[Dave, Melbourne,Australia]

Another thing that convinces me an Australian tour by Lightfoot would sell well is the success of Leonard Cohen's 2009 tour, when Cohen was 75 and had not toured Australia for 24 years. His 2009 concerts at wineries etc got rave reviews and the following year he returned to play bigger venues including Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena (which this fortnight is hosting the Australian Open tennis tournament).

And the sellout 2010 big-venue tour by Yusuf (Cat Stevens) who had not toured Australia for 36 years.

Gord had plenty of radio airplay here in the 1970s and "Sundown" reached Number 1 across Australia. I'm sure a radio advertisement including excerpts of "Sundown", "Carefree Highway" and IYCRMM would trigger word of mouth and get the required ticket sales happening. Reassurance could be sought from market research organisations with experience in drought-breaking tours by music artists from Gord's heyday with similar record sales here.