50 Years of The Last Waltz

A concert marking fifty years since The Last Waltz, the farewell performance of The Band in 1976, presented at EartH in London. The programme is a tribute to that celebrated evening.

The Last Waltz was the final concert given by The Band, the Canadian-American rock group whose members included Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson. Held at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on 25 November 1976, it brought together a long list of guests and was filmed by Martin Scorsese, whose documentary of the same name became one of the most respected music films of its era. This London event is a tribute, not a performance by the original artists, and it celebrates the anniversary of that evening.

The Band's music drew on American roots, country, blues and gospel, and their albums Music from Big Pink and The Band are among their best-known records. Songs such as The Weight and Up on Cripple Creek belong to their repertoire. Anyone interested in that lineage of American roots rock will find the evening's material directly connected to these records.

EartH is a London venue that hosts concerts and shows, and the evening suits listeners who know The Band's catalogue and the story of their farewell concert.