The comedian Glenn Wool, who is one of the headliners at next week’s Bulmers Galway Comedy Festival, grew up in Vancouver, Canada.

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.

Rockers U2 and the Pretenders will join soul greats Percy Sledge and the O'Jays and blues legend Buddy Guy as the 2005 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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.