Don McLean has rolled out a 29-date 50th Anniversary "American Pie" tour. The tour kicks off over three nights January 28th, 29th, and 30th at Honolulu's Blue Note Hawaii and stretches through July 9th at Phoenix's Orpheum Theatre. McLean said in the tour announcement, "After spending the past 18 months at home, I am thrilled to be getting back on the road with my band. 2022 marks the 50th anniversary from when American Pie landed at the Number One spot on the Billboard chart and we will be celebrating on tour all year long. We will be performing all the songs from the American Pie album plus many of the other hits that fans will be expecting to hear." On January 15th, 1972 Don McLean's "American Pie" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first week of its month-long run. The song is the origin of the term "the day the music died," about the February 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "Th