Editing Gordon Lightfoot (section)

===2010s and final work===
In February 2010, Lightfoot was the victim of a [[death hoax]] originating on [[Twitter]], when then-[[CTV News|CTV]] journalist [[David Akin]] posted on Twitter and [[Facebook]] that Lightfoot had died.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/gordon-lightfoot-very-much-alive/article1473102/|title=Gordon Lightfoot very much alive|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|author=Adams, James|access-date=February 19, 2010|location=Toronto|archive-date=February 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219054317/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/gordon-lightfoot-very-much-alive/article1473102/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lightfoot was at a dental appointment at the time the rumours spread and found out when listening to the radio on his drive home.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/02/gordon-lightfoot-this-is-your-death-on-twitter.html|title=Gordon Lightfoot: This is your death on Twitter|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] Ministry of Gossip|author=D'Zurilla, Christie|access-date=February 19, 2010 | date=February 18, 2010}}</ref> Lightfoot dispelled those rumours by phoning [[Charles Adler (broadcaster)|Charles Adler]] of [[CJOB]] live on-air, and made clear that he was alive and well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1197946|title=Gordon Lightfoot on Charles Adler... "NOT dead"|work=[[CJOB]]'s website|author=Copsey, John|access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref> 

Lightfoot performed at the [[100th Grey Cup]] at [[Rogers Centre]] in November 2012, performing "[[Canadian Railroad Trilogy]]", and was extremely well received.<ref name="HalftimeReaction">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bieber-booed-lightfoot-lauded-during-splashy-grey-cup-halftime-1.1222864 |title=Bieber booed, Lightfoot lauded during splashy Grey Cup halftime |work=CBC News |date=November 25, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> Lightfoot made his first tour of the United Kingdom in almost forty years in 2016, playing eleven dates across England, Scotland, and Ireland.<ref name="2016 tour of England, Ireland and Scotland announced abroad">{{cite web|url=http://www.gordonlightfoot.com/#uk2016|title=Gordon Lightfoot: UK and Ireland Tour 2016|work=gordonlightfoot.com |access-date=May 21, 2015}}</ref> In a 2016 interview with ''[[The Canadian Press]]'' Lightfoot said: "At this age, my challenge is doing the best show I can ... I'm very much improved from where I was and the seriousness with which I take it."<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.680news.com/2016/11/08/gordon-lightfoot-on-his-moms-little-trick-that-keeps-his-career-ticking/|title=Gordon Lightfoot on his mom's 'little trick' that keeps his career ticking|last=Friend|first=David|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=[[Canadian Press]]|access-date= December 3, 2017}}</ref>

Lightfoot played at [[Canada's 150th birthday]] celebration on [[Parliament Hill]], July 1, 2017, introduced by Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]]. The Prime Minister mentioned that Lightfoot had played the same stage exactly 50 years earlier, for [[Canada's 100th birthday]].<ref name="recording of Lightfoot performing on Parliament Hill, July 1, 2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z4YRVRJqO4| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/7Z4YRVRJqO4| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title=Canada Day 150 Night Show - GORDON LIGHTFOOT!!!|work=youtube.com | date=July 2017|access-date=October 27, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Lightfoot's 2019 tour was interrupted when he was injured while working out in a gym.  In March 2020 his concert schedule was delayed by governmental restrictions during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]].

Lightfoot had said in 2016 that he would not return to songwriting late in life as it was "such an isolating thing" earlier in his career, affecting his family life.<ref name=":0" /> However, in 2020 Lightfoot released his 20th studio album, ''Solo'', unaccompanied by other musicians, 54 years after his debut album.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gordon-lightfoot-solo-new-album-942415/|title=Gordon Lightfoot Announces First New Album in 16 Years, 'Solo'|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 24, 2020|access-date=May 2, 2023}}</ref> It was put out by [[Warner Music Canada]], marking Lightfoot's return to Warner. 

Two weeks after his death in 2023, it was announced that his 2016 concert performance at [[Royal Albert Hall]] would be released in July 2023 as the live album ''At Royal Albert Hall''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2023/05/15/live-gordon-lightfoot-album-at-royal-albert-hall-set-for-release-in-july.html |title=Live Gordon Lightfoot album, 'At Royal Albert Hall,' set for release in July |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=May 15, 2023}}</ref>