• Music
  • 18 May 04

Don McLean to headline Down festival

Don McLean to headline Down festival
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

Don McLean has been unveiled as the headliner at this year's Celtic Fusion International Music Arts Festival which is taking place in Castlewellan from August 5 to 15.

McLean, who's amassed 40 gold and platinum records in his 34-year career, plays the town's Forest Park on August 7. The following night finds the American Pie man heading south for a show at Dublin's Olympia Theatre.

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