Dr Alan Howard

On May 7th I was lucky enough to have a backstage pass and guest tickets for Don McLean’s show at the Royal Albert Hall, London. My friend Ron Buck and I had a lot of fun making the most of our access-all-areas permits and chatting to the band in the green room before the show. [...]

My probability model of Eurovision Song Contest voting is predicting victory for Azerbaijan in tonight’s contest in Oslo. The model has a high success rate but this year the contest is more open than normal with several countries in with a shout. Predictions for the top-10 are: 1. Azerbaijan 1.14 2. Armenia 1.56 3. Israel [...]

Don McLean has been talking about our book in an interview with the Sunday Tribune newspaper in Ireland. Three years ago, McLean’s official biography was published. His friend Alan Howard had written it – with his blessing. “I wanted to get the first shot at telling my story and telling it accurately. I have de-emphasised [...]