manzarek, co-founder of legendary 1960s group The Doors and creator of their signature organ sound, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 74.

As the Cannes Film Festival opens, Irish photographer John Minihan retraces the highlights of a career spent capturing some of Hollywood’s biggest names, and his Oscar party trip this year

The Everyman Theatre launched its Spring 2013 programme in Cork yesterday evening.

Van Morrison is dismissive of fame, but his music will endure despite his aloofness, says John Minihan

GUNS N’ ROSES star Axl Rose, who kept the world waiting 15 years for his comeback album, has been declared the greatest lead singer of all time.

FLORIDA’S Clemency Board has posthumously pardoned singer Jim Morrison of The Doors for his 40-year-old conviction on indecent exposure and profanity charges.

The Doors’ frontman Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon today for an indecent exposure conviction in Florida after he pulled what a bandmate called “a mind trip on the audience, and they totally fell for it”.

Outgoing Florida Governor Charlie Crist is looking to pardon long-dead rocker Jim Morrison, who was convicted of exposing himself at a raucous concert in Miami in 1969.

A BARRISTER told a taxi driver “I’m going to die”, hours before he was killed by police after blasting a shotgun through a window of his home.

A freshly original documentary on the legendary and iconic band The Doors – narrated by enthusiastic and dedicated fan Depp – DiCillo uses original footage shot by Morrison himself.

MORE than 1,000 artists will perform in some 80 venues as Cork swings to the beat of one of Europe’s biggest jazz festivals later this month.

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse is terrified she will join the "27 Club" - the tragic group of rock stars who died in their prime.

A LONG-RUNNING legal dispute between the three surviving members of The Doors is coming to a close with two of them facing a bill of around €3 million.

Celine Dion is responsible for the world’s worst cover song, music experts said today.

Irish rock band My Bloody Valentine have scooped The Classic Album award for 'Loveless' in the Mojo Honours List 2008.d.

The feuding members of The Doors are to reconvene for a new documentary about the rock legends.

Irish band Thin Lizzy have announced a reunion tour - 21 years after lead singer Phil Lynott died.

FLORIDA governor, Charlie Crist, is being asked to pardon the late Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, 38 years after the rock star was convicted of exposing himself during a Miami concert.

The Doors are the latest veteran act to make their entire back catalogue of music available to download online.

One of rock music's most daring and influential bands, The Doors, have today been awarded a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Paul McCartney is showing his enduring love for his late first wife Linda by planning the release of a 2007 calendar featuring her finest photography.

Mariah Carey, Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Jamie Foxx are among the celebrities who will receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year.

Sean “Diddy” Combs, rock disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer and Barbara Walters have something in common: They will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Doors stars Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek are facing another messy battle with former bandmate John Densmore after renaming the group after one of the rockers' most famous hits.

British singer/songwriter Kevin Coyne has died at his home in Germany.

The Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek has lashed out at claims his late bandmate Jim Morrison was bisexual - insisting he never saw him getting intimate with a man.

Rock legend Jim Morrison was abused as a child, according to the author of a shocking new expose into the tragic The Doors star's life.

The Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek has rubbished claims in a new book that the band's late frontman Jim Morrisson was bisexual.

Former Cult singer Ian Astbury has insisted he's not "replacing Jim Morrison" now he's taken the job as new frontman of The Doors - despite their similar singing voice and appearance.

Controversial rock biographer Stephen Davis insists he has conclusive proof that Jim Morrison was bisexual - and he's revealing all in a new book about the tragic rock icon.

Starship may have built this city on rock and roll, but a US magazine is tearing it down, naming the band’s We Built This City as the worst song ever.

The Manic Street Preachers are to play this year’s Isle Of Wight festival.

Rock legends The Who were today added to the headliners for the Isle Of Wight Festival – 34 years after they last played the event.

Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor has recorded a song which raps the fast-living lifestyles of rock stars, it emerged today.

Stewart Copeland, the former drummer with The Police, has settled his lawsuit against The Doors.

Stewart Copeland, former drummer for The Police, is suing two members of Doors 21st Century for one million dollars, claiming they backed out of a promise to include him on an forthcoming tour and album.

The Doors have been forced to postpone their revival tour after stand-in drummer Stewart Copeland broke his arm falling off a bicycle.

The Doors are planning a reunion tour and album over 30 years after the death of singer Jim Morrison.

Legendary British rockers The Who were today beginning their US tour in tribute to late band member John Entwistle.

Tributes have been paid to legendary The Who guitarist John Entwistle who has died in his sleep on the eve of the band's North American tour.

Memories of Jim Morrison are to be revived 30 years after his death with a mass-produced six-inch doll of the Doors star.