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'American Pie' singer Don McLean cancels NRA meeting performance
1 month ago | By WGN TV
“American Pie” singer Don McLean is nixing a performance at the annual National Rifle Association meeting in the wake of the school shooting in Texas that killed at least 19 children.
“In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week,” McLean said in a Wednesday statement, according multiple reports.
“I'm sure all the folks planning to attend this event are shocked and sickened by these events as well. After all, we are all Americans,” the 76-year-old Grammy Award winner...
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'American Pie' singer Don McLean pulls out of NRA convention in Houston after Uvalde mass shooting
1 month ago | By ABC
Don McLean was scheduled to perform but said "it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week."
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