Don McLean announced that he will conduct an extensive world tour in 2022 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his hit song "American Pie."
McLean will start a tour in Honolulu, Hawaii in January and will continue to travel across North America before going overseas to perform in Europe. The complete list of tour dates is as follows.
"After spending the past 18 months at home, I am very happy to be back on the road with my band," McLean said in a statement. "2022 is the 50th anniversary of "American Pie"'s No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and we will celebrate on tour throughout the year. We will play all the songs from the American Pie album and many other hits that fans expect to hear song."
McLean's "American Pie" lasted 8 and a half minutes and lost the title of the longest song on the charts. With the new version of "All Too Well", Taylor Swift has become the record holder for more than 10 minutes. After the news broke, Swift sent flowers to McLean and wrote in a note: "I will never forget that I am standing on the shoulders of giants."
In an interview with USA Today, McLean called Swift "a beautiful person" with a "beautiful heart, charm and great talent." "She has been very famous for ten years or more, and suddenly entered the field of natural forces. So I am very happy to experience it through this story."
McLean pointed out in the same interview that he never really expected "American Pie" to be so successful. "It's kind of a folk song that everyone knows, this is folk song," he said. "This has always been people's choice. It has always been a phenomenon, and it is still a phenomenon."
Tickets for the upcoming tour are now on sale.
Don McLean 2022 North America Date:
January 28-30-Honolulu, Hawaii, February 3-Clearwater Lake, Iowa @ Surf Ballroom February 5-Grand Forks @ Chester Fritz, North Carolina Auditorium February 11-Florida Village @ Sharon L . Morse Performing Arts Center February 12-Pontevedra Beach, Florida @ Pontevedra Concert Hall February 14-18-Port Canaveral, Florida @ Rock Legends Cruise February 19- Clearwater, Florida @ Bilheimer Capitol Theatre February 24-Tucson, Arizona @ Fox Tuson Theater April 29-Kansas City, Missouri @ Uptown Theatre May 1-Indianapolis, Indiana @ Clowes Memorial Hall May 7-Toronto, Canada @ John WH Bassett Theatre May 12-Nashville, Tennessee @ Ryman Auditorium May 13-Atlanta, Georgia @ Atlanta Symphony Hall May 19-St. Louis, Missouri @ Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center May 20-Springfield, Missouri @ Gillioz Theater June 2-Albany, NY @ The Egg June 3-Boston, Massachusetts @ Shubert Theater June 4-New York, New York @ Municipal Hall June 11-Baltimore, Maryland @ the Lyric June 12-Tysons, Virginia @ Capital One Hall June 17-Grand Rapids, Michigan @ DeVos Performance Hall June 18-Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater June 24-San Antonio, TX @ Tobin Performing Arts Center June 25-Houston, TX @ Cullen Performance Hall June 26-Austin, TX @ Paramount Theater July 7-Denver, Colorado @ Paramount Theater July 8-Grand Junction, CO @ the Avalon Theatre July 9-Phoenix, Arizona @ Orpheum Theatre
September 11-Cardiff, UK @ St. Davids September 13-Ipswich, UK @ Ipswich Regent Theatre September 14-Birmingham, UK @ Symphony Hall September 16-Bath, UK @ The Forum September 17th-Torquay, UK @ Princess Theatre September 18th-Bournemouth, UK @ Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre September 20th-Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome Concert Hall September 21st-Southend-on-sea, UK, 9 September 23-Manchester, United Kingdom @ Bridgewater Hall September. 24-Gateshead, United Kingdom @ Sage Gateshead September 25-Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall September 27-Edinburgh, United Kingdom @ Usher Hall September 28-United Kingdom York @ York Barbican September 30-Leicester, UK @德蒙 Ford Concert Hall October 1-Sheffield, UK @ City Hall October 2-Liverpool, UK @ Liverpool Philharmonic Hall October 4 -London, United Kingdom @ London Palladium October 7-Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena October 9-Nijmegen, The Netherlands @ Concertgebouw de Vereeniging October 10-Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Koninklijk Theatre Carré October 14-Bergen, Norway @ Peer Gynt Salen October 15-Stavanger, Norway @ Stavanger Kuppelhallen October 16-Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene October 18-Gothenburg, Sweden @ Lorensbergsteatern October 20-Finland Turku @ Logomo October 21- Helsinki, Finland @ Kulttuuritalo October 23-Stockholm, Sweden @ Göta Lejon October 24-Malmo, Sweden @ Palladium October 25-Greif, Denmark @ Portalen October 27-Hamburg, Germany @ Fabrik October 28-Neuruppin @, Germany Kulturkirche October 29-Berlin, Germany @ Admiralspalast November 1-Antwerp, Belgium @ De Singel November 11-Munich, Germany @ Prinzregententheater November 13-Linz, Austria @ Posthof