Don Mclean
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Patrisha McLean: My ‘deeply controlling’ ex-husband Don McLean
- People
- November 14, 2020, 06:00
Patrisha McLean was married to the singer Don McLean for 29 years, until an incident in their home in 2016. Now an anti-domestic violence camp(...)

Don McLean: ‘American Pie is a biographical song’
- Music
- October 26, 2020, 06:00
When Don McLean was 15 years old, he had a premonition that his father was going to die. Distraught, he ran to tell his grandmother. “Don’t be ridicul(...)

Revising French – Frank McNally on one of Ireland’s greatest songwriters, who died 100 years ago next week
- Opinion
- January 17, 2020, 18:15
Beyond the event itself, there was added poignancy in the place and timing of Percy French’s death, 100 years ago next week. He expired quietly while (...)

Goodbye summer: Wish I hadn't complained about those long sweaty nights
- People
- August 24, 2018, 06:00
Summer has started to slip away from us, minute by minute, hour by hour. I see it in the fallen leaves and falling sun; the darker mornings and coole(...)

Beck, The xx, Demi Lovato and Game of Thrones: the week’s best rock and pop
- Music
- May 19, 2018, 05:00
Super Silly The Button Factory, Dublin Saturday May 19th €13 ticketmaster.ie Having been recently wooed (from afar) by Super Silly at the It Takes a (...)

Lib Dems leader Tim Farron praises Tony Blair successes
- UK
- September 20, 2016, 20:34
Tony Blair should be admired for his government’s achievements on workers’ rights and the health service, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has said(...)

American Pie singer Don McLean on domestic violence charge
- US
- January 18, 2016, 19:19
American Pie singer Don McLean has been arrested in Maine on a domestic violence charge. Jail supervisor Corporal Brad Woll said Mr McLean was arrest(...)

Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ lyrics sell for $1.2 million
- Music
- April 7, 2015, 17:55
The manuscript for Don McLean’s American Pie, which was partially written on paper he found in a trash can, has sold for $1.2 million (€1,105786) at a(...)

Sale of Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ lyrics could reach $1.5m
- US
- February 13, 2015, 09:04
Songwriter Don McLean’s original manuscript of American Pie, one of the most iconic songs of its time, could fetch up to $1.5 million (€1.3 million) w(...)