Live music: Don McLean

Opera House, Cork

Vocally frayed in parts and sporting a Woganesque inch-high comb-over, Don McLean still delivers a truly compelling show.

The set has no duds. Great homages to Buddy Holly, Elvis, Orbison etc, plus his own bottomless bag of hits like Vincent, Crying, And I Love You So, Mountains of Mourne and the still magical American Pie. He’s the undisputed world champion of repertoire, undefeated and due to turn 70 in October.