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Massachusetts students want Don McLean’s concert canceled

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BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts high school students are calling for the cancellation of a concert by ‘‘American Pie’’ singer Don McLean because of a domestic-violence charge against him in Maine.

The Cape Cod Times reports student presidents of violence prevention programs at four high schools in Cape Cod recently sent a letter to the interim schools superintendent in Barnstable to request the April show at Barnstable High School be canceled. The letter says McLean is a ‘‘bad role model.’’

Interim Superintendent William Butler says school officials are in talks with McLean’s management company over whether the concert should take place.

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McLean is from Camden, Maine. He denies the domestic-violence allegations. His wife requested a protection order after his arrest last month, but they later announced the order was dismissed.

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Information from: Cape Cod Times

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