Justin, this was a big promoter who has previously bought out some great bands.....not some cashed up fan boy whose Great Uncle Harold kicked the bucket
So if the big/experienced guys are losing money then....
Can't recall sorry Justin but I would say that those bands have a bigger fan base down here than Crown Of Thorns etc.
But who knows if this was a success financially or not?
Last year a well known band came out to play Bris/Syd/Melb....great crowds everywhere but the promoter still lost money.
I can only speak for myself, but all the praise from concert goers ain't gonna make me sleep better at night knowing I lost 10K and spent 3 months of my life getting band <ABC> to Australia.
Get a solo singer (eg JSS, Eric Martin, Poley, Glenn Hughes etc) to come out and play with local musos.
These gigs don't draw the numbers to pay for flights, accomodation, meals + show fee for 4 or 5 guys.
Justin I can only comment on what I have seen first hand and this is not the case for everyone of these cancelled tours.
We now have guys in their 30's, 40's etc who have somehow come into some extra cash and suddenly think they are promoters.
More often than not these 'promoters' couldn't even organise a chook raffle in a poultry farm and beofore you know it, another tour has been cancelled or postponed and we're all crying in our beers (or red cordials)....
I've lowered my expectations and therefore am not disappointed when these things fall through.
Simon Patterson also on guitar....that guy could rip it up on Hey Hey It's Saturday and I once heard him play a George Lynch tune from Sacred Groove at a guitar clinic in the late 90's.