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Don McLean, the 74-year-old singer best known for his 1971 hit “American Pie,” says he is not impressed with the music of today. The singer-songwriter believes times have certainly changed since his early days in the music industry, and he’s claiming there is no longer music of substance when he turns on the radio. The folk-rock singer sat down with Tom Cridland for his YouTube series “The Greatest Music of All Time” to reflect on his musical career highlights. During the candid conversation, McLean partially discusses his political views, claiming that politics no longer “really mean anything,” and he likened...

The electric motorcycle that Harley-Davidson announced back in 2014 is finally hitting the market this year. Since 2014, Harley-Davidson has been working on developing its first electric motorcycle; at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, the company announced that the 2020 LiveWire model is finally available for pre-order before its official August launch.

It was supposed to be "Woodstock West" — a free concert that would draw hundreds of thousands of fans, feature some of the biggest names in rock and solidify the still-blossoming Flower Power movement.The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was also envisioned as something that would emerge as the most famous music event in Bay Area history. It did just that, but for all the wrong reasons."It was just a big mess," says Rock Scully, the longtime manager of the Grateful Dead and one of the primary organizers of the festival. "But the ball was rolling and it couldn't be stopped."Some...

Police have condemned "sustained, determined and mindless" violence which marred the end of the Leeds music festival early on Monday morning. Several hundred festival-goers went on the rampage after the event at Temple Newsam finished, burning two toilet blocks to the ground and attacking police with missiles. Skips were set alight and electric cables were pulled down, and 200 officers - many in riot gear - were deployed to stop the trouble. Over 50,000 people attended the three-day event, which otherwise passed off peacefully. Inspector Nick Dyson of West Yorkshire Police said one male officer suffered a broken nose, while...